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Interfaces of root clauses to their semantic interpretations: A biolinguistic approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00544
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
Research InstitutionDokkyo University

Principal Investigator

Yasui Miyoko  獨協大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (90212729)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 浅山 佳郎  獨協大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (60364725)
田中 秀和  岡山大学, 社会文化科学研究科, 教授 (70750983)
水口 学  國學院大學, 文学部, 教授 (90555624)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2022-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords時制の一致 / 時制形態素 / 取り立て詞 / 主節構造 / ラベル付け / 終助詞 / 極小主義 / ダブルアクセス読み / EPP / 否定極性表現 / 項省略 / 指定辞・主要部一致 / 談話表示理論 / のだ構文 / 省略文 / とりたて詞 / A-移動 / フェイズ / 主節現象 / 談話 / 直示表現 / 疑問詞移動 / 時制
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research has focused on the parametric variation in the semantic interpretation of root clauses covering (i) the so-called sequence of tense phenomenon, (ii) the obligatory/optional presence of tense morphemes, (iii) the presence/absence of sentence-final particles and (iv) restrictions on focus particles. In the first year, the parallel corpus was assembled from one English novel and two versions of its Japanese translation, to which two versions of its Chinese translation were added later. The three languages differ as to the obligatoriness of tense morphemes and the sequence of tense, but it was uncovered that they are subject to essentially the same pragmatic principle in the temporal interpretation of their discourses. The project also dealt with phenomena specific to Japanese such as argument ellipsis, indirect passives, the no-da construction, and the use of sentence-final particles and focus particles. The results were publicized in eleven papers and five presentations.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

中高の英語文法で英語は時制の一致があるが日本語はないと教える。生成文法研究でも時制の一致操作を仮定し、それがある言語とない言語という記述をすることが多かった。本研究では日本語には過去時制形態素はあるが、現在時制形態素はないと仮定して、時制の一致の有無は、英語の現在時制形態素がもつ直示性に起因し、英語、日本語、中国語の談話に見られる時制形態素や時制表現の使用は、述語の状態・非状態性を基盤にした語用論的原理に従っていることを明らかにした。その他の日本語特有と考えられてきた構文、現象についても言語が人間という種に共通する能力という立場から再考した。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2021 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Temporal Interpretation and the Strong Minimalist Thesis2022

    • Author(s)
      Miyoko Yasui
    • Journal Title

      主節構造と意味解釈のインターフェイス:生物言語学的アプローチ

      Volume: 1 Pages: 5-25

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] VP-Deletion, TP-Deletion, and Argument Ellipsis in Japanese2022

    • Author(s)
      Hidekazu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      主節構造と意味解釈のインターフェイス:生物言語学的アプローチ

      Volume: 1 Pages: 27-71

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] EPP Revisited2022

    • Author(s)
      Manabu Mizuguchi
    • Journal Title

      主節構造と意味解釈のインターフェイス:生物言語学的アプローチ

      Volume: 1 Pages: 73-101

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 物語モードの時制解釈の日英中対象研究: 談話表示理論の視点から2022

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子・浅山佳郎
    • Journal Title

      主節構造と意味解釈のインターフェイス:生物言語学的アプローチ

      Volume: 1 Pages: 103-127

    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] How to license embedded instances of no-da and the politeness marker mas in Japanese: CP recursion or Speech Act Phrase2021

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics

      Volume: 38

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report 2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] How to license embedded instances of no-da and the politeness marker mas in Japanese: CP recursion or Speech Act Phrase2020

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the West Coast Conference in Formal Linguistics

      Volume: 38

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Ways of solving (counter-)cyclic A-movement in phase theory2019

    • Author(s)
      水口学
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Research 36.3: 325-363

      Volume: (36)3 Issue: 3 Pages: 325-363

    • DOI

      10.17250/khisli.36.3.201912.001

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 発話において述語 はいくつの名詞句と結合するか―日本語談話における述語句の基本型2019

    • Author(s)
      浅山佳郎
    • Journal Title

      獨協大学日本語教育紀要

      Volume: 13 Pages: 25-46

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 感嘆文の統語論2019

    • Author(s)
      田中秀和
    • Journal Title

      統語構造と語彙の多角的研究ー岸本秀樹教授還暦記念論文集ー

      Volume: 1 Pages: 54-74

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 書評:島悦郎著『省略現象と文法理論』2019

    • Author(s)
      田中秀和
    • Journal Title

      英文学研究

      Volume: 96 Pages: 140-147

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Toritate and Functional Categories2018

    • Author(s)
      Hidekazu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      MIT Working Papers in Linguistics: Proceedings of the 13th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics 13

      Volume: 88 Pages: 301-307

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Fragment Answers with Focus Particles2018

    • Author(s)
      Hidekazu Tanaka
    • Journal Title

      Journal of English Linguistic Society

      Volume: 35 Pages: 152-158

    • NAID

      40021932070

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 日本語の時制解釈と現在時制形態素の有無について2021

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子・浅山佳郎
    • Organizer
      日本語文法学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] How to license embedded instances of no-da and the politeness marker mas in Japanese: CP recursion or Speech Act Phrase2020

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子
    • Organizer
      The 38th meeting of the West Coast Conference in Formal Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Labeling {XP, YP} in Languages Without phi-agreement2019

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子
    • Organizer
      The 12th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Improper Movement Redux: A Minimalist Perspective on the Old Problem2019

    • Author(s)
      水口学
    • Organizer
      The 2nd Joint Conference of Neo-Grammar Circle and Fukuoka Linguistic Circle
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Nominal versus Verbal Passive Morphemes:A Micro/Macroparametric Approach2018

    • Author(s)
      安井美代子
    • Organizer
      International Workshop on Syntactic Analyticity and Grammatical Parameters
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2023-01-30  

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