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Strategies in ambiguity resolution: a cross-linguistic perspective on the role of prosody

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00566
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

Koizumi Yukiko  山形大学, 人文社会科学部, 准教授 (40551536)

Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords心理言語学 / 多義構造 / 英語 / スペイン語 / 日本語 / 言語理解 / 日本人英語学習者 / 英語学習者 / 国際共同研究 / 韻律 / 語用論 / 言語学 / 文処理 / 国際研究協力
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project explored on the role of non-syntactic factors, especially prosody, in the processing of the scope ambiguity involving negation and the adverbial 'because' clause. The three major findings of the cross-linguistic investigation are as follows. First, the corpus-based investigation of the naturally occurring tokens of 'no-porque' construction in Spanish observed a fairly consistent relation between the scope interpretation and the use of verb mood in the subordinate clause, though at the same time revealing the complexity of this construction in various examples. Second, for Japanese, we also found the prosodic distinction between the two readings of no-youni sentences seems equivalent to that for English. Third, self-paced reading experiments were conducted on beginner L2 learners of English, with a modified experimental protocol involving learner training drawing the participants' attention to scope interpretation in general.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究は、理論言語学、統語論、意味論、語用論そして音声学(プロソディ)という多様な研究分野のインターフェイスに深く関わる、分野横断的な実証研究プロジェクトとして有意義である。また、英語、スペイン語、日本語という異なる言語の使用者を対象として検証し言語理解メカニズムの普遍性と多様性を探究する点で、国際研究協力の促進も予想される。また、英語学習者の文処理メカニズムを解明し、適切な指導法を検討することにより、将来的には日本の英語教育にも役立つことが予想される。国内・国際的に有意義な知見を得る大きな可能性を持ち、心理言語学研究の将来の発展への多大な貢献が予想されるものである。

Report

(7 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All 2024 2023 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (10 results) Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] マドリッド自治大学/ロビラ・イ・ビルジリ大学(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] カールトン大学(カナダ)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] City University of New York/Mercy College, New York(米国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ロヴィラデヴィルジリ大学/マドリッド自治大学(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] ニューヨーク市立大学(米国)

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universidad Autonoma de Madrid/Universitat Rovila i Virgili(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universitat Rovila i Virgili/Universidad Autonoma de Madrid(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] City University of New York(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] City University of NY Graduate Center/City University of NY Queens College(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Universitat Rovila i Virgili Tarragona/Universidad Autonoma de Madrid(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] スペイン語の‘No-Porque’文に関するコーパス調査:動詞の「法(Mood)」の選択と作用域解釈の関係を中心に2024

    • Author(s)
      小泉 有紀子
    • Journal Title

      山形大学人文社会科学部研究年報

      Volume: 21 Pages: 97-118

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Comprehension of negation and adverbial scope ambiguity in Japanese: initial findings.2020

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report(電子情報通信学会技術研究報告)思考と言語研究会Proceedings

      Volume: 120 Pages: 5-9

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] L2 processing of complex scope ambiguity in English -can perceivers learn to access non-structural cues?2019

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi and Eri Shoji
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report(電子情報通信学会技術研究報告)

      Volume: 119/163 Pages: 71-75

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Non-syntactic factors in the processing of the Spanish no-porque sentences: initial results2018

    • Author(s)
      Koizumi, Yukiko
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report(電子情報通信学会技術研究報告)

      Volume: Vol.118, No.163 Pages: 77-81

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] “You will not read this because it's interesting”: The role of non-structural cues in the processing of scope ambiguity in English and Spanish.2024

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Organizer
      Linguistics Colloquium at the School of Linguistics and Language Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] On the interaction between the verb mood and the scope ambiguity: a corpus-based investigation on the Spanish no-porque sentences.2023

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Organizer
      The XVI International Symposium of Psycholinguistics. Universidad del Pais Vasco (University of the Basque Country), Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the interaction between the verb mood and the scope ambiguity: a corpus-based investigation on the Spanish no-porque sentences2023

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Organizer
      International Symposium of Psycholinguistics
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Comprehension of negation and adverbial scope ambiguity in Japanese: initial findings.2020

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Organizer
      MAPLL x TCP x TL (思考と言語)Workshop
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] On the role of non-syntactic factors in processing the Spanish no-porque ambiguity: two elicited production studies2019

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi
    • Organizer
      XIV International Symposium of Psycholinguistics, Tarragona, Spain.
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] L2 processing of complex scope ambiguity in English -can perceivers learn to access non-structural cues?2019

    • Author(s)
      Yukiko Koizumi and Eri Shoji
    • Organizer
      MAPLL x TCP x TL 2019 International Workshop, Kobe, Japan.
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英語初中級学習者の文処理における韻律・文脈情報の利用可能性―自己ペース読み実験とトレーニングの効果の検討―2019

    • Author(s)
      小泉有紀子
    • Organizer
      第45回全国英語教育学会弘前研究大会. 弘前大学
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Can the L2 learners access prosodic cues in the resolution of the negation and the ‘because’ clause scope ambiguity?2019

    • Author(s)
      Koizumi, Yukiko
    • Organizer
      Language Science Faculty Meeting, Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY, USA.
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Non-syntactic factors in the processing of the Spanish ‘no-porque’ sentences: initial results2018

    • Author(s)
      Koizumi, Yukiko
    • Organizer
      MAPLL x TCP x TL 2018: Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language (MAPLL), Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP), and the technical group of Thought and Language (TL)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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