The Interpretation of Quantified Expressions-Universal Grammar and Pragmatics

• Project/Area Number: 19520378
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Fukuoka University
• Principal Investigator: ITO Masuyo Fukuoka University, 人文学部, 准教授 (10289514)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 言語習得 / 量化表現 / scalar implicature / 語用論的知識 / 推意 / 削除 / 表層照応 / EVEN / Scalar Implicature / 「だって」 / 言語獲得 / 削除現象 / LF再構築 / 「さえ」

Research Abstract

2つのテーマ、(1)取りたて詞「だって」を含む文の語用論的スケール上の情報量を日本語児が計算できるかどうか、及び(2)統語的に確実に表層照応のひとつであると考えられる格標識付きstripping構文において、日本語児が正しく削除箇所を解釈できるかどうか、を実験により比較・検証し、発展させた。
結果、(1)については、処理コストが軽減された質問法において、語用論的情報量に敏感であることを示した。(2)については、先行詞が量化表現である場合も、「自分」および空の変項を含む文について正しく束縛変項およびsloppy解釈をすることが明らかとなった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Japanese-speaking children's interpretation of the focus particle 'even' reveals their (in)sensitivity to implicatures (2008)
  • Author(s): Ito, Masuyo
  • Journal Title: In T. Sano et al. (eds.), An enterprise in the cognitive science of language : Afestschrift for Yukio Otsu Pages: 495-509
• [Journal Article] Japanese-speaking children's interpretation of the focus particle 'even' reveals their (in)sensitivity to implicatures (2008)
  • Author(s): Ito, Masuyo
  • Journal Title: An enterprise in the cognitive science of language Pages: 495-509
• [Journal Article] Japanese-speaking children's interpretation of the focus particle even reveals their(in)sensitivity to implicatures (2008)
  • Author(s): Ito, Masuyo
  • Journal Title: An enterprise in the cognitive science of language Pages: 495-509
• [Journal Article] Japanese-speaking children' s interpretation of the focus particle 'even' : Grammatical restrictions and implicatures (2007)
  • Author(s): Ito, Masuyo
  • Journal Title: 福岡大学人文論叢 39 Pages: 327-366
• [Journal Article] Japanese-speaking children's interpretation of the focus particle'even':Grammatical restrictions and implicatures (2007)
  • Author(s): Ito, Masuyo
  • Journal Title: 福岡大学人文論叢 39 Pages: 327-366