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Theoretical and Demonstrative Research on MERGE and Determinacy in Generative Grammar

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K00692
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research InstitutionToyo University

Principal Investigator

後藤 亘  東洋大学, 経営学部, 准教授 (50638202)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 石井 透  明治大学, 文学部, 専任教授 (30193254)
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2025-03-31
Project Status Granted (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
KeywordsDeterminacy / Merge / Resource Restriction / Minimal Search / Minimal Yield / PIC / Binarity / Box Theory / movement phenomena / binary / MERGE / Stability / Search / Input/Output Determinacy / ATB / identity / Form Sequence / Optimal Design / 大文字併合 / 決定性原理 / 位相不可侵条件 / 移動現象 / 生成文法理論 / 決定生原理 / パラメータ変異 / 置換現象
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では、人間言語の普遍的操作の1つと考えられている「大文字併合(MERGE)」と自然法則の1つとみなされ得る「決定生原理(Principle of Determinacy)」の理論的精緻化を図り、世界中のあらゆる人間言語が示す「移動現象(movement phenomena)」の「非対称性(asymmeties))」を実証的・経験的に分析・検証することにより、人間の脳内に備わる言語機能の中心的メカニズムの理解に貢献すると共に、人間の認知システムの解明を目指す「生成文法(Generative Grammar)」の進展に寄与することを目的とする。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

本研究の目的は、MergeとDeterminacyの関わりを考察し、その帰結を明らかにすることで人間の認知システムの解明を目指す生成文法理論の進展に寄与することである。Determinacyの重要性は、Chomsky氏が2017年にReading大学で行った講演会で指摘した。その後、Chomsky, Gallego & Ott (CGO) (2019)の共著論文の中で「DeterminacyはMergeの出力条件として適用される」という趣旨の示唆がなされたが、その理論的妥当性と経験的射程は明らかではなかった。そこで本研究では、DeterminacyをMergeの入力条件とした方が、理論的にも経験的にも優れているということを実証してきた。その成果はNELS (2020)のProceedingsなどですでに公開されている。
さらに本研究では、Determinacy研究から得られた知見から、Mergeの入力を決定するSearchを再検討した場合どのような帰結が得られるかも探求した。その結果、Determinacyで捉えようとしていた効果はBinarityに還元可能であり、Late MergeやParallel Mergeなどの「Mergeの拡張版」は、Minimal Yield (Chomsky 2021参照)に参照することなくBinarity の観点から排除できるということも明らかにしてきた。その成果は『The Linguistic Review』から出版されている。
本研究を通して、Binarityの重要性が明らかになったが、これと同様の方向性がChomsky氏が2023年1月に提案した「ボックス理論」でも指摘された。したがって、今年度は、この最新の枠組みも含めて研究を進めた。具体的には、ボックス理論に基づいてAcross-The-Board (ATB) MovementとImproper Movementに対して新たな分析を与えることでボックス理論を精緻化し、それを支持する研究を行った。その成果は今後、GLOW in Asia XIV (2024)のOnline Proceedingsなどから出版される予定である。

Current Status of Research Progress
Current Status of Research Progress

1: Research has progressed more than it was originally planned.

Reason

本研究課題は、DeterminacyとMergeの研究であるが、それらの研究を通して得られた成果に基づいて、理論の進展に伴い新たに導入された最新概念(例:Chomsky 2021のMinimal YieldやChomsky 2023のBoxing)をも取り込むような形で有意義に拡張することができているという点で、当初の計画以上に進展している。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

これまで本研究で取り上げてきたDeterminacy, Minimal Yield, Boxingなどの概念は、言語の中核的な構造構築操作であるMergeの適用を規定する条件として機能しているため、「Mergeの適用条件」について今後さらに研究を進めていくことは人間の認知システムの解明を目指す生成文法理論の進展に大きく寄与することが期待できる。したがって本研究は、今年度が最終年度となるが、「Mergeの適用条件」の研究として,より大きな研究課題のもとで継続的に研究していく予定である。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Research-status Report
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (32 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (9 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 8 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Invited: 5 results) Remarks (4 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Seeking an optimal design of Search and Merge: its consequences and challenges2024

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Journal Title

      The Linguistic Review

      Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Pages: 119-152

    • DOI

      10.1515/tlr-2024-2005

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Genuine Free Merge and Resource Restriction-Obedient Search: Consequences and Challenges2023

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of SICOGG 24

      Volume: 24 Pages: 1-21

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Deriving ATB from Box System2023

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of SICOGG 25

      Volume: 25 Pages: 22-39

    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Where Does Determinacy Apply?2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Sophia University Linguistic Society No. 35

      Volume: 35 Pages: 23-41

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Where Does Determinacy Apply?2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Sophia University Linguistic Society 35

      Volume: 35 Pages: 23-41

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The Principle of Determinacy and Its Implications for MERGE2020

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 12th GLOW in Asia & 21st SICOGG

      Volume: 12, 21 Pages: 91-110

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Determinacy Theory of Movement2020

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of NELS 50 (volume two)

      Volume: 50 Pages: 29-38

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Principle of Determinacy and Its Implications for MERGE2020

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 12th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia & the 21st Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: 21 Pages: 91-110

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Determinacy Theory of Movement2020

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of NELS 50

      Volume: 50

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Toward Elaboration of Box System: ATB and Improper Movement2024

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Organizer
      The 14th Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia (GLOW in Asia XIV)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Deriving ATB from Box System2023

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Organizer
      Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar 25 (SICOGG 25)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Box Analysis of ATB and Its Implications2023

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Organizer
      The 41st Annual Meeting of The English Linguistic Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Form Copy Analysis of Left-Branch Extraction2023

    • Author(s)
      Goto Nobu、Ishii Toru
    • Organizer
      Factors in Natural Language Design (FIND 2023)
    • Related Report
      2023 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Towards Optimal Design of Search and Merge2023

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      東北大学英語学研究室講演会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Genuine Free Merge and Resource Restriction-Obedient Search Theory2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      Keio Study Group: Seeking a Genuine Explanation
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Merge and Search under Resource Restriction: its consequences and challenges2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      Workshop "Search and Merge in Minimalism," The 40th Annual Meeting of The English Linguistic Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Genuine Free Merge and Resource Restriction-Obedient Search: Consequences and Challenges2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto
    • Organizer
      Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar 24
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Resource Restriction-Obedient Search and Free MERGE2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      Workshop “Workspace, Merge, and Labeling,” Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia XIII (GLOW in Asia XIII)
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Resource Restriction-Obedient Search on Merge: A Unified Account of Movement Phenomena2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      First Conference on Biolinguistics of the Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Dissociating Merge from minimal search and associating search to Resource Restriction2022

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 15th International Spring Forum 2022
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Multiple Nominative and Form Sequence2021

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      Keio Study Group
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Resource Restriction and Accessibility to MERGE2021

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      Symposium "On the Computational System of Human Language: Merge," Sophia University Linguistic Society
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ATB解釈に寄与する格の役割2020

    • Author(s)
      後藤亘 石井透
    • Organizer
      第38回日本英語学会ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] MERGE + Determinacy in Phase Theory: A Comparative Study of Movement Restrictions2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 8th Cambridge Comparative Syntax Conference (CamCos8)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Conspiracy of MERGE and Determinacy: A New Analysis of Movement Phenomena2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 29th Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG29)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Principle of Determinacy and Its Implications for MERGE2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 12the Generative Linguistics in the Old World in Asia and the 21st Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar (GLOW-in-Asia XII & SICOGG 21)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Determinacy Theory of Movement2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobu Goto and Toru Ishii
    • Organizer
      The 50th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society (NELS 50)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] Nobu Gotoのwebページ

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/gotounobu/nobu-goto?authuser=0

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Toru Ishiiのwebページ

    • URL

      http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~tishii/index.html

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 研究代表者(後藤亘)個人ホームページ

    • URL

      https://sites.google.com/site/gotounobu/

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 研究分担者(石井透)個人ホームページ

    • URL

      http://www.isc.meiji.ac.jp/~tishii/

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Do Exocentric Structures Exist in Syntax?, 「慶應言語学コロキアム(東洋大学共催)」2019

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-12-25  

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