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A Comparative Study of Syntax for the Investigation of Universal Coordinate and Parallel Structures

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K13228
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Agriculture (2020)
Aichi University of Technology (2019)

Principal Investigator

KOBAYASHI Ryoichiro  東京農業大学, 国際食料情報学部, 助教 (80824143)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords統辞論 / 等位構造 / 並列構造 / コピュラ文 / 寄生空所文 / 等位構造制約 / 全域的移動 / &P分析
Outline of Research at the Start

等位接続との類似性が指摘される寄生空所文、コピュラ文、Path構文を分析し、等位構造が等位接続表現に限定されない、一般的な構造であるという仮説を検証する。寄生空所文が等位接続と似た振る舞い(全域的移動)を見せるという指摘は、古くから存在する(Williams 1990他)。しかし、等位接続表現と同様の構造を持つかどうかは意見が分かれ、未だ決着を見ない(de Vries 2017)。本研究では日英語を中心とする比較統辞論的視点から、コピュラ文とPath構文を含む他の現象にも観察を拡げ、等位接続表現との比較を通じて、これらを総合する一般的な並列構造の提案を目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates the syntactic properties of three different types of constructions: (a) Coordination, (b) the equative copula construction, and (c) from-to constructions. The aim of this study is twofold: First, it is argued that they obey the same parallelism constraint, which I dub the generalized Coordinate Structure Constraint (CSC: cf. Ross 1967). Second, I suggest that the three types of constructions share the same syntactic structure. I demonstrated that coordination, the equative copula construction, and the from-to construction obey the generalized CSC in English and Japanese.
[Generalized CSC] In coordination, equative copula and from-to constructions, (i) no component may be moved, (ii) nor may any element contained in a component be moved out of that component.
The parallelisms observed imply that the three different constructions share the same syntactic structure. I specifically claim that they are derived via symmetry-breaking movement from XP-YP structure.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本語と英語を中心とした比較統辞論研究の手法を用いて、等位接続文、(同定)コピュラ文、そしてPath構文(from-to constructions)の構造について、統一的な分析を与えた。これらの構文はこれまで、一部の研究を除き、関連付けられることは無かった。本研究課題の研究成果によれば、これらの構文の背後には、共通した「並列構造」が存在することになる。本研究課題の研究成果は、これまで研究がされてこなかった現象に新たな光をあてただけではなく、通言語的に存在する「等位構造」が、実は等位接続文以外の背後にも存在する、より一般的な構造であることを強く示唆するものである。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All 2021 2020 2019 Other

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 3 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (1 results) Remarks (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] The Uniform Hypothesis of Ni-passives in Japanese and Movement into θ-position2021

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics

      Volume: 38(1)

    • NAID

      40022725412

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Labeling the Unlabelable in the CP Domain2021

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics 2020

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A Case against the Verb-Stranding VP-Ellipsis Analysis in Japanese2020

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 22nd Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar

      Volume: - Pages: 298-304

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Notes on Coordination, Copula, and From-To Constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Journal Title

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

      Volume: 21 Pages: 145-159

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] A Case against the Verb-stranding VP-Ellipsis Analysis in Japanese2020

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Organizer
      The 22nd Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Labeling the Unlabelable in the CP Domain2020

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Organizer
      Western Conference on Linguistics 2020
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Notes on Coordination, Copula, and From-To Constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Kobayashi, Ryoichiro.
    • Organizer
      GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 今さら聞けない英語学・英語教育学・英米文学2020

    • Author(s)
      渋谷和郎、野村忠央、女鹿喜治、土居 峻 [編]
    • Total Pages
      269
    • Publisher
      DTP出版
    • ISBN
      9784862117694
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/ryoichirokobayashi

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] Ryoichiro Kobayashi

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 東京農業大学 教員・研究情報

    • URL

      http://dbs.nodai.ac.jp/view?l=ja&u=100001369&a2=0000004&o=affiliation&sm=affiliation&sl=ja&sp=1

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 個人ホームページ

    • URL

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

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] Researchmap

    • URL

      https://researchmap.jp/ryoichirokobayashi/

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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