A theoretical study on derivations of parasitic gap sentences in English, Japanese, and Chinese

• Project/Area Number: 20720129
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Mie University
• Principal Investigator: KOMACHI Masayuki Mie University, 大学教育センター, 講師 (70467364)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2009
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2009)
• Budget Amount: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
• Keywords: 文法 / 比較統語論 / wh疑問文 / 寄生空所

Research Abstract

The goal of this research is to find out how the parasitic gap sentences, which show a peculiar correspondence between one wh phrase and two trace positions, are derived under "the Principles and Parameters Approach to Universal Grammar." Collecting data from multiple languages (including English, Japanese, and Chinese), the research shows that the domain wh elements are extracted from is affecting the availability of parasitic gaps. Given the result, the analysis is proposed that parasitic gaps are generated within the island only when the extraction out of it is possible.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] An Event-related fNIRS Investigation of Japanese Word Order. (2010)
  • Author(s): Nishimura, Yukika, Koji Sugisaki, Noriko Hattori, Yasushi Inokuchi, Masayuki Komachi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Mariko Ogawa, Motohiro Okada, Yuji Okazaki, Waro Taki, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Etsuko Yoshida, Seiki Ayano
  • Journal Title: Experimental Brain Research 202(1) Pages: 239-246
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 「教育観」に関する認知科学的試論 (2010)
  • Author(s): 小町将之
  • Journal Title: 『哲学』(三田哲学会紀要)
• [Journal Article] Across-the-Board and Parasitic Gap Constructions : A Cross-Linguistic Generalization (2008)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Komachi
  • Journal Title: The Proceedings of the Ninth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics Pages: 101-110
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 形容詞の特徴付けに関する予備的研究 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小町将之
  • Organizer: 日本中部言語学会第55回研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 静岡県立大学, 静岡
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-18
• [Presentation] Cortical Activation by Syntactic Violations in Japanese: An fNIRS Study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Ayano, Seiki, Yukika Nishimura, Koji Sugisaki, Noriko Hattori, Yasushi Inokuchi, Shozo Kojima, Masayuki Komachi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yukio Otsu, Mariko Ogawa, Motohiro Okada, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Etsuko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋国際会議場, 名古屋
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-16
• [Presentation] On the Modularity of Lionguistic Knowledge: The View from a NIRS Experiment. (2009)
  • Author(s): Tetsuro Yamamoto, Yukika Nishimura, Koji Sugisaki, Noriko Hattori, Yasushi Inokuchi, Shozo Kojima, Masayuki Komachi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yukio Otsu, Mariko Ogawa, Motohiro Okada, Satoshi Umeda, Etsuko Yoshida, Seiki Ayano
  • Organizer: Society for Neuroscience's 39th annual meeting.
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago
• [Presentation] Cortical Activations Related to Syntactic and Semantic Violations in Japanese: An fNIRS Study. (2009)
  • Author(s): Ayano, Seiki, Yukika Nishimura, Koji Sugisaki, Noriko Hattori, Yasushi Inokuchi, Shozo Kojima, Masayuki Komachi, Yoshihiro Nishimura, Yukio Otsu, Mariko Ogawa, Motohiro Okada, Satoshi Umeda, Tetsuro Yamamoto, Etsuko Yoshida
  • Organizer: The First Neurobiology of Language Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago
• [Presentation] 再構築現象における順序効果と摘出領域の形成 (2008)
  • Author(s): 小町将之
  • Organizer: 日本言語学会第137回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学, 金沢
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-29
• [Presentation] 再構築現象における順序効果と摘出領域の形成 (2008)
  • Author(s): 小町将之
  • Organizer: 日本言語学会第137回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-29
• [Presentation] On the Reconstruction Asymmetries of the Parasitic Gap Constructions. (2008)
  • Author(s): Komachi, Masayuki.
  • Organizer: Facing Movement, Workshop at the Linguistic Institute in the Old World [OWLi]
  • Place of Presentation: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-23
• [Presentation] On the Reconstruction Asymmetries of the Parasitic Gap Constructions (2008)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Komachi
  • Organizer: Facing Movement (Workshop at the Linguistic Institute in the Old World)
  • Place of Presentation: スペイン王国バルセロナポンペウ・ファブラ大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-23
• [Book] Reconstruction Availability in the Parasitic Gap Constructions and the Nature of Islands.(V. Torrens, L. Escobar, A. Gavarro, and J.G. Mangado (eds.)Movement and Clitics.) (2010)
  • Author(s): Komachi, Masayuki.
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• [Book] Movement and Clitics(Reconstruction Asymmetry in the Parasitic Gap Constructions and the Natrue of Islands) (2010)
  • Author(s): Masayuki Komachi
  • Total Pages: 10
• [Book] 「刺激の貧困」言語処理学会(編)『言語処理学事典』 (2009)
  • Author(s): 小町将之
  • Publisher: 共立出版
• [Book] Across-the-Board and Parasitic Gap Constructions: A Cross-Linguistic Generalization.(Y. Otsu.(ed.)The Proceedings of the Ninth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics.) (2008)
  • Author(s): Komachi, Masayuki.
  • Publisher: Hituzi Publishing Company
• [Book] String-Vacous NP-Movement in Japanese Unaccusatives(M. Hirakawa and S. Inagaki. (eds.), Studies in Language Sciences (9): Papers from the Ninth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences.)
  • Author(s): Komachi, Masayuki, Tomoko Monou., M. Hirakawa
  • Publisher: Kurosio Publishing Company(印刷中)