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Exploring influence of agreement on interpretations of null arguments using a semi-artificial language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K00615
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

Orita Naho  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (70781459)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 高橋 大厚  東北大学, 国際文化研究科, 教授 (00272021)
酒井 弘  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 教授 (50274030)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords心理言語学 / 項省略 / 言語獲得 / 人工言語 / コーパス言語学 / 人工言語実験 / 言語間比較
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、日本語などに観察される項省略に関して近年統語論で提案されている仮説の妥当性を、人工言語実験で検証する。日本語の空主語や空目的語とスペイン語の空主語の比較を通して「時制辞などの機能範疇との一致に関与する主語や目的語などの項は省略を受けることができない」という反一致仮説が提案されている (Saito 2007, Takahashi 2014)。これは、多くの言語で観察される空項の多様な特徴を一致と関係づけて説明する試みである。本研究は、日本語母語話者に一致を示す準日本語を、スペイン語母語話者に一致のない準スペイン語を学習させ、両話者がこれら人工言語の空項をどのように解釈するかを調査する。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the validity of the anti-agreement hypothesis in a context of the acquisition of null arguments in Japanese. Native Japanese speakers were exposed to semi-artificial Japanese with either artificial object-verb agreement or only an artificial singular/plural marker attached to an object. After the learning phase, participants’ interpretations of omitted objects were tested. Our results indicate that Japanese speakers’ interpretations of null arguments differ between the two conditions (with or without agreement) and thus show that agreement may play a crucial role in learning the interpretation of null argument.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

これまでの日本語の項省略に関する母語獲得研究では、子どもが大人のような解釈を「いつ」示すかに焦点が当てられてきたが、「どのように」この知識を学習するのかについては推測の域を出ていない。本研究の結果は、一致の有無が空項の性質の特定に関与する可能性を実証的に示唆するものである。インプットに現れない抽象的な言語知識を子どもがどのように学習するのかについて、より具体的な学習過程を検討するための足がかりとなる。

Report

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

    (8 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Agreement affects the interpretation of null arguments in semi-artificial Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita, Daiko Takahashi, Hiromu Sakai
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

      Volume: 45 Pages: 1786-1791

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Agreement affects the interpretation of null arguments in semi-artificial Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita, Daiko Takahashi, Hiromu Sakai
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] An Experimental Investigation into the Cross-linguistic Variation of Argument Ellipsis2024

    • Author(s)
      折田奈甫
    • Organizer
      第24回研究拠点形成事業セミナー研究会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Agreement affects the interpretation of null arguments in semi-artificial Japanese2023

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita, Daiko Takahashi, Hiromu Sakai
    • Organizer
      The 45th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 理論言語学者とのコラボのすすめ2023

    • Author(s)
      折田奈甫
    • Organizer
      Encouraging Workshop on Formal Linguistics 8
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Exploring Influence of Agreement on Interpretations of Null Arguments Using a Semi-artificial Language2022

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita
    • Organizer
      The Second Annual Workshop on Language Faculty Science
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Interpretation of a null argument in semi-artificial Japanese is affected by the presence of agreement2021

    • Author(s)
      Naho Orita, Daiko Takahashi, Hiromu Sakai
    • Organizer
      The Third International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本語の一人称空目的語の生起制限について --コーパスを用いた定量的分析--2021

    • Author(s)
      宮崎真奈, 折田奈甫, 高橋大厚
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第 163 回大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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