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A Comparative Syntactic Study of So Anaphora: A View from Extraction Possibilities

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K13064
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

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

Principal Investigator

Sakamoto Yuta  明治大学, 情報コミュニケーション学部, 専任准教授 (40802872)

Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords生成文法 / 統語論 / 照応 / 移動 / 照応現象
Outline of Research at the Start

自然言語には様々な照応現象が観察され、その背後にある派生や制約は、生得的な言語機能を直接的に反映しているという見通しから、言語知識に関する研究がこれまで行われてきた。本研究は、特に「so照応」に焦点を当て、「なぜ照応現象は音声的に不完全にも関わらず、母語話者は一様の解釈可能性及び統語的特性を示すのか」という問題に取り組む。具体的には、so照応が示す抜き出しの可能性に関するパターンの言語間差異を比較統語論の見地から記述すると共に、生成文法理論の枠組みにおいて当該の抜き出しの可能性に関する対比を説明する理論を構築し、理論言語学の中心的課題の一つである「ヒトの言語知識の解明」に貢献することを目指す。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research, I investigated what has been called so anaphora in natural languages, especially in English and Japanese, aiming at resolving why anaphora involves phonological incompleteness on the one hand but it provides us with uniform interpretations and syntactic properties on the other hand. To be more specific, I tried to cross-linguistically describe extraction possibilities out of a so anaphora site, aiming at creating a theoretical apparatus that can account for the extraction possibilities in question within the framework of generative syntax, and also tried to contribute to understanding our knowledge of language, one of the important issues in theoretical linguistics.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本語のso照応が示す抜き出しの可能性に関するパターンは、一般的な省略(例えば英語の動詞句省略)や代用形(例えば英語のdo so照応)には観察されず、移動の種類を考慮に入れた上で省略と代用形の違いをより経験的に精緻化する必要性及び当該のパターンを説明する理論構築の必要性が浮き彫りとなっていた。そこで、本研究では、自然言語に観察されるso照応を言語横断的に記述し、比較統語論の手法を用いながらその抜き出しに関するパターンを比較検討し、ヒトの言語知識(普遍文法)の内実に迫ることを目標とした。

Report

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

    (9 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] NEG-raising via Proform2022

    • Author(s)
      Sakamaoto, Yuta
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Inquiry

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Review: The Elliptical Noun Phrase in English: Structure and Use2021

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto, Yuta
    • Journal Title

      Eibungaku Kenkyu

      Volume: 98 Pages: 151-160

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Elliptic Do So in Japanese2020

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto, Yuta
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society

      Volume: 55 Pages: 365-380

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Against syntactic NEG-raising: Evidence from polarity-reversed ellipsis in Japanese2021

    • Author(s)
      Yagi Yusuke, Yuta Tatsumi, and Yuta Sakamoto
    • Organizer
      Japanese/Korean Linguistics 29
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] NEG-raising via Proform2020

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto, Yuta
    • Organizer
      The 56th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] ドイツ語における3人称中性代名詞esに関する研究2020

    • Author(s)
      坂本祐太 戸川琴貴
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第160回大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Apparent VP-ellipsis in Japanese: An Argument Ellipsis Account2020

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto, Yuta
    • Organizer
      Japanese/Korean Linguistics 28
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 手話言語学のトピック:基礎から最前線へ2023

    • Author(s)
      松岡 和美、内堀 朝子
    • Total Pages
      292
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874249284
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Silently Structured Silent Argument2020

    • Author(s)
      Sakamoto, Yuta
    • Publisher
      John Benjamins
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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