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Toward an understanding of the narrow syntax as the core of the language organ and its efficient nature

Research Project

Project/Area Number 22520409
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

KITAHARA Hisatsugu  慶應義塾大学, 言語文化研究所, 教授 (50301495)

Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2012
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords統語論 / 生成文法理論 / ミニマリスト統語論 / Biolinguistics / 言語学
Research Abstract

In generative grammar, it has been assumed that Merge and Move are two distinct elementary operations. Under the current assumptions, however, Merge and Move are taken to be two distinct applications of the single operation Merge: one application, called

Report

(4 results)
  • 2012 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2011 Annual Research Report
  • 2010 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (36 results)

All 2013 2012 2011 2010

All Journal Article (20 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 13 results) Presentation (16 results) (of which Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Economy of Derivation and Representation2013

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Miki Obata, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Handbook of Generative Syntax

      Volume: (印刷中)

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Language Variation and Parameterization Revisited2013

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of 25th Commemorative Conference of the Research Group on Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to English

      Pages: 13-39

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report 2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Minimization of Universal Grammar, Reliance on Third Factor Principles, and Feasibility of Inquiry into Evolutionary Origins2013

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 44 Pages: 269-280

    • NAID

      40019631904

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report 2012 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Simplest Merge Generates Set Intersection: Implications for Complementizer Trace Explanation2013

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of Glow in Asia IX 2012: The Main Session

      Pages: 77-92

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Economy of Derivation and Representation2013

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Miki Obata, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Handbook of Generative Syntax

      Volume: なし

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Simplest Merge Generates Set Intersection: Implications for Complementizer Trace Explanation2013

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of Glow in Asia IX 2012: The Main Session

      Volume: なし Pages: 77-92

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Structure Building That Can't be!2012

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Ways of Structure Building

      Pages: 253-270

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Exploring Phase Based Implications Regarding Clausal Architecture - A Case Study: Why Structural Case Cannot Precede Theta2012

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Phases: Developing the Framework

      Pages: 103-123

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] External Merge of Internal Argument DP to VP and its Theoretical Implications2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 43 Pages: 241-248

    • NAID

      40019264383

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report 2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Structure Building That Can't Be!2012

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Ways of Structure Building

      Volume: なし Pages: 253-270

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Exploring Phase Based Implications Regarding Clausal Architecture - A Case Study: Why Structural Case Cannot Precede Theta2012

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Phases: Developing the Framework

      Volume: なし Pages: 103-123

    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Relations in Minimalism2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics

      Volume: 28:1 Pages: 1-22

    • NAID

      130004590717

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report 2011 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Can Eagles That Fly Swim? Guaranteeing the Simplest Answer to a New Puzzle2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of the 12th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics

      Pages: 1-15

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] A Preliminary Study of Argument Ellipsis and Anaphor Binding in Japanese2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 42 Pages: 246-263

    • NAID

      40018803181

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Derivation(s)2011

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism

      Pages: 291-310

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Can Eagles That Fly Swim? Guaranteeing the Simplest Answer to a New Puzzle2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of 12th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics

      Pages: 1-15

    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Derivation(s)2011

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D.Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T.Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism

      Pages: 291-310

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Preliminary Study of Argument Ellipsis and Anaphor Binding in Japanese2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistics Studies

      Volume: 42 Pages: 245-263

    • NAID

      40018803181

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Uninterpretable Features: What are they and what do they do?2010

    • Author(s)
      Samuel David Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars

      Pages: 125-142

    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Uninterpretable Features : What are they and what do they do?2010

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D.Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T.Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars

      Pages: 125-142

    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Simplest Merge and Language Variation2013

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      17th Workshop of the International Research Project on Comparative Syntax and Language Acquisition
    • Place of Presentation
      南山大学(愛知県)
    • Year and Date
      2013-02-17
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Simplest Merge and Language Variation2013

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      17th Workshop of the International Research Project on Comparative Syntax and Language Acquisition
    • Place of Presentation
      南山大学 (愛知県)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How Can a Merge-Based Efficiency-Compliant Mechanism Deal with a Head-Initial vs. Head-Final Variation?2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第30回記念大会ワークショップ On Merge-Based Generative Procedures: Maximizing Minimum Machinery
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学(東京都)
    • Year and Date
      2012-11-10
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Set Intersection in Bare Phrase Structure is Generable by Simplest Merge: Implications for Complementizer Trace Explanation2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      Glow in Asia IX
    • Place of Presentation
      三重大学(三重県)
    • Year and Date
      2012-09-05
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Minimization of Universal Grammar, Reliance on Third Factor Principles, and Feasibility of Inquiry into Evolutionary Origins2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 9)
    • Place of Presentation
      キャンパスプラザ京都(京都府)
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-14
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Minimization of Universal Grammar, Reliance on Third Factor Principles, and Feasibility of Inquiry into Evolutionary Origins2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 9)
    • Place of Presentation
      キャンパスプラザ京都
    • Year and Date
      2012-03-14
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Set Intersection in Bare Phrase Structure is Generable by Simplest Merge: Implications for Complementizer Trace Explanation2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      Glow in Asia IX
    • Place of Presentation
      三重大学 (三重県)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] How Can a Merge-Based Efficiency-Compliant Mechanism Deal with a Head-Initial vs. Head-Final Variation?2012

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第30回記念大会ワークショップOn Merge-Based Generative Procedures: Maximizing Minimum Machinery
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学 (東京都)
    • Related Report
      2012 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Language Variation and Parameterization Revisited2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The Twenty0fifth Commemorative Conference of the Research Group on Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to English
    • Place of Presentation
      津田塾大学(東京都)
    • Year and Date
      2011-08-27
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Language Variation and Parameterization Revisited2011

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The Twenty-fifth Commemorative Conference of the Research Group on Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to English
    • Place of Presentation
      津田塾大学(招待講演)
    • Year and Date
      2011-08-27
    • Related Report
      2011 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Conflicting Implications: A Preliminary Study of Argument Ellipsis and Anaphor Binding in Japanese2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      SyntaxFest2010 Workshop: New Horizons in the Minimalist Program
    • Place of Presentation
      Indiana University (USA)
    • Year and Date
      2010-06-19
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Conflicting Implications : A Preliminary Study of Argument Ellipsis and Anaphor Binding in Japanese2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      SyntaxFest2010 Workshop : New Horizons in the Minimalist Program
    • Place of Presentation
      Indiana University, USA
    • Year and Date
      2010-06-19
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] On the Labeling Algorithm and its Alleged Exceptions2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The Language Design
    • Place of Presentation
      UQAM (Canada)
    • Year and Date
      2010-05-28
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] On the Labeling Algorithm and its Alleged Exceptions2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The Language Design
    • Place of Presentation
      UQAM, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2010-05-28
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Relations in Minimalism2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The ELSJ 3rd International Spring Forum 2010
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学(東京)
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-24
    • Related Report
      2012 Final Research Report
  • [Presentation] Relations in Minimalism2010

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      The ELSJ 3rd International Spring Forum 2010
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2010-04-24
    • Related Report
      2010 Annual Research Report

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