Compositional meaning of negative polarity items

• Project/Area Number: 23720245
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Ochanomizu University
• Principal Investigator: NAKANISHI Kimiko お茶の水女子大学, 大学院人間文化創成科学研究科, 准教授 (30598751)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,860,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥660,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 意味論 / 否定極性表現 / 普遍性 / 国際情報交流

Research Abstract

This research program advanced the understanding of "how the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meaning of its parts" by examining the semantics of negative polarity items (NPIs such as 'anyone') and additive particles (such as 'even/also') in English, Japanese, and German. Specifically, the program compared decomposable NPIs (such as Japanese 'dare-mo') with NPIs that have no apparent parts (such as English 'anyone'). By comparing three languages above, the program

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The scope of even and quantifier raising (2012)
  • Author(s): Nakanishi, Kimiko
  • Journal Title: Natural Language Semantics Volume: 20:2 Issue: 2 Pages: 115-136
  • DOI: 10.1007/s11050-011-9077-7
  • URL: http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11050-011-9077-7
• [Presentation] Measurement in the Nominal and Verbal Domains (2013)
  • Author(s): Nakanishi, Kimiko
  • Organizer: Workshop on Classifiers and Mass/Count Distinction
  • Place of Presentation: 星陵会館
  • Year and Date: 2013-02-21
• [Presentation] Measure Phrases and Gradable Predicates in Japanese (2012)
  • Author(s): Nakanishi, Kimiko
  • Organizer: 意味論研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 関西学院大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-10
• [Presentation] Measure Phrases and Gradable Predicates in Japanese (2011)
  • Author(s): Nakanishi, Kimiko
  • Organizer: 福岡大学言語学コロキュアム
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-09-20
• [Presentation] Measure phrases and gradability
  • Author(s): 中西公子
  • Organizer: 福岡大学言語学コロキュアム(招待講演)
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡大学
• [Book] Focus, numerals, and negative polarity items in Japanese. Cross-Linguistic Focus Across the Grammar (provisional) (M. Kanazawa and C. Tancredi eds.)
  • Author(s): Nakanishi, Kimiko
  • Publisher: Amsterdam : John Benjamins (To appear) (ページ数未定)