How to recover ellipstic elements in terms of extra-linsuistic information

• Project/Area Number: 24520414
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Hokkaido University
• Principal Investigator: Oku Satoshi 北海道大学, 大学院メディア・コミュニケーション研究院, 教授 (70224144)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 項削除 / 情報構造 / 焦点効果 / 項選択 / 項削除現象 / ゼロ項 / 非焦点化 / 削除現象 / 一般主語 / カートグラフィ / 統語と意味のインターフェイス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The current study is on the syntactic mechanism of how phonologically empty elements are semantically recovered within the theoretical framework of generative grammar. The research has revealed that (de-)focusing effect plays a crucial role in ellipsis phenomena not only of arguments but also of adjuncts. The result of the work has been presented in national/international proceedings/journals and conferences.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] A Note on Ellipsis-Resistant Constituents (2016)
  • Author(s): Ｓａｔｏｓｈｉ Ｏｋｕ
  • Journal Title: Nanzan Linguistics Volume: 11 Pages: 57-70
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 項削除と(非)焦点化効果 (2014)
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Journal Title: 86th General Meeting of the ELSJ, Proceedings Volume: 86 Pages: 119-102
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] ｢復習｣：理論言語学研究の特徴と実践 (2014)
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Journal Title: 86th General Meeting of the ELSJ, Proceedings Volume: 86 Pages: 131-132
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Ｒａｆｆａｅｌａ Ｆｏｌｌｉ ａｎｄ Ｃ．Ｕｌｂｒｉｃｈ （ｅｄｓ．） Ｉｎｔｅｒｆａｃｅｓ ｉｎ Ｌｉｎｇｕｉｓｔｉｃｓ (2013)
  • Author(s): Ｏｋｕ，Ｓａｔｏｓｈｉ
  • Journal Title: Ｓｔｕｄｉｅｓ ｉｎ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ Ｌｉｔｅｒａｔｕｒｅ （Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｎｕｍｂｅｒ） Volume: 54 Pages: 147-153
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Raffaella Folli and Christiane Ulbrich (eds.) Interfaces in Linguistics (Review) (2013)
  • Author(s): Oku, Satoshi
  • Journal Title: Studies in English Literature, English Number Volume: 54 Pages: 147-153
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Interpretive Economy: A Note on Markedness and Computations (2012)
  • Author(s): Oku, Satoshi
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 5th Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics Conference Volume: 5 Pages: 207-216
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 削除現象における焦点効果と項選択 (2015)
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会北海道支部第60回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-01
  • Invited
• [Presentation] 削除 － 焦点効果と選択の視点から (2015)
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Organizer: Ｃｏｍｐａｒａｔｉｖｅ Ｓｙｎｔａｘ ａｎｄ Ｌａｎｇｕａｇｅ Ａｃｑｕｉｓｉｔｉｏｎ ＃５
  • Place of Presentation: 南山大学言語研究センター
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-27
  • Invited
• [Presentation] ゼロ代名詞、項削除、非焦点効果 (2014)
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会第86回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-05-14
• [Presentation] 項削除と(非)焦点効果
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会北海道支部第58回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学(札幌市)
• [Presentation] 「復習」：理論言語学研究の特徴と実践
  • Author(s): 奥 聡
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会北海道支部第58回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学（札幌市）
• [Presentation] Japanese Ellipsis Revisited: Defocusing, Remnants, and Adjuncts
  • Author(s): Oku, Satoshi
  • Organizer: English Linstuistic Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: 福岡大学(福岡市)
• [Presentation] Null pronouns, argument ellipsis, and defocusing effect
  • Author(s): Oku, Satoshi
  • Organizer: 日本英文学会
  • Place of Presentation: 北海道大学(札幌市)