| Project/Area Number |
25370445
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nanzan University |
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Principal Investigator |
SAITO Mamoru 南山大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70186964)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | 極小主義アプローチ / 比較統語論 / パラメター / ラベリング / 意味的選択 / 文法格 / 削除現象 / スクランブリング / 補文の構造と解釈 / 項省略 / 項削除 / 自由語順 / 語彙的複合動詞 / 句構造形成 / 述語屈折 / 多重文法格 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In the minimalist approach to syntax, Merge, which takes two elements and forms a constituent, is assumed to be the sole mechanism for phrase structure building. Hence, grammatical phenomena must be explained in terms of selection, morphological and semantic, and the applicability of Merge. This project has successfully derived the hierarchical relations among modals, complementizers and speech act particles in Japanese from selectional restrictions. Then, it proposed that suffixal Case markers and predicate inflections make the application of Merge possible in Japanese, playing the role equivalent to agreement in Indo-European languages. This makes it possible to explain the typological properties of the language such as multiple occurrences of Case markers, free word order, argument ellipsis and extensive use of complex predicates. Overall, the achieved results indicate that the minimalist approach leads to significant insights in both Japanese grammar and comparative syntax.
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