| Project/Area Number |
25580095
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nihon University (2014-2015)
Waseda University (2013) |
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Principal Investigator |
NARITA Hiroki 日本大学, 生産工学部, 助教 (60609767)
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| Research Collaborator |
SAKAI Kuniyoshi L. 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科相関基礎科学系, 教授 (10251216)
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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 |
¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
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| Keywords | 統辞法・統語論 / 句構造の内心性 / 句構造の対称性 / 併合 / 素性均衡 / 素性一致 / 移動 / 句構造の(非)内心性 / 句構造の(非)対称性 / 素句構造 / ラベル付け / 統語論・統辞法 / 句構造の（非）内心性 / 句構造の（非）対称性 / 探索 / 構造依存性 / 普遍文法 / 意味の二重性 / 移送 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this research project, we put forward the hypothesis that the traditional notion of “projection” should be entirely eliminated from the theory of human language syntax. We propose an alternative, projection-free characterization of endocentricity (headedness), according to which endocentric phrase structures are in fact asymmetric structures that are in need of symmetrization via movement (internal Merge). The proposal points to the overarching hypothesis that linguistic computation is fundamentally driven for structural symmetry (closely tied with non-endocentricity). The achievements of this project are published in several volumes and a journal paper, and to be elaborated in the forthcoming book (under contract) entitled Symmetry-driven Syntax. Further, a new neuroimaging experiment was designed and conducted, which attempts to measure the cortical activities concerning nested dependencies and cross-serial dependencies in language processing.
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