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Syntax of Numerals and Recursion in Natural Language

Research Project

Project/Area Number 25770159
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionMeiji Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

HIRAIWA Ken  明治学院大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10572737)

Project Period (FY) 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords生成文法 / 統語論 / 再帰性 / 併合 / 等位接続 / 数 / 言語能力 / 数能力
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project has demonstrated that numeral systems in human language make a crucial use of an additive operation, in the form of coordination. It has been further argued that the additive operation is a simple, direct consequence of applying the combinatory operation Merge. Discrete infinity seen in numeral systems of human language is not represented in the form of the Successor Function nor in the form of the number-by-word system. Rather, I have presented an analysis that argues that numeral systems mirror the syntactic structure-building: a system of Merge with a finite set of numerals and numeral bases to handle discrete infinity. This system is an optimal solution to the conflicting demands from the computational efficiency and the external system.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • 2013 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (6 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 6 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 6 results) Presentation (5 results)

  • [Journal Article] 自然言語の数詞とシンタクス2016

    • Author(s)
      平岩 健
    • Journal Title

      日英対照・文法と語彙への統合的アプローチ:生成文法・認知言語学と日本語学

      Volume: なし Pages: 89-109

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 関連性条件から見た日本語の主要部内在型関係節の諸問題ー野村論文の意義と再解釈ー2016

    • Author(s)
      平岩 健
    • Journal Title

      日英対照・文法と語彙への統合的アプローチ:生成文法・認知言語学と日本語学

      Volume: なし Pages: 212-218

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The QP Syntax: Noun Class, Case, and Augment2015

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Journal Title

      The Proceedings of NELS45

      Volume: 45-2

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Suushi no Shintakusu2015

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Journal Title

      TBA

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] NP-Ellipsis: A Comparative Syntax of Japanese and Okinawan2015

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Journal Title

      Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Constraining Doubling2014

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Journal Title

      Identity Relations in Grammar

      Pages: 225-254

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Disjunction and Question in Dagaare2015

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa and Adams Bodomo
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Disjunction and Question
    • Place of Presentation
      Universitat Wien
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-01 – 2015-10-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Comparative Syntax of Indefinite QPs and Augmentless Nominals in Japanese and Bantu2014

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Organizer
      NELS45
    • Place of Presentation
      MIT
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-31 – 2014-11-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Number Systems and the Faculty of Language―Issues in Number, Numerals, Agreement, and Beyond―.2014

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Organizer
      Symposium on Number
    • Place of Presentation
      Meiji Gakuin University
    • Year and Date
      2014-10-25
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Animacy Agreement and Case in Shuri Okinawan2014

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa
    • Organizer
      TEAL9
    • Place of Presentation
      Universite de Nantes, France
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-25 – 2014-09-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Coordination and the Head Parameter2014

    • Author(s)
      Ken Hiraiwa and Yukiko Chino
    • Organizer
      The 88th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
    • Place of Presentation
      Minneapolis, MN(米国)
    • Related Report
      2013 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-07-25   Modified: 2019-07-29  

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