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Examining the Minimalist Program: Merge, Transfer and Parameters

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26770172
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field English linguistics
Research InstitutionTokyo University of Science

Principal Investigator

Obata Miki  東京理科大学, 理学部第二部教養, 准教授 (80581694)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords統語論 / 生成文法 / 極小主義 / 言語学 / 国際情報交換 / 併合 / ラベル付け / インターフェイス
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The research project mainly focused on the following two issues: [1] how the operation Merge is applied in the human linguistic computation and how the operation Transfer sends syntactic objects formed by Merge to the interfaces, and also [2] how cross-linguistic variation can be recaptured without appeal to the traditional concept parameters. With respect to [1], I cast light on the sets {XP,YP} and {H,H} by examining their generation and labeling. With respect to [2], I suggested through comparing various kinds of languages including Cape Verdean Creole that cross-linguistic variation can be explained by appeal to the order of rule-application.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 5 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Michigan, Ann Arbor(米国)

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Eliminating Parameters from the Narrow Syntax: Rule Ordering Variation by Third Factor Underspecification2016

    • Author(s)
      Obata, Miki and Samuel Epstein
    • Journal Title

      Advances in Biolinguistics

      Volume: なし Pages: 128-138

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Can Crosslinguistically Variant Grammars be Formally Identical?: Third Factor Underspecification and the Possible Elimination of Parameters of UG2015

    • Author(s)
      Obata, Miki, Samuel Epstein and Marlyse Baptista
    • Journal Title

      Lingua

      Volume: 156 Pages: 1-16

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] Eliminating C-deletion in the Syntax: Structure Building by Merge2016

    • Author(s)
      Miki Obata
    • Organizer
      第34回日本英語学会シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] On Labeling: How are Labels Determined and What are Labels Needed For?2015

    • Author(s)
      小畑美貴
    • Organizer
      福岡言語学会2015年度第3回例会
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ラベル付と主文現象2015

    • Author(s)
      小畑美貴
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会東北支部第70回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      宮城学院女子大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-08
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Unlabeled Syntactic Objects and their Interpretation at the Interfaces2015

    • Author(s)
      Miki Obata
    • Organizer
      The 46th Annual Meeting of North East Linguistics Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Concordia University, Canada
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-16
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Explaining Linguistic Variation in Minimalism: A Third-Factor Underspecification Approach2015

    • Author(s)
      小畑美貴
    • Organizer
      慶応義塾大学言語学コロキアム
    • Place of Presentation
      慶応義塾大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Labeled Syntactic Objects vs. Unlabeled Syntactic Objects2014

    • Author(s)
      Obata, Miki
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      学習院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-08 – 2014-11-09
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] How to Label {H, H}: A View from Lexical V-V Compounds in Japanese2014

    • Author(s)
      Sugimura, Mina and Miki Obata
    • Organizer
      The 9th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Nantes
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-25 – 2014-09-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] 第34回日本英語学会シンポジウム 「Unconstrained Merge: Its Consequences and Challenges」2015

    • Place of Presentation
      関西外国語大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-21
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2022-01-27  

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