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1996 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Real-time Analysis of the comprehension process of sentences with empty subjects

Research Project

Project/Area Number 07801073
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 言語学・音声学
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

SAKAMOTO Tsutomu  Kyushu University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (10215650)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) GYOBA Jiro  Kyushu University, Faculty of Letters, Associate Professor, 文学部, 助教授 (50142899)
Project Period (FY) 1995 – 1996
Keywordsparsing / dichotic listening / empty subject / subject oriented sentence / object oriented sentence / top-down / bottom-up
Research Abstract

It is one of the fundamental issues to investigate how we "understand" a given expression. We try to elucidate the process of "understanding" as a cognitive process through the study of sentence processing.
First, we consider some processing models based on linguistic theory. The actual target of our investigation was the process of understanding sentences with empty subjects (or, missing subjects) in Japanese. Particularly, we are interested in detecting the sentence processing in "real-time". We conducted an experiment using computationally synthesized sentences. The task was Yes-No decision. Furthermore, we examined the effect of exchanging the order of the subject and object in the sentence. In both orders, we observed a "subject preference" phenomena. This effect disappears in the course of time. This experimental findings suggest that the sentence processing mechanism operates in the "top-down" procedure at first, and then in the "bottom-up" procedure. Thus, we obtained a new knowledge concerning the understanding of "empty" element in a sentence.
Although there are some research works concerning parsing of Japanese, this kind of co-operative work by linguist and psychologist are rare. This findings mentioned above are some out-come of the joint research. In the future, new products of this kind of joint research will increase.

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All Publications (12 results)

  • [Publications] 坂本勉: "統語解析" 認知心理学(東大出版会). 3. 145-158 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 坂本勉: "構文解析における透明性の仮説" 認知科学(日本認知科学会). 2・2. 77-90 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 坂本勉: "日本語の制御文に関する覚え書き" 人間科学(九大文学部). 1. 31-41 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: "Tronsparency between Parser and Grammar" Japanese Sentence Processing (Lawrence). 275-294 (1995)

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  • [Publications] 坂本勉: "「ことば」と「こころ」の仕組み" 三田評論(慶応大学). 18-22 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: "Processing Empty Subjects in Japanese" Kyushu University Press, 200 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: ""Tougo Kaiseki."" In Y.Otu (ed.) Ninchi Shinri-gaku Vol.3.Tokyo : Tokyo University Press.145-158 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: ""Koubun Kaiseki niokeru Toumeisei no Kasetu : Kuusyugo-o Fukumu Bun-no Syori nimkanshite."" Ninti Kagaku. Vol2.No.2. 77-90 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: ""Nihongo no Seigyobun nikansuru oboegaki"" Ningen Kagaku. Vol.1. 31-41 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: ""Transparency between Parser and Grammar : On the Processing of EmptySubjects in Japanese"" In R.Mazuka and N.Nagai (eds.) Japanese Sentence Processing.New Jersey : Lawrence Erlbaum. 275-294 (1995)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: ""'Kotoba' to 'kokoro' no shikumi."" Mita Hyouron. 18-22 (1996)

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  • [Publications] Tsutomu Sakamoto: Processing Empty Subjects in Japanese : Implications for the Transparency Hypothesis. Fukuoka : Kyushu University Press, 200 (1996)

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