2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Reorganization of Interfaces Centered on Semantics and Possibilities of Contrastive Linguistics Japanese-German
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14310214
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
独語・独文学
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| Research Institution | University of Tsukuba |
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Principal Investigator |
MORI Yoshiki University of Tsukuba, Graduate Program of Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Professor (30306831)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KOBAYASHI Masahiro University of Tottori, Research Institute for Higher Education, Assistant Professor (50361150)
TANAKA Shin University of Chiba, Foreign Languange Center, Assistant Professor (50236593)
NAKAMURA Hiroaki University of Tsukuba, Japanese Coast Guard Academy, Institute of Basic Education, Professor
FUJINAMI Tsutomu University of Tsukuba, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, School of Knowledge Science, Associate Professor (70303344)
YOSHIMOTO Kei Tohoku University, International Student Center, Professor (50282017)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2004
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| Keywords | Semantics / linguistic interfaces / Dynamic Syntax / Tense, Modality, Mood / Relational Nouns / Floating quantifier / Brain science experiments / Context |
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| Research Abstract |
Based on our earlier research on aspect, tense and their relations to NPs, we have noticed as late as at the beginning of this research period that formal semantics should be conflated with (formal) pragmatics to accomplish some compositional tasks. Confronting with such theoretical challenges, we decided to take an unorthodox course and enrich semantics, although Japanese syntacticians often do away with semantics between syntax and pragmatics. To materialize this theoretical makeup, we had to theoretically develop our semantic frameworks at the same time as conducting minute descriptive analyses on linguistic facts concerning semantic-pragmatic "interface".
To meet this challenge, we set out on this project by aiming both at choosing a syntactic formalism well-connecting to semantics in a reasonable way and expanding formal semantics to encyclopedic world knowledge and general cognitive knowledge at least in its archaic form. On the descriptive level, we conducted researches in the ar
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ea of information structure and discourse structure, also researches on floating quantifiers and their (in-) definiteness and scope relations at the interface to syntax, on relational nouns, and finally those on tense, modality and mood.
We started with several types of categorial grammars to make syntax and semantics as parallel as possible. However, we moved swiftly to taking dynamic semantics in consideration. After a while, we reached a conclusion that the dynamicity we need could involve syntax as well as semantics. We finally adopted Dynamic Syntax as our working bench, with which we are able to present many works as our results. At the same time, we started with investigating relations of syntactic and semantic processing to their contexts. So, not only the sentence has a context change potential, but also autonomic dynamicity of contexts can have influences on the linguistic formation of sentences. Scanning the dynamicity of contexts goes hand in hand with the dynamicity of sentence meaning. In this relation, we made a concrete proposal for sorts and interactions of contexts in light of cognitive processing.
Finally, the rightness of our overall project scheme has been reinforced by several researches in the area of basin science. Less
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Research Products
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2004
Author(s)
Kei Yoshimoto
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Journal Title
New Developments of Contrastive Linguistics.(Shigeru Sato et al(eds.))(Compositional Semantics for Complex Sentences in Japanese : In View of Contrast with English)
Pages: 229-253
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2004
Author(s)
Masahiro Kobayashi
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Journal Title
New Developments of Contrastive Linguistics.(Shigeru Sato et al(eds.))(Form of Numerals and Domains of Quantification : Japanese-English Contrast)
Pages: 125-135
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2003
Author(s)
Yoshiki Mori
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Journal Title
Invitation to Cognitive Linguistics.,Introduction to Cognitive Linguistics.6 vols.(Yukio Tsuji(ed.))(1^<st> volume of- Yoshihiko Ikegami, Seisaku Murakami, Masaaki Yamanashi(eds.))(Surrounding Areas of Cognitive Linguistics(Chapter 6))
Pages: 213-261
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2003
Author(s)
Kei Yoshimoto
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Journal Title
Grammar 1.(5^<th> volume of- Asakura-Lecture of Japanese.)(Yasuo Kitahara(ed.))(Phrase Structure Grammars and Japanese)
Pages: 221-243
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より2002
Author(s)
森芳樹
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Journal Title
Wie pragmatisch ist die Aspektkomposition?(Japanische Gesellschaft fur Germanistik(Hrsg.)Grammatische Kategorien aus sprachhistorischer und typologischer Perspektive. iudicium, Munchen)
Pages: S.251-262
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2002
Author(s)
Yoshiki Mori
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Journal Title
Japanische Gesellschaft fur Germanistik(Hrsg.)Grammatische Kategorien aus sprachhistorischer und typologischer Perspektive(Wie pragmatisch ist die Aspektkomposition?)
Pages: 251-262
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[Journal Article] 「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より2002
Author(s)
Yoshiki Mori
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Journal Title
The Report of the Special Research Project "Typology of Eastern and Western Languages and Cultures" at the University of Tsukuba(Dynamics of Events based on Degrees)
Pages: 465-480
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