2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Cognitive Neuroscientik Study of the Domain-Specificity of Innate Language Faculty
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17320062
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Mie University |
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Principal Investigator |
AYANO Seiki Mie University, Faculty of Humnities and Social Sciences, Professor (00222703)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUGISAKI Koji Mie University, Faculty of Humnities and Social Sciences, Asscoiate Professor (60362331)
HATTORI Noriko Mie University, Faculty of Humnities and Social Sciences, Professor (00198764)
OKAZAKI Yuji Tokyo Institute of Psychiatry, 東京都精神医学総合研究所, Visiting Researcher (40010318)
YAMAMOTO Tetsuro Mie University, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor (00127002)
YUKIKA Nishimura Mie University, Hospital, Assistant Professor (60456738)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | linguistics / innate language faculty / domain specificity / language acquisition / brain science / NIRS |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project was of an interdisciplinary nature, viz linguistics and brain science(brain imaging), which evaluates the following two hypotheses : (i) the innate language faculty, which plays a crucial role in language acquisition, contains domain-specific properties, and(ii) this domain-specific language faculty has a modular nature and consists of sub-domains with distinctive functions.
In 2005-2007, we investigated the domain specificity of our innate language faculty, with adult subjects. We designed experiments, identified the areas of the brain to be examined, and conducted our experiments. More specifically, we first addressed the question of whether the fMRI findings reported in the literature concerning domain-specificity of a given syntactic operation in Japanese can be replicated with experiments using NIRS. Second, two competing hypotheses concerning the word-order variation in Japanese were evaluated, to determine whether the syntactic operation in question is involved in this phenomenon. Our research findings were presented at international conferences and published in a refereed international journal.
In addition, in 2007, we conducted experiments with children, based on our research findings with adult subjects. Despite a number of preliminary experiments, we were not able to establish an effective experimental design, hence no significant results. However, conducting the preliminary experiments itself was highly suggestive of how the research design could be improved and what our future research plans should be like.
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Research Products
(21 results)
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[Journal Article] On the existence of subject scrambling : An fNIRS study2007
Author(s)
Sugisaki, Koji, Yukika, Nishimura, Noriko, Hattori, Yasushi, Inolcuchi, Yoshihiro, Nishimura, Mariko, Ogawa, Yuji, Okazaki, Waro, Taki, Shinichi, Unoh, Tetsuro, Yamamoto, Etsuko, Yoshida, Seiki, Ayano
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Journal Title
Proceedings of the Eighth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics 8
Pages: 103-120
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Journal Article] Topics in child Japanese2006
Author(s)
Hattori, Noriko, Seiki, Ayano, Dylan, Herrick, Koji, Sugisaki, David, Stringer
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Journal Title
Proceedings of the Seventh Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics 7
Pages: 103-119
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Journal Article] An fNIRS study on the basic word order in Japanese
Author(s)
Nishimura, Yukika, Koji, Sugisaki, Noriko, Hattori, Yasushi, Inokuchi, Yoshihiro, Nishimura, Mariko, Ogawa, Motohiro, Okada, Yuji, Okazaki, Waro, Taki, Tetsuro, Yamamoto, Etsuko, Yoshida, Seiki, Ayano
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Description
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[Presentation] Flexible word order in Japanese and its effects on frontal activation : A NIRS study2007
Author(s)
Nishimura, Yukika, Koji, Sugisaki, Noriko, Hattori, Yasushi, Inokuchi, Yoshihiro, Nishimura, Mariko, Ogawa, Waro, Taki, Tetsuro, Yamamoto, Etsuko, Yoshida
Organizer
Neuro 2007
Place of Presentation
Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama
Year and Date
2007-09-11
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] Topics in child Japanese2007
Author(s)
Hattori, Noriko, Seiki, Ayano, Dylan, Herrick, Koji, Sugisaki, David, Stringer
Organizer
The Seventh Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics
Place of Presentation
Keio University, Tokyo
Year and Date
2007-03-17
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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[Presentation] On the existence of subject scrambling in Japanese : An fNIRS study2007
Author(s)
Sugisaki, Koji, Yukika, Nishimura, Noriko, Hattori, Yasushi, Inokuchi, Yoshihiro, Nishimura, Mariko, Ogawa, Yuji, Okazaki, Waro, Taki, Shinichi, Unoh, Tetsuro, Yamamoto, Etsuko, Yoshida, Seiki, Ayano
Organizer
The Eighth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics
Place of Presentation
Keio University, Tokyo
Year and Date
2007-03-16
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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