2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Markedness in the Modern Linguistic Theory : A Study in Syntax and Acquisition
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17520282
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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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 | Nanzan University |
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Principal Investigator |
MURASUGI Keiko (斎藤 恵子) Nanzan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor (00239518)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ABE Yasuaki Nanzan University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor (40159447)
SAITO Mamoru Nanzan University, Faculty of Humanities, Professor (70186964)
SUZUKI Tatsuya Nanzan University, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Professor (10206500)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | generative grammar / Grammar Acquisition / Markedness / Unmarked / overaeneration / VP-shell / parameter / complex predicates |
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| Research Abstract |
Markedness has been one of the consistent topics in the research of linguistics. The purpose of this research project was to investigate the mechanism for markedness in human language, comparing, in particular, syntax and acquisition of complex Noun Phrases and complex Predicates in English and Japanese. First, based on detailed research on the structure of relative clauses and the new corpus I created with Tomoko Hashimoto, I proposed that there are TP-relative-clause-languages and CP relative-clause languages, and CP is the unmarked structure as Murasugi (1991) disrussed. This proposal allows us to formulate the acquisition theory based on the markedness theory, and enables us to account for the complex pattern of the well-known overgeneration phenomena in Japanese acquisition.
Further, I examined the intermediate stages widely reported in the acquisition of complex predicates. I investigated the erroneous forms children make in the acquisition of transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and causatives under the VP shell analysis. Based on the detailed analysis of CHILDES database and the data corpus created by Tomoko Hashimoto and myselt I presented a hypothesis that Japanese-speaking children initially set the parameter value that the small vis mophologically null (like vin English transitive-& intransitive-verb pass). Finally, based on the research on the other types of complex predicates such as potentials, I argued that the proposed analysis would be extended to the analysis of the errors hind in the acquisition stages of the complex predicates in general. This research is currently being developed into the next major project that I plan to undertake.
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Research Products
(88 results)
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[Journal Article] 言語獲得における名詞句内の過剰生成2006
Author(s)
村杉 恵子、橋本 知子
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Journal Title
KLS26:The Proceedings of the thirtieth Anniversary Meeting, Kansai Linguistic Society 26
Pages: 12-22
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
Peer Reviewed
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[Book] 束縛と削除2005
Author(s)
村杉 恵子、有元 将剛
Total Pages
249(131-246)
Publisher
研究社
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
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