2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Pragmatic Functions and Syntactic Theory : In View of Japanese Main Clauses
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19320063
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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 | Kanda University of International Studies |
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Principal Investigator |
HASEGAWA Nobuko Kanda University of International Studies, 言語科学研究科, 教授 (20208490)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ENDO Yoshio 神田外語大学, 言語科学研究科, 教授 (50203675)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2010
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| Keywords | 統語構造 / 極小主義 / CP構造 / モダリティ / 語用的機能 / カートグラフィー / 文末表現 / 空主語 |
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| Research Abstract |
This research project approaches to the fundamental question of linguistic theory (a) "What is human language (Universal Grammar, UG)?" from the detailed examination of Japanese main clause phenomena, which are known to exhibit peculiar characteristics, by which another question (b) "What kind of language is Japanese with respect to UG?" is pursued as well. For (a), we have clarified the function and structure of CP (the interface between syntax and pragmatics) and for (b), we have presented and verified our working hypotheses regarding syntactic structure and operations which account for what makes language variations possible and what brings about specific characteristics of Japanese.
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