2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The Acquisition of Functional Categories and the Implication for the Grammatical Theory
| Project/Area Number |
20520397
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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, 外国語学部, 教授 (00239518)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SAITO Mamoru 南山大学, 人文学部, 教授 (70186964)
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| Research Collaborator |
ANDRIANA Belletti University of Siena
LEE Thomas Hun-Tak Chinese University of Hong Kong
LIN T.-H. Jonah National Tsing-Hua University
DIANE Lillo-Martin University of Connecticut
LUIGI Rizzi University of Siena
IAN Roberts Cambridge University
SNYDER William University of Connecticut
TSAI W.-T. Dylan National Tsing-Hua University
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 生成文法 / 文法獲得 / 原理とパラメター理論 / 機能範疇 / 動詞 |
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| Research Abstract |
This project views the language variation through the window of grammar acquisition. Based on the descriptive study of the typical errors children produce, i.e., Root Infinitive (analogues), Case-marking errors, erroneous verbal forms, and the overgeneration in Noun Phrases, we proposed that children know a great deal about the morpho-syntactic properties and the functional structure of their language at a very early age, and even if children produce erroneous sentences, children's intermediate acquisition stages are restricted within the permitted variation of human languages.
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