2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Grammatical Theory Based on the Polarity and the Structures of Clauses and Noun Phrases
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21520509
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MASUTOMI Kazuhiro 宮城学院女子大学, 学芸学部, 准教授 (90452797)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | 文法 / 生成文法 / ミニマリスト・プログラム / フェーズ理論 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study has explored the parallelism between clauses and nominal expressions based on the phase theory of the Minimalist Program in generative grammar and explicated that CP/vP and DP/nP are the units of the derivation for clauses and nominal expressions, respectively, in light of various phenomena including polarity, movement and scope. In addition, it has verified the validity of the phase theory, in light of the split CP analysis and suggested the direction of the theory.
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