2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Generative Study on the Diachronic Change of English Syntax: Toward a Fine-Grained Theory of Parameterization
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23720251
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Shimane University |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 極小主義 / 言語変化 / パラメター / 素性継承 / 英語史 / 空主語 / 他動詞虚辞構文 / that痕跡効果 |
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| Research Abstract |
On the basis of the Strong Minimalist Thesis, this study proposes the "Feature Inheritance parameter" as an underlying mechanism of the diachronic change of English syntax. Specifically, it is argued that uninterpretable agreement features diachronically shifted downward, from the Topic head through the Finite head and finally to the Tense head. This hypothesis is explored through empirical corpus investigation of the following phenomena in the history of English: the demise of null subjects, the shift of subject positions, the development of transitive expletive constructions, and the rise of the that-trace effect.
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Research Products
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[Book] 統語論2013
Author(s)
田中 智之・縄田 裕幸, 他
Total Pages
vii+145pp. (pp.29-55を分担)
Publisher
朝倉書店, 東京
