2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A theoretical and empirical study of "derivation" and its mechanisms
| Project/Area Number |
24720199
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Toyo University (2015)
Dokkyo Medical University (2012-2014) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 派生計算論 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present research focused on derivation in the generation of syntactic structures, dealing with syntactic operations and their applications. In this research, I mainly considered the Merge operation and explored the hypothesis that Merge is constrained by third factor principles. As empirical data, I considered subject movement (both A and A') and explored mechanisms of syntactic derivations. The research did demonstrate that the simplest Merge hypothesis is on the right track. The results I obtained endorse the Strong Minimalist Thesis and I believe that my research has contributed to the understanding of the faculty of language in our mind/brain.
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| Free Research Field |
理論言語学（統語論）
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