Elaboration on Labeling Theory and VP-Internal Subjects

• Project/Area Number: 18K00655
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
• Research Institution: Nagasaki University
• Principal Investigator: TANIGAWA Shin-ichi 長崎大学, 多文化社会学部, 准教授 (20585426)
• Project Period (FY): 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
• Budget Amount: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2020: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
• Keywords: ラベル付け理論 / agreement / 動詞句内主語構文 / 動詞句内主格構文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to clarify the Labeling Theory advocated by Chomsky (2013, 2015) by elaborating on (i) how non-nominals and non-nominatives located in the canonical subject position undergo agreement with the functional head T and (ii) how nominal subjects and nominatives remaining within the VP-domain undergo agreement with the functional head T despite their distant relation. Regarding (i), it argued that the relevant elements are subject to agreement of topic feature or partial agreement of phi-features.As for (ii), it concluded that the c-commanding relation suffices to agreement between the two distant elements provided that they are accommodated in the same phase domain.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

標準的な主語位置に現れる要素は機能主要部Tとagreementが必須であるとされているにも関わらず、英語の倒置構文や日本語等の与格主語構文については、この点に関して深い議論がなされていなかった。また、これらの構文は、以前は盛んに議論されていたものの、近年は研究の対象から外され、以前ほど着目されなくなっていたのも事実である。本研究は、そのような構文に再度、焦点を当てた上で、agreementを中心にラベル付け理論の精緻化を行ったものである。本研究の成果は、統語論研究、特にラベル付け理論を用いた今後の生成統語論研究の発展に一定の寄与ができるはずである。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Revisiting Topic-Subject/Object Asymmetry from POP (2019)
  • Author(s): Shin-ichi Tanigawa
  • Journal Title: Universal Grammar and Its Cross-linguistic Instantiations: Proceedings of the 12th Generative Linguistics in the Old World & the 21st Seoul International Conference on Generative Grammar Volume: workshop & poster Pages: 527-534
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] Eliminating String-Vacuous Movement: C-Deletion and Phasehood Inheritance (2019)
  • Author(s): Shin-ichi Tanigawa
  • Journal Title: JELS Volume: 36
  • NAID: 40021932059
• [Presentation] VP-Internal Subjects/Nominatives and the POP Framework (2019)
  • Author(s): Shin-ichi Tanigawa
  • Organizer: The 3rd Joint Conference of Neo-Grammar Circle (NGC) and Fukuoka Linguistic Circle (FLC)
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Revisiting Topic-Subject/Object Asymmetry from POP (2019)
  • Author(s): Shin-ichi Tanigawa
  • Organizer: GLOW in Asia XII in Seoul and SICOGG XXI
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Eliminating String-Vacuous Movement: C-Deletion and Phasehood Inheritance (2018)
  • Author(s): Shin-ichi Tanigawa
  • Organizer: 11th ELSJ Spring Forum
  • Int'l Joint Research