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Exploring the Nature of Structure-Building Mechanism and its Theoretical Consequences

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370457
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKeio University

Principal Investigator

Kitahara Hisatsugu  慶應義塾大学, 言語文化研究所(三田), 教授 (50301495)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords生成文法理論 / ミニマリスト・プログラム / 言語の普遍性と多様性 / 統語構造 / 併合 / ラベル付け / 値が設定されていない素性 / 最適化の制約 / 人間言語の普遍性 / 個別言語の多様性 / 語彙項目のパラメータ化 / 統語構造のラベル付け / 一致操作(Agree) / 最適操作(Minimal Search) / 外在化(externalization) / 言語学 / 統語論
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study proposed to identify the observed syntactic differences between English and Japanese, two typologically distinct languages, as consequences of the presence of unvalued features, not from the presence (or absence) of feature agreement. Specifically, it investigated the structure-building operation Merge, the labeling algorithm, the unvalued features, and how these three factors interact to generate syntactic structures. In particular, it clarified the crucial roles of unvalued features concerning how syntactic structures formed by Internal Merge get labeled in English and in Japanese.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2017 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report

Research Products

(31 results)

All 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (8 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 3 results) Presentation (20 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 4 results) Book (1 results) Funded Workshop (1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor/Eastern Michigan University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Some Consequences of MERGE + 3rd Factor Principles2018

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 49 Pages: 143-159

    • NAID

      40021514827

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Merge, labeling and their interactions2017

    • Author(s)
      Epstein Samuel David、Kitahara Hisatsugu、Seely T. Daniel
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Generative Grammar: Labels and Roots

      Volume: 128 Pages: 17-45

    • DOI

      10.1515/9781501502118-002

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Maximizing Syntactic Minimization: Five Preliminary Studies2017

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 48 Pages: 239-265

    • NAID

      40021189734

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Phase Cancellation by External Pair-Merge of Heads: Implications for the Unification of Morphology and Syntax2016

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      The Linguistic Review

      Volume: 33 Pages: 87-102

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Labeling Analysis of Selection in Structured Coordination2016

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 47 Pages: 169-174

    • NAID

      40020785346

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] From Aspects' "Daughterless Mothers (aka Delta Nodes) to POP's "Motherless"-Sets (aka Non-Projection): A Selective History of the Evolution of Simplest Merge2015

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      50 Years Later: Reflections on Chomsky's Aspects

      Volume: MITWPL 77 Pages: 99-112

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A Note on the (Re-)Development of 'Free' Rule-Application in the Minimalist Program2015

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Journal Title

      Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies

      Volume: 46 Pages: 347-352

    • NAID

      40020433382

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Labeling by Minimal Search: Implications of Successive-Cyclic A-Movement and the Conception of the Postulate Phase2014

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Inquiry

      Volume: 45 Pages: 463-481

    • DOI

      10.1162/ling_a_00163

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 階層構造はどのようにして生み出されるのか2018

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      慶應言語学コロキアム「人に生まれながらして具わる言語の仕組み:基礎仮説の再考」
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Successive Cyclic Wh-Movement without Successive Cyclic Crashing2017

    • Author(s)
      Epstein Samuel David、Kitahara Hisatsugu、Seely T. Daniel
    • Organizer
      ESLJ 10th International Spring Forum 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Before the Reduction of Move to Merge2017

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第35回大会ワークショップ「なぜ言語には非付値素性が存在するのか?」
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Revise Merge to MERGE2017

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      九州大学英語学研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Seven Desiderata and Their (Immediate) Consequences2017

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      Tokai Area of Circle of Syntax
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Putting Our Heads Together: A Symposium on Pair Merge2016

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      関西言語学会第42回大会・シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      龍谷大学深草キャンパス(京都府伏見区)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Exploring the Notion of 'Perfection' in Language Design2016

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第34回大会・シンポジウム
    • Place of Presentation
      金沢大学(石川県金沢市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 言語はなぜパラメータ化されなければならなかったのか2016

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会第153回大会・ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡大学(福岡県福岡市)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Implications of an Unrecognized Form of Merge2015

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      The 46th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Concordia University (Quebec, Canada)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-17
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 人に具わる言語の種子-言語の仕組みについて-2015

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      英語英文学学術講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      東北学院大学(宮城県・仙台市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-10-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Phase Cancellation by Pair-Merge2015

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      The 150th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      大東文化大学(東京都・板橋区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The Minimalist Program: Core Assumptions Revisited2015

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      日本英文学会第87回大会シンポジウム第6部門 Examining the Basic Assumptions on the Architecture and Operations of Language Faculty: From the Perspective of the Strong Minimalist Thesis
    • Place of Presentation
      立正大学(東京都・品川区)
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-23
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A Selective History of the Scientific Evolution and Importance of Simplest Merge2015

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      English Linguistic Society of Japan, 8th International Spring Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      成蹊大学(東京・武蔵野市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-18
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Chomsky 2013, 2014を巡って2014

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      青山学院大学言語学講演会
    • Place of Presentation
      青山学院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 値を欠く素性の役割について2014

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣
    • Organizer
      日本英語学会第32回大会ワークショップ Case and Agreement Revisited: Why do Unvalued Features Exist?
    • Place of Presentation
      学習院大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-08
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] On Recent Developments in Minimalist Inquiries2014

    • Author(s)
      北原久嗣 野村昌司
    • Organizer
      慶應言語学コロキアム Special Session
    • Place of Presentation
      慶應義塾大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-06
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] *What do We Wonder Is Not Syntactic?2014

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      GLOW in Asia X
    • Place of Presentation
      National Tsing Hua University
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Free Application of Merge + Overt Case Particle = Scrambling2014

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Valuation and Labeling2014

    • Author(s)
      Hisatsugu Kitahara
    • Organizer
      English Linguistic Society of Korea, Spring Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-26
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Simplest Merge and Labeling Subsume Phases2014

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Organizer
      English Linguistic Society of Japan, 7th International Spring Forum
    • Place of Presentation
      Doshisha University
    • Year and Date
      2014-04-20
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Explorations in Maximizing Syntactic Minimization2015

    • Author(s)
      Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely
    • Total Pages
      242
    • Publisher
      Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Funded Workshop] Keio Linguistic Colloquium: Is Agree Labeling?2016

    • Place of Presentation
      Keio University Mita Campus (Tokyo, Minato-ku)
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2022-06-07  

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