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Recursion in Japanese: Syntactic Analysis and Acquisition of Relative Clauses and Locative Phrases

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370505
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

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

Principal Investigator

NAKATO Terue  北里大学, 一般教育部, 准教授 (10451783)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 磯部 美和  東京藝術大学, 言語・音声トレーニングセンター, 准教授 (00449018)
稲田 俊一郎  明治薬科大学, 薬学部, 講師 (10725386)
照沼 阿貴子  大東文化大学, 文学部, 准教授 (40407648)
中島 基樹  長野県短期大学, 多文化コミュニケーション学科, 助教 (60609098)
猪熊 作巳  実践女子大学, 文学部, 講師 (90711341)
Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) OKABE Reiko  日本大学, 法学部, 准教授 (60512358)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords再帰性 / 場所句 / 関係節 / 所有句 / 統語分析 / 第一言語獲得 / 心理言語学 / 国際情報交換 / 日本語 / 言語獲得
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The goal of this project is to consider whether the ability to generate recursive structures (structures with multiple embedding of the same types of phrases, e.g. an orange [on the plate [on the desk]]) is innate or not. To achieve this goal, we conducted a series of experiments on 3- to 5-year-old Japanese-speaking children and investigated how children comprehend sentences with multiple relative clauses, locative phrases and possessive phrases. The results show that they can assign recursive structures around the age of 3, although individual differences are observed. This suggests that children might have the innate ability to generate recursive structures. However, the results also indicate that they show strong preference for conjunctive structures (an orange [on the plate] [on the desk]) before they use recursive structures in a fully adult-like manner, and that language- or construction-specific properties could delay the emergence of recursive structures in child grammar.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results,  Open Access: 4 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 4 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] A Note on Japanese-speaking Children's Interpretation of Recursive Possessives2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Terunuma, Terue Nakato
    • Journal Title

      英米文学論叢

      Volume: 47 Pages: 73-81

    • NAID

      120006348975

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 日本語名詞表現の形態統語的性質に関する覚え書き:人称素性の側面から2015

    • Author(s)
      猪熊 作巳
    • Journal Title

      実践英文学

      Volume: 68 Pages: 91-116

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] On the Acquisition of Recursive Locative PPs2015

    • Author(s)
      Sakumi Inokuma and Shun'ishiro Inada
    • Journal Title

      Linguistic Research

      Volume: 30 Pages: 91-104

    • NAID

      120005616540

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 再帰的場所表現の獲得について2015

    • Author(s)
      稲田俊一郎・猪熊作巳
    • Journal Title

      実践英文学

      Volume: 67 Pages: 31-52

    • NAID

      120005616540

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Recursive Relative Clauses in Child Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nakajima, Miwa Isobe, Reiko Okabe, Akiko Terunuma, Sakumi Inokuma, Shunichiro Inada and Terue Nakato
    • Organizer
      Workshop on the Acquisition of Recursion
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Bucharest, Bucharest
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-18
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Acquisition of Recursive Possessives and Locatives within DPs in Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Akiko Terunuma, Terue Nakato, Miwa Isobe, Reiko Okabe, Motoki Nakajima, Shunichiro Inada and Sakumi Inokuma
    • Organizer
      The 41st Annual Boston University Conference On Language Development
    • Place of Presentation
      Boston University, Boston
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-05
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 構造の再帰性」に関する構文横断的獲得研究 ―子どもの日本語における所有句・場所句・関係節の再帰性2015

    • Author(s)
      中戸照恵、照沼阿貴子、磯部美和、岡部玲子、中島基樹、猪熊作巳、稲田俊一郎
    • Organizer
      日本言語学会
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋大学(愛知県名古屋市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-28
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Multiple No’s in Japanese: Is Recursion Difficult for Children?2014

    • Author(s)
      Motoki Nakajima, Akiko Terunuma, Reiko Okabe, Miwa Isobe, Shun'ichiro Inada, Sakumi Inokuma, and Terue Nakato
    • Organizer
      Workshop on Cross-linguistic Approaches to Recursive Self-embedding Acquisition
    • Place of Presentation
      Amherst (The United States of America)
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2018-03-22  

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