2002 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
A Study of Legibility Conditions in the Minimalist Program
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13610590
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
英語・英米文学
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| Research Institution | Tsuda College |
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Principal Investigator |
IKE-UCHI Masayuki Tsuda College,Faculty of Liberal Arts, Professor, 学芸学部, 教授 (20105381)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2002
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| Keywords | minimalist program / legibility conditions / interface / predication / the system of thought |
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| Research Abstract |
I have tried to investigate and explicate the properties of legibility conditions/interface conditions from the viewpoint of the interrelations between narrow syntax/predication theory and cognitive/thought systems. Structures constructed in narrow syntax are sent to Σ by TRANSFER, and are assigned predication interpretation at SEM interface. There are two possible counterparts to this linguistic "predication" in cognitive systems. One is: superordinate/subordinate relations in conceptual hierarchies. It is known that at the level of concepts there are three categories: superordinate, basic, and subordinate categories. In a typical linguistic predication, the predicate is higher than the subject in the conceptual hierarchy. This is exemplified by "Fido is a dog./A dog is an animal." Thus, superordinate/subordinate relations in conceptual hierarchies underlie the linguistic relation of predication. To put it differently, predication is a means for expressing these conceptual hierarchical relations. The other is categorical judgments due to Brentano (1973). His "judgments" are divided into categorical judgments and thetic judgments. The categorical judgment in question consists of "the act of setting up an object in one's mind" and "the act of affirming and denying the predicate of that subject." (Kuroda 1972) Assuming that this categorical judgment belongs to cognitive systems, I have claimed that it corresponds to linguistic predication.
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