2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of Syntax, Semantics and Discourse Interface : Language Variability of Sentence Fragments and Ellipses, and Aspects of Language Acquisition
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19520426
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
INADA Toshiaki Kyushu University, 大学院・人文科学研究院, 教授 (80108258)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
IMANISHI Noriko 東京大学, 大学院・人文社会系研究科, 教授 (70111739)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 英語学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study explored an adequate model of the faculty of language (FL). We have pointed out the serious problems of the standard approach to the universal grammar (UG). We have investigated the conditions of the adequate model of the architecture of FL, which can account for the variability of the grammatical constructions as well as the uniformity. Specifically, we examined the cross-linguistic variability of WH-constructions and the elliptical constructions such as NP ellipses, VP deletion, Sluicing, etc. Based on these investigations, we clarified the conditions on the architecture of FL, which has a rich interface between the components of UG and can deal with the (restricted) variability of grammatical constructions available to each language.
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