A Study of Unpronounced Anaphoric Expressions

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25370542
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: Shima Etsuro 東北大学, 文学研究科, 准教授 (50302063)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 省略 / 照応表現 / 削除 / コピー / 構造的同一条件 / 意味的対比条件 / 焦点化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

I have proposed that an elided site involves either a null proform or an unpronounced structure. The former is assigned an interpretation through the anaphoric relation it bears to some other semantic object in the discourse representation. As for the latter, ellipsis is derived by either copying or deletion. Copying is the process that forms an appropriate semantic structure by copying into an elided site the linguistic material necessary to insure interpretation. Deletion is the process that derives ellipsis by deleting constituents under identity with other linguistic material. Regardless of whether ellipsis is derived from deletion or copying, an output is subject to the “semantic contrast condition” which demands that an elided phrase be contained within a constituent which contrasts with a constituent including its antecedent.

Free Research Field

英語学　統語論　意味論