The licensing condition and interpretive rules for adjoined elements, and principles concerning language processing

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370439
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Chiba University
• Principal Investigator: KAMADA KOHJI 千葉大学, 文学部, 准教授 (70296945)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 後置構文 / 右方転移 / 言語処理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Considering the relationship between the competence system (the grammar) and the performance systems (the human parser/processor), it has been concluded that phrasal rightward movement rules in syntax fail to follow according to specific principles. Additional data have revealed that there are empirical problems with other types of movement analyses as well. In particular, regarding biclausal approaches, argument deletion analyses are impossible in a principled manner. In “rightward movement constructions,” the “right dislocated elements” are base-generated and licensed by the licensing condition for adjoined elements. The interpretive rules for adjoined elements have been refined in this study, to increase their ability to deal with more comprehensive data on “rightward movement constructions.”

Free Research Field

言語学