Empirical Research of the Discourse-Interface Syntactic Structure Based on Focusing Phenomena

About this project

Japan Grant Number
JP18K00654
Funding Program
Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Funding organization
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Project/Area Number
18K00654
Research Category
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type
  • Multi-year Fund
Review Section / Research Field
  • Basic Section 02080:English linguistics-related
Research Institution
  • Kyushu University
Project Period (FY)
2018-04-01 〜 2022-03-31
Project Status
Completed
Budget Amount*help
4,030,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 3,100,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 930,000 Yen)

Research Abstract

In this research, we investigated the syntactic mechanism of focusing and various grammatical phenomena related to it within the framework of the latest theories of the generative grammar (‘cartography’, ‘phase’, and ‘labeling’). We explored how focusing relates to the edge of the phase and analyzed the structure and the mechanism empirically, contributing to the elucidation of the phenomena and the development of the optimal grammatical theory. It was also shown that differences between Japanese and English, such as the scope of negation, can be derived from the difference in the function of focusing.

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