Comparative Syntax of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English

日语、韩语、汉语、英语的比较句法

基本信息

批准号：
08044009
负责人：
TAKUBO Yukinori
金额：
$ 8.58万
依托单位：
KYUSHU UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
财政年份：
1996
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
1996 至 1998
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

The main objective of the project has been to uncover the nature of the language faculty through comparative syntactic analysis of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and English. Our ultimate goal is to tease out that part of language faculty which is conditioned by purely structural factors as distinct from those that are lexically or pragmatically conditioned. The regularities involved in the former should be basically invariant among languages and among individuals, while those involved in the latter tend to admit language variations as well as individual fluctuation. The constructions or phenomena treated in the past three years include pluralities, comparative ellipsis, comparative deletion, anaphoric binding, zero anaphora. tense, demonstratives, quantifier scope, just to name a few. We have tried to separate out the structural factors permeating these constructions and to develop the relevant generalizations into a hypothesis that is verifiable or testable by controlling lexical and pragmatic factors involved.During the three years of the project, the members have kept in close contact with one another. We held two meetings in the U.S., five meetings in Japan, three at Kobe University and two at Kyushu University as well as two subsessions at Kochi. Discussion session via e-mail preceded each meeting, so as to ensure some substantive and productive discussion during these meetings. Research results have been presented at various conferences. Special workshops related to the project were held at J/K conference held at UCLA in 1996 and also at a Symposium on Diachronic and Synchronic Studies of Syntax of East Asian Languages held at USC in 1998.

该项目的主要目的是通过对日语，韩语，中文和英语的比较句法分析来揭示语言教师的性质。我们的最终目标是取笑语言教师的一部分，而语言教师的纯粹结构因素与词法或务实条件不同。前者涉及的规律性基本上应该是语言和个体之间的不变，而参与后者的人则倾向于接受语言变化以及个人波动。过去三年中处理的结构或现象包括多元化，比较省略于比较缺失，停电结合，零过敏。时态，示范，量词范围，仅举几例。我们试图将渗透到这些结构的结构因素分开，并通过控制涉及的词汇和务实的因素来将相关的概括性化为可验证或可检验的假设。在项目的三年中，成员们彼此之间保持了密切联系。我们在美国举行了两次会议，在日本举行了五次会议，在科比大学举行了五次会议，在九州大学举行了两次会议，两次在高知大学举行了两次会议。通过电子邮件讨论会议之前每次会议之前，以确保在这些会议期间进行一些实质性和富有成效的讨论。研究结果已在各种会议上提出。与该项目相关的特殊研讨会于1996年在加州大学洛杉矶分校举行的J/K会议上举行，并在1998年在南加州大学举行的东亚语言语法的简介和同步研究研讨会上举行。