Markedness in the Modern Linguistic Theory : A Study in Syntax and Acquisition

现代语言学理论中的标记性:句法与习得研究

基本信息

批准号：
17520282
负责人：
MURASUGI Keiko
金额：
$ 2.28万
依托单位：
Nanzan University
依托单位国家：
日本
项目类别：
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
财政年份：
2005
资助国家：
日本
起止时间：
2005 至 2007
项目状态：
已结题

项目摘要

Markedness has been one of the consistent topics in the research of linguistics. The purpose of this research project was to investigate the mechanism for markedness in human language, comparing, in particular, syntax and acquisition of complex Noun Phrases and complex Predicates in English and Japanese. First, based on detailed research on the structure of relative clauses and the new corpus I created with Tomoko Hashimoto, I proposed that there are TP-relative-clause-languages and CP relative-clause languages, and CP is the unmarked structure as Murasugi (1991) disrussed. This proposal allows us to formulate the acquisition theory based on the markedness theory, and enables us to account for the complex pattern of the well-known overgeneration phenomena in Japanese acquisition.Further, I examined the intermediate stages widely reported in the acquisition of complex predicates. I investigated the erroneous forms children make in the acquisition of transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, and causatives under the VP shell analysis. Based on the detailed analysis of CHILDES database and the data corpus created by Tomoko Hashimoto and myselt I presented a hypothesis that Japanese-speaking children initially set the parameter value that the small vis mophologically null (like vin English transitive-& intransitive-verb pass). Finally, based on the research on the other types of complex predicates such as potentials, I argued that the proposed analysis would be extended to the analysis of the errors hind in the acquisition stages of the complex predicates in general. This research is currently being developed into the next major project that I plan to undertake.

标记性一直是语言学研究的一贯课题之一。该研究项目的目的是研究人类语言的标记机制，特别是比较英语和日语中复杂名词短语和复杂谓语的语法和习得。首先，基于对关系从句结构的详细研究以及我与桥本智子创建的新语料库，我提出关系从句语言有TP关系从句语言和CP关系从句语言，CP是Murasugi的无标记结构（ 1991）讨论。这个建议使我们能够在标记理论的基础上制定习得理论，并使我们能够解释日语习得中众所周知的过度生成现象的复杂模式。此外，我还研究了在复杂谓词习得中广泛报道的中间阶段。我在VP shell分析下调查了孩子们在习得及物动词、不及物动词和使役动词时所犯的错误形式。基于对 CHILDES 数据库以及 Tomoko Hashimoto 和我自己创建的数据语料库的详细分析，我提出了一个假设，即日语儿童最初设置的参数值是小 vis 形态上为空（如 vin 英语及物动词和不及物动词 pass）。最后，基于对势等其他类型复杂谓词的研究，我认为所提出的分析可以扩展到一般复杂谓词习得阶段后的错误分析。这项研究目前正在发展为我计划进行的下一个主要项目。