Minimalization of Each Module in Generative Grammar

在本研究项目中，我们从最简方案的角度研究了语言学理论的每个模块。阿部俊从最简方案的角度研究了裸露的输出条件和语言缺陷。特别是，Abe研究了线性排序和位移性质的句法性质，发现这些性质虽然构成语言的缺陷，但在句法成分中起着至关重要的作用。Omuro通过对大规模现代英语语料库Cobuild Direct的研究，发现了一些独特的“one's way”结构的使用模式，而Tonoike Toshiyuki则从最简主义的角度研究了这一词汇。Tonoike一直在考虑通过扩展生成词典的思想来最小化词典的可能性。在此过程中，Tonoike研究了日语中观察到的压制机制。Naohiro Takizawa研究了最小化的词汇方面。Takizawa通过对大量现代英语语料库的研究，发现了一些新的语言事实，以及这些事实背后的构式与词汇选择之间的关系。Masayuki Oishi对最简方案的概念和哲学基础进行了思考。大石的目标是建立一个句法理论，需要最少的假设和机制。尤其是大石对词汇插入和拼出的机制进行了研究，那须川邦哉从最简主义的角度重新考虑了语音成分所必需的范畴和结构。在此过程中，那须川研究了在自然语言中广泛观察到的发声现象和在日语中观察到的高音同化现象。

In this research project, we have investigated each module of linguistic theory from the perspectives of the Minimalist Program.Jun Abe has investigated bare output conditions and language imperfections from the Minimalist perspectives. In particular, Abe has examined the syntactic nature of linear ordering and displacement property and has found out that though these properties constitute language imperfections, they play crucial roles in syntactic component.Takeshi Omuro has investigated the semantic aspect of Minimalization. Omuro has examined the uses of the one's way construction by looking into the large-scale modern English corpus Cobuild Direct and has found out some peculiar patterns of its occurrences.Toshiyuki Tonoike has investigated the lexicon from the Minimalist perspectives. Tonoike has been considering the possibility of minimalizing the lexicon by extending the ideas of Generative Lexicon. In so doing, Tonoike has examined the mechanism of coercion observed in Japanese.Naohiro Takizawa has investigated the lexical aspect of Minimalization. Takizawa has examined a variety of constructions by looking into a large-scale modern English corpus and has found out some new linguistic facts and the relations between constructions and lexical choices underlying them.Masayuki Oishi has considered the conceptual and philosophical bases underlying the leading ideas of the Minimalist Program. Oishi has aimed at the construction of a syntactic theory that requires minimal assumptions and mechanisms. In particular, Oishi has been investigating the mechanism of lexical insertion and Spell-Out.Kuniya Nasukawa has reconsidered the categories and structures necessary in phonological component from the Minimalist perspectives. In so doing, Nasukawa examined the phenomena of voicing observed widely in natural languages and those of high-pitch assimilation observed in Japanese.