About Me
I am Taika Nagano (永野大夏), a Ph. D. student at The University of Osaka. I specialize in linguistics, working on syntax, morphology, and their interface.
I am working within the current framework of Generative Grammar, specifically the Minimalist Program, and its application to morphology through Distributed Morphology. My primary interest lies in what Chomsky refers to as Externalization, to which linguistic variation can largely be attributed. I aim to investigate in detail the role that Externalization plays, using insights from various morphological theories. As a morphologist, I focus on cross-linguistic variation in verbal morphology. One of my key interests is allomorphy, whose distribution varies significantly across languages. For instance, English exhibits a wide range of tense allomorphs, whereas Japanese, by contrast, is richer in voice-related allomorphy. I am also particularly interested in the conjugation system of Japanese. Despite the existence of numerous descriptive studies on this topic, few issues have reached scholarly consensus. I hope to contribute to resolving these issues through the application of theoretical linguistic frameworks. In syntax, I have been pursuing research on argument alternations, such as causative-inchoative and dative-ditransitive alternations. Many of the phenomena I investigate involve the dative case. The theoretical basis for dative case assignment (or licensing) remains relatively unclear, partly because, in many languages, the dative form coincides with an adpositional element. I am also exploring argument suppression, a phenomenon observed cross-linguistically in constructions such as the passive and nominalization. Suppressed external arguments are sometimes realized via adpositional phrases, often referred to as demoted arguments. I aim to uncover the mechanisms behind argument suppression and demotion.
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Contact
E-mail:
nagano.taika[AT]gmail.com
Adress:
Graduate School of Humanities, Division of Language and Culture Osaka University 1-8 Machikaneyama Toyonaka Osaka 560-0043 JAPAN