Research keywords (14):
Box Theory
, Pair-Merge
, Form Sequence
, Determinacy
, Cognitive Science
, Comparative Minimalist Syntax
, Parametric Variation
, labeling algorithm
, minimal search
, Minimal Computation
, Merge
, minimalist program
, language faculty
, generative grammar
Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2025 - 2028 A Theoretical and Empirical Study on the Conditions on Merge in Generative Grammar
2022 - 2026 A Theoretical and Empirical Study on Variation of Defectiveness of Sentence Structure and Locality of Movement
2019 - 2024 A Theoretical and Empirical Study on MERGE and Determinacy in Generative Grammar
2017 - 2019 A Study of Labeling and Parametric Variation in Syntax
2015 - 2017 A study of phrase structure under a labeling algorithm
Papers (48):
Andreas Blümel, Nobu Goto, Yushi Sugimoto. Remnant Movement in Box Theory. Pursuing Genuine Explanation: Deriving Merge and Copy Computation Through Optimal Minimality, Tokyo: Kaitakusha. 2024
Toru Ishii, Nobu Goto. Why is Merge Binary? : Exploring the principles behind it. Pursuing Genuine Explanation: Deriving Merge and Copy Computation Through Optimal Minimality, Tokyo: Kaitakusha. 2024. Deriving Merge and Copy Computation Through Optimal Minimality
Andreas Blümel, Nobu Goto, Yushi Sugimoto. When the grammar doesn’t mind which Merge it chooses. Proceedings of WCCFL 39. 2024. 39. 61-70
Nobu Goto, Toru Ishii. Toward Elaboration of Box System: ATB and Improper Movement. Proceedings of the 14th GLOW in Asia. 2024. 92-106.
Nobu Goto, Toru Ishii. Seeking an Optimal Design of Search and Merge: Its Consequences and Challenges. The Linguistic Review. 2024
Elaboration of Merge and Form Copy and Its Consequences for the Freezing Principle
(Workshop at the 97th General Meeting of the English Literary Society of Japan)
Reconsidering Merge Theory: Conditions, Consequences, and a Boundary with Form Set
(Keio Linguistic Colloquium 2025)
Why is Merge binary? Exploring the principle behind it
(The 42nd Annual Meeting of The English Linguistic Society of Japan (Workshop “基底生成と移動を形作る諸要因: 探索とコピー形成を中心に) 2024)
Mergeの経済性条件について
(The 169th Meeting of the Linguistic Society of Japan Workshop: Origins and Consequences of the Economy of the Computational Mechanisms 2024)
Revisiting Multiple Nominative Constructions in Japanese
(The 21st International Congress of Linguists (ICL 2024) 2024)