Hideki Maki

Gifu University | Gidai · Faculty of Regional Studies

Grammar acquisition by non-native learners (L2) is typically less successful and may produce fundamentally different grammatical systems than that by native speakers (L1). The neural representation of grammatical processing between L1 and L2 speakers remains controversial. We hypothesized that working memory is the primary source of L1/L2 differenc...

Grammar acquisition by non-native learners (L2) is typically less successful and may produce fundamentally different grammatical systems than that by native speakers (L1). The neural representation of grammatical processing between L1 and L2 speakers remains controversial. We hypothesized that working memory is the primary source of L1/L2 differenc...

Grammar acquisition by non-native learners (L2) is typically less successful and may produce fundamentally different grammatical systems than that by native speakers (L1). The neural representation of grammatical processing between L1 and L2 speakers remains controversial. We hypothesized that working memory is the primary source of L1/L2 differenc...

This paper investigates the scope of the adjunct wh-phrase naze ‘why’ in Japanese, and shows that there are two patterns of syntactic behavior visible in Japanese (Japanese A and B) with respect to its scope: it is clause-bound in Japanese B, while it is not in Japanese A. It is then argued (i) that the clause-boundedness of naze ‘why’ is a subcase...

This paper investigates environments of genitive subject licensing in Mongolian, and shows (i) that scrambled NPs can license genitive subjects in Mongolian, (ii) that genitive subject licensing takes place at LF in Mongolian, suggesting that scrambling does not involve obligatory LF undoing, (iii) that both Mongolian and Japanese obey the same con...

This paper investigates whether Chinese allows genitive subjects, and shows that it actually does. Based on newly found data, we will argue (i) that not only Altaic and Indo-European languages, but also one of the Sino-Tibetan languages, allows genitive subjects, (ii) that the Transitivity Restriction on genitive subjects is not operative in Chines...

This paper examines the absolutive/genitive alternation in Selayarese, an Austronesian language spoken on the island of Selayar in the Indonesian province of Sulawesi Selatan, and attempts to elucidate the mechanism behind the case marker alternation. Based on the data we collected, we will argue (i) that the genitive marker is licensed by the adno...

This paper investigates the properties of Irish embedded topicalization, and argues (i) that lowering of COMP to INFL does not take place in Irish, (ii) that the Highest Subject Restriction does not apply to resumptive pronouns involved in Irish embedded topicalization, (iii) that the head positions in charge of embedded topicalization are paramete...

This paper investigates various phenomena related to clausal arguments in Irish, and based on the findings, we claim (i) that Irish grammar should contain a language-particular condition on A′-resumption chains, (ii) that the subject position is not a properly governed position in Irish, (iii) that human language allows a bare IP to function as a s...

In this paper, we point out two subject/object asymmetries in Selayarese, and propose that in a simple sentence, while the object wh-phrase is base-generated in the object position in the underlying structure, the subject wh-phrase is base-generated in CP SPEC. We then show that this claim provides a uniform account for the two subject/object asymm...

In sentence comprehension research, the case system, which is one of the subsystems of the language processing system, has been assumed to play a crucial role in signifying relationships in sentences between noun phrases (NPs) and other elements, such as verbs, prepositions, nouns, and tense. However, so far, less attention has been paid to the que...

This article explores the two major approaches to the Japanese ga/no (nominative/genitive) conversion (GNC) phenomenon: the DP approach by Miyagawa and Ochi, and the non-DP approach by Hiraiwa. It compares the strengths and weaknesses of each approach and then suggests a refined analysis that incorporates ideas from both. The article indicates that...

Maki, Wasada, and Hashimoto developed the Minimal English Test (MET), which is a five-minute English as a Second Language (ESL) test. The Maki Group has, since the development of the MET, investigated correlations between the scores on the MET and the scores on other ESL tests, the reliability of the MET, and what kind of ESL proficiency the MET me...

Japanese has Multiple Object Constructions because the transitive light verb v can multiply agree with its objects. By virtue of this property of the transitive light verb v, Japanese also has ECM Constructions with finite complement clauses. When the matrix v has multiple EPP-features, the whole complement clause is first attracted to the matrix v...

There have been two approaches to embedded topicalization in English: 1.(1) the IP adjunction analysis by Baltin (1982) and Lasnik and Saito (1992);2.(2) the CP recursion analysis by Authier (1992) and Watanabe (1993). The purpose of this paper is to defend the IP adjunction analysis and to derive restrictions on embedded topicalization from an ind...

This study investigated how non-native listeners learning Japanese as a second language represent within-word structure of Japanese spoken words, focusing on two kinds of phonological units, syllables and moras. Three groups of American subjects, whose experience with Japanese varied, were tested with an explicit segmentation task. The results show...

This research examines the correlation between English proficiency and long-term memory. Maki, Wasada, Hashimoto (2003) developed the Minimal English Test (MET), which is a simple test which measures one's English proficiency. The MET is a 5 minute test which requires the test taker to fill an English word with 4 letters or fewer into each of the 7...

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Connecticut, 1996. Includes bibliographical references (p. 155-162). Photocopy.

This paper investigates the Nominative/Accusative alternation exhibited by Japanese stative predicates, which in principle take a Nominative Object. Through a statistical analysis, we found two important facts : (I) that when an Accusative Object is moved to the sentence initial position, some types of stative predicates allow an Accusative Object,...

This paper investigates the Nominative/Genitive alternation based on a statistical survey, and provides some interesting findings. First, a very large number of native speakers of Japanese do not allow Genitive Subject in a complex NP. Second, two varieties of Japanese are observed with respect to the Nominative/Genitive alternation : (1) a variety...

The goal of this survey is to discover the differences in language sensitivity and ways of thinking between Japanese and Americans. Thank you for taking time to cooperate with us by answering the following questions. 1 Gender: Male Female 2 Age: years old 3 Mother Tongue: 4 Second Language: 5 Number of years spent studying second language: years. I...

The goal of this survey is to discover the difference in sensitivity that Americans and Japanese have towards their languages. Thank you for taking time to cooperate with us by answering the following questions. ...