Papers - Kitahara, Hisatsugu

A review and reanalysis of some recent developments from GK to MC, and beyond

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 55 ) 199 - 214 2024.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

Merge and form copy: building structures and assigning Copy relations

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 54 ) 213 - 218 2023.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

A quick review of some of the recent developments in the minimalist program

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 53 ) 151 - 164 2022.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

On the notion copy under MERGE

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 52 ) 133 - 140 2021.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

"Multiple-specifier" configurations revisited

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 51 ) 207 - 216 2020.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

Unifying Labeling under Minimal Search in "Single-" and "Multiple-Specifier" Configurations

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, and T. Daniel Seely

Coyote Papers Volume 22: the conference proceedings for Arizona Linguistics Circle 13  2020

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Joint Work, Accepted

Generative procedure revisited

Masayuki Komachi, Hisatsugu Kitahara, Asako Uchibori, and Kensuke Takita

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  ( 50 ) 269 - 283 2019.03

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution)

Some Consequences of MERGE + 3rd Factor Principles

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  49   143 - 159 2018

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Is the faculty of language a ‘perfect solution’ to the interface systems?

Hisatsugu Kitahara

The Cambridge Companion to Chomsky 2nd Edition (Cambridge University Press)     50 - 68 2017

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Maximizing Syntactic Minimization: Five Preliminary Studies

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  48   239 - 265 2017

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Merge, Labeling and Their Interactions

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Labels and Roots (De Gruyter Mouton)     17 - 46 2017

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Phase Cancellation by External Pair-Merge of Heads: Implications for the Unification of Morphology and Syntax

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

The Linguistic Review (Walter de Gruyter)  33   87 - 102 2016

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

A Labeling Analysis of Selection in Structured Coordination

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  47   169 - 174 2016

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

From Aspects ‘daughterless mothers’ (aka delta nodes) to POP’s ‘motherless’-sets (aka non-projection): a selective history of the evolution of Simplest Merge

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

50 Years Later: Reflections on Chomsky’s Aspects (MITWPL, MIT)     99 - 112 2015

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

A Note on the (Re-)Development of 'Free' Rule-Application in the Minimalist Program

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  46   347 - 352 2015

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Core Ideas of Generative Grammar: Then and Now

Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara

In Untiring Pursuit of Better Alternatives (Kaitakusha Publishing)     198 - 208 2015

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Labeling by Minimal Search: Implications for Successive-Cyclic A-Movement and the Conception of the Postulate Phase

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Linguistic Inquiry (The MIT Press)  45   463 - 481 2014

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Linguistic Inquiry and Japanese Sign Language

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  45   189 - 207 2014

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Economy of Derivation and Representation

Samuel D. Epstein, Miki Obata, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

The Cambridge Handbook of Generative Syntax (Cambridge University Press)     487 - 514 2013

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Language Variation and Parameterization Revisited

Hisatsugu Kitahara

The Proceedings of 25th Commemorative Conference of the Research Group on Synchronic and Diachronic Approaches to English (Hitsuji Syobo)     13 - 39 2013

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

Minimization of Universal Grammar, Reliance on Third Factor Principles, and Feasibility of Inquiry into Evolutionary Origins

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  44   269 - 280 2013

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Simplest Merge Generates Set Intersection: Implications for Complementizer ‘Trace’ Explanation

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

The Proceedings of Glow in Asia IX 2012: The Main Session (Mie University)     77 - 92 2012

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Joint Work, Accepted

Structure Building That Can't Be!

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Ways of Structure Building (Oxford University Press)     253 - 270 2012

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Exploring phase based implications regarding clausal architecture. A case study: Why structural Case cannot precede theta

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Phases: Developing the Framework (De Gruyter Mouton)     103 - 123 2012

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

External Merge of Internal Argument DP to VP and its Theoretical Implications

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  43   133 - 139 2012

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Can Eagles That Fly Swim? Guaranteeing the Simplest Answer to a New Puzzle

Hisatsugu Kitahara

The Proceedings of 12th Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (Hitsuji Syobo)     1 - 15 2011

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

Relations in Minimalism

Hisatsugu Kitahara

English Linguistics (The English Linguistics Society of Japan)  28   1 - 22 2011

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Derivation(s)

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Handbook of Linguistic Minimalism (Oxford University Press)     291 - 310 2011

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

A Preliminary Study of Argument Ellipsis and Anaphor Binding in Japanese

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  42   245 - 263 2011

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Uninterpretable Features: What are they and what do they do?

Samuel D. Epstein, Hisatsugu Kitahara, T. Daniel Seely

Exploring Crash-Proof Grammars (John Benjamin's)     125 - 142 2010

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Some Notes on the Minimalist Program

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Minimalist Essays (John Benjamin's)     1 - 14 2006

Research paper (scientific journal), Accepted

Some Technical Issues in the Minimalist Program - Valuation and Cyclicity

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Language, Culture and European Tradition III (Keio University Press)     51 - 64 2006

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

Simple Computation and Minimum Design - A Note on the Parasitic Gap Construction

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  49   133 - 139 2018

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Quine on Linguistics - An Interview

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  36   113 - 120 2004

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Seed of Knowledge: Chomskyan Approach to Plato's Problem

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Language, Culture and European Tradition II (Keio University Press)     67 - 80 2004

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

Some Notes on Minimalist Theorizing

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Current Issues in English Linguistics (Kaitakusha)     1 - 17 2003

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Acoustic Perception in Human Newborns and Cotton-Top Tamarins - Recent Findings and Their Implications

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  35   31 - 41 2003

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Phonological Content and Syntactic Visibility

Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara

Gengo Kenkyu (The Linguistic Society of Japan)  123   137 - 170 2003

Research paper (scientific journal), Joint Work, Accepted

Scrambling, Case, and Interpretability

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Derivation and Explanation in the Minimalist Program (Blackwell Publishers)     167 - 183 2002

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Language Design in Generative Grammar

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Language, Culture and European Tradition I (Keio University Press)     73 - 89 2002

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work

Two (or More) Syntactic Categories vs. Multiple Occurrences of One

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Syntax 3   151 - 158 2000

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Case and Scrambling

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Keio Studies in Theoretical Linguistics II (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)     73 - 95 2000

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

A Probe-Goal Analysis of Case and Scrambling

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  31   17 - 38 1999

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Eliminating * as a Feature (of Traces)

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Working Minimalism (The MIT Press)     77 - 93 1999

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Multiple Occurrences of the Same Lexical Item

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  30   249 - 256 1998

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

*-Features and the Condition of Inclusiveness

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Reports of the Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies (Keio Institute of Cultural & Linguistic Studies)  29   65 - 78 1997

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Raising Quantifiers Without Quantifier Raising

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Minimal Ideas (John Benjamin's)     189 - 198 1996

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Strict Cyclicity, Linear Ordering, and Derivational C-Command

Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara

West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (CSLI, Cambridge University Press)  14   255 - 269 1996

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Joint Work, Accepted

Target alpha: Deducing Strict Cyclicity from Principles of Derivational Economy

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Linguistic Inquiry (The MIT Press)  26   47 - 77 1995

Research paper (scientific journal), Single Work, Accepted

Target Alpha: A Unified Theory of Movement and Structure-Building

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Doctoral Dissertation (Harvard University)   1994

Doctoral thesis, Single Work

Restricting Ambiguous Rule Application: A Unified Analysis of Movement

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 1 (MITWPL)  24   179 - 209 1994

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

A Minimalist Analysis of Cross-Linguistically Variant CED Phenomena

Hisatsugu Kitahara

North Eastern Linguistics Society (GSLA, University of Massachusetts, Amherst)  24   241 - 253 1994

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

On the Distribution and Interpretation of Subjects and Their Numeral Classifiers

Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara

Semantics and Linguistic Theory 3 (CLC Publications, Cornell University)     97 - 116 1994

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Joint Work, Accepted

Licensing of Negative Polarity Items and Checking Theory: A Comparative Study of English and Japanese

Ruriko Kawashima, Hisatsugu Kitahara

Formal Linguistics Society of Mid-America 3 (Indiana University Linguistics Club)     139 - 154 1993

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Joint Work, Accepted

Numeral Classifier Phrases Inside DP and the Specificity Effects

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Japanese/Korean Linguistics 3 (CSLI, the University of Chicago Press)     171 - 186 1993

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

Deducing 'Superiority' Effects from the Shortest Chain Requirement

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Harvard University)  3   109 - 119 1993

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Contraction: PF Evidence for the Theory of Feature-Checking

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Harvard University)  3   120 - 127 1993

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work

Inalienable Possession Construction in Korean: Scrambling, the Proper Binding Condition, and Case-Percolation

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Japanese/Korean Linguistics 2 (CSLI, the University of Chicago Press)     394 - 408 1992

Research paper (international conference proceedings), Single Work, Accepted

Checking Theory and Scope Interpretation Without Quantifier Raising

Hisatsugu Kitahara

Harvard Working Papers in Linguistics (Department of Linguistics, Harvard University)  1   51 - 71 1992

Research paper (bulletin of university, research institution), Single Work