Hiroyuki Oshita
Biographic Data
| ID | 5889338 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hiroyuki Oshita |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hiroyuki |
| FAMILY NAME | Oshita |
| SIGNATURE | OSHITA H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ohio University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Conceptualizable Agent” revisited
Is there anything there when there is not there? Null expletives and second language data
This article explores the issue of the psychological reality of null expletives, i.e., the silent counterparts of the so-called dummy subjects such as English it and there. Following Jackendoff’s (1997; 2002) notion of `defective’ lexical item, I define null expletives as extremely `defective’ words with syntactic properties but no semantic or phonological content. By comparing native speakers of pro-drop languages and those of topic-drop languag…
What is happened may not be what appears to be happening
Second Language (L2) researchers have been studying ‘passive’ unaccusative errors such as What was happened?, but have not yet reached a consensus about the ultimate cause of this unique interlanguage structure. This article critically reviews five major accounts proposed in the literature, namely: • transfer of a compound tense/aspect structure in the learner's first language (L1); • overgeneralization of adjectival passive formation in English;…
What is happened may not be what appears to be happening
Second Language (L2) researchers have been studying ‘passive’ unaccusative errors such as What was happened?, but have not yet reached a consensus about the ultimate cause of this unique interlanguage structure. This article critically reviews five major accounts proposed in the literature, namely: • transfer of a compound tense/aspect structure in the learner's first language (L1); • overgeneralization of adjectival passive formation in English;…
Is there anything there when there is not there? Null expletives and second language data
This article explores the issue of the psychological reality of null expletives, i.e., the silent counterparts of the so-called dummy subjects such as English it and there. Following Jackendoff’s (1997; 2002) notion of `defective’ lexical item, I define null expletives as extremely `defective’ words with syntactic properties but no semantic or phonological content. By comparing native speakers of pro-drop languages and those of topic-drop languag…
What is happened may not be what appears to be happening
Second Language (L2) researchers have been studying ‘passive’ unaccusative errors such as What was happened?, but have not yet reached a consensus about the ultimate cause of this unique interlanguage structure. This article critically reviews five major accounts proposed in the literature, namely: • transfer of a compound tense/aspect structure in the learner's first language (L1); • overgeneralization of adjectival passive formation in English;…
Is there anything there when there is not there? Null expletives and second language data
This article explores the issue of the psychological reality of null expletives, i.e., the silent counterparts of the so-called dummy subjects such as English it and there. Following Jackendoff’s (1997; 2002) notion of `defective’ lexical item, I define null expletives as extremely `defective’ words with syntactic properties but no semantic or phonological content. By comparing native speakers of pro-drop languages and those of topic-drop languag…
Conceptualizable Agent” revisited
Computer Science (3 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (3 works) · Linguistics (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (3 works) · Verb (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)