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Psycholinguistic research on Japanese sentence comprehension

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13610661
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 言語学・音声学
Research InstitutionKyushu University

Principal Investigator

SAKAMOTO Tsutomu  Kyushu University, Faculty of Humanities, Prof., 人文科学研究院, 教授 (10215650)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) TAMAOKA Katsuo  Hiroshima Univ., Center of Foreign Students, Prof., 留学生センター, 教授 (70227263)
HIROSE Yuki  Univ. of Erectrocommunications, Faculty of Human Communications, Lecturer, 人間コミュニケーション学科, 専任講師 (50322095)
TOKIMOTO Shingo  Mojiro Univ., Faculty of Letters, Assoc. Prof., 人文学部, 助教授 (00291849)
INOUE Masakatsu  Mukogawa Women's Univ., Dept. of Human Sciences, Lecturer., 人間科学部, 専任講師 (00243155)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
KeywordsJapanese / Sentence Comprehension / Psycholinguistics / parsing / empty-subject sentence / scrambled sentence / garden-path sentence / スクランブリング / ガーデンパス / 終助詞 / 韻律情報 / 作動記憶 / 再解釈 / プライミング / 文理解(文処理)モデル / ワーキングメモリ / 対照言語学 / 韻律 / 漢字認知
Research Abstract

In order to explain the process of the language understanding by human, psycholinguistic research is necessary. In this research, the explanation should be based on a linguistic theory taking results of psychological experiments into consideration. In Japan, however, because the research had been preceded in two different disciplines of linguistics and psychology respectively, the results of each other's field neither had been shared nor had been made use of fully. Therefore, this research aimed at showing the direction of the future research by paying attention to the process of the "Japanese sentence comprehension" and by examining synthetically the previous researches in the field of linguistics and psychology. In order for that, the researchers who are actively engaged in the research of the Japanese sentence comprehension should gather and put together the knowledge, which everyone accumulated so far. The research of the following sentence constructions was performed. (1)Before a … More sentence final verb appears, what kind of process is involved in the "empty subject sentence" in which the subject is omitted? (2)Is the "scrambled sentence",in which word order is reversed, difficult to understand? (3)Why is the "garden-path sentence",in which one tends to give a wrong interpretation, difficult to comprehend? (4)What happens in the "reanalysis" that corrects the wrong interpretation?
It will be said that this research has based on the methodology with a balance between theory and experiment because this is a joint research of linguists and the psychologists. Moreover, this research has the possibility to develop deeper and more widely by connection with the research of speech defect and neuroscience, and by interchange with researchers of foreign countries. Since human language understanding is one representative of the higher-level cognitive activity, we can get penetration to the general mechanism of the human information processing by making clear the mechanism of language understanding. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • 2001 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (64 results)

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All Publications (64 results)

  • [Publications] Sakamoto, T., Matsuishi, K., Arao, H., Oda J.: "An ERP study of sensory mismatch expressions in Japanese."Brain and Language. 86(3). 384-394 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sakamoto, Tsutomu: "Processing Filler-gap Constructions in Japanese : The Case of Empty Subject Sentences."Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford : CSLI Publications(Nakayama, M.(ed.) ). 189-221 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 榊祐子, 二瀬由理, 織田潤里, 坂本勉, 行場次朗: "両耳分離聴法による空主語判定プロセスの分析(3)-刺激呈示位置の効果-"認知科学. 10(2). 319-325 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tokimoto, Shingo: "Failure Reveals Mind : Breakdown in Sentence Comprehension"English Linguistics. 18(1). 295-322 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Shingo Tokimoto, G.B.Flores d'Arcais: "Segmentation and Selection of Appropriate Chinese Characters in Writing Place Names in Japanese"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 30(2). 135-145 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirose, Yuki: "Resolution of Reanalysis Ambiguity in Japanese Relative Clauses : Early Use of Thematic Compatibility Information and Incremental Processing."Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford : CSLI Publications(Nakayama, M.(ed.) ). 31-52 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirose, Y.: "The Role of Prosodic Structure in Resolving Syntactic Ambiguity"音韻研究. 4. 33-40 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Fodor, Janet Dean, Yuki Hirose: "What Japanese Parsing Tells us about Parsing"Japanese/Korean Linguistics. 12. 192-205 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K.: "Where do statistically-derived indicators and human strategies meet when identifying On-and Kun-readings of Japanese Kanji?"認知科学. 10(4). 441-468 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Sakai, H., Kawahara, J., Miyaoka, Y.: "The Effects of Phrase-Length Order and Scrambling in the Processing of Visually-presented Japanese Sentences"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 32. 431-455 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Miyaoka, Y.: "The effect of English knowledge on the processing of Japanese loanwords."Japanese Psychological Research. 45(2). 69-79 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Murata, T.: "OCP effects on Japanese phonological processing"音韻研究. 4. 119-126 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 井上雅勝: "日本語文理解におけるガーデンパス効果"武庫川女子大学紀要(人文・社会科学). 51. 57-66 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sakamoto, T., Matsuishi, K., Arao, H., Oda: "An ERP study of sensory mismatch expressions in Japanese"Brain and Language. 86(3). 384-394 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sakamoto, Tsutomu: "Processing filler-gap constructions in Japanese The case of empty subject sentences"(M.Nakayama (ed.)) Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford : CSLI Publication. 189-221 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sakaki, Y., Ninose, Y, Oda J., Sakamoto, T., Gyoba J.: "On the Real-time Processing of Empty Subjects in Japanese Using a Dichotic-listening Method (3): The Effect of the Target Stimulus Positions"Ninchi Kagaku (Cognitive Science). 10(2). 319-325 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tokimoto, Shingo: "Failure Reveals Mind : Breakdown in Sentence Comprehension"English Linguistics. 18(1). 295-322 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tokimoto, Shingo, GB. Flores d'Arcais: "Segmentation and Selection of Appropriate Chinese Characters in Writing Place Names in Japanese"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 30(2). 135-145 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirose, Yuki: "The Role of Prosodic Structure in Resolving Syntactic Ambiguity"Phonological Studies. 4. 33-40 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Fodor, Janet Dean, Yuki Hirose: "What Japanese Parsing Tells us about Parsing"Japanese/Korean Linguistics. 12. 192-205 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K: "Where do statistically-derived indicators and human strategies meet when identifying On^-and Kun-readings of Japanese kanji?"Ninchi Kagaku (Cognitive Science). 10(4). 441-468 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Sakaii, H., Kawahara, J, Miyaoka, Y.: "The Effects of Phrase-Length Order and Scrambling in the Processing of Visually-presented Japanese Sentences"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 32. 431-455 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Miyaoka, Y.: "The effect of English knowledge on the processing of Japanese loan words."Japanese Psychological Research. 45(2). 69-79 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Murata, T.: "OCP effects on Japanese phonological processing"Phonological Studies. 4. 119-126 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Inoue, Masakatsu: "A review on garden-path effects in Japanese sentence processing"Bulletin of Mukogawa Women's Univ.. 51. 57-66 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hirose, Yuki: "Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford"Resolution of Reanalysis Ambiguity in Japanese Relative Clauses : Early Use of Thematic Compatibility Information and Incremental Processing (M.Nakayama (ed.)) CSLI Publications. 31-52 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Sakamoto, T., Mitsuishi, K., Arao, H., Oda, J.: "An ERP study of sensory mismatch expressions in Japanese"Brain and Language. 86(3). 384-394 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 榊祐子, 二瀬由理, 織田潤里, 坂本勉, 行場次朗: "両耳分離聴法による空主語判定プロセスの分析(3)-刺激呈示位置の効果-"認知科学. 10(2). 319-325 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 荒生弘史, 諏訪園秀吾, 坂本勉: "心的辞書における統語的側面-文の自然さ評定による日本語他動詞の格選択特性の解析-"新潟大学紀要『人文科学研究』. 113. 1-14 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Fodor, Janet Dean, Yuki Hirose: "What Japanese Parsing Tells us about Parsing"Japanese/Korean Linguistics. 12. 192-205 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Yamada, J., Tamaoka, K.: "Measurement errors in voice-key naming latency for hiragana"Perceptual and Motor Skills. 97. 1100-1106 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K.: "Where do statistically-derived indicators and human strategies meet when identifying On- and Kun-readings of Japanese kanji?"認知科学. 10(4). 441-468 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 玉岡賀津雄, 宮岡弥生, 林〓情: "エントロピーと冗長度で表現の多様性と規則性を表す試み-韓国語系日本語学習者の敬語表現を例に"日本語科学. 14. 98-112 (2003)

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  • [Publications] 玉岡賀津雄, 小坂圭子: "就学前5歳児を対象とした聴覚性文理解テストの作成"音声言語医学. 44(4). 315-320 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Sakai, H., Kawahara, J., Miyaoka, Y.: "The Effects of Phrase-Length Order and Scrambling in the Processing of Visually-presented Japanese Sentences"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 32. 431-455 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Miyaoka, Y.: "The effect of English knowledge on the processing of Japanese loan words"Japanese Psychological Research. 45(2). 69-79 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Miyaoka, Y., Wu, Y.: "Acquisition of Japanese honorific expressions by native Chinese speakers with low, middle and high Japanese abilities"広島経済大学研究論集. 26(2). 1-16 (2003)

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      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 宮岡弥生, 玉岡賀津雄, 林〓情: "韓国語を母とする日本語学習者の敬語使用における知識と運用"広島経済大学研究論集. 25(4). 15-30 (2003)

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  • [Publications] 井上雅勝: "日本語文理解におけるガーデンパス効果"武庫川女子大学紀要(人文・社会科学). 51. 57-66 (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Sakamoto, Tsutomu: "Processing Filler-gap Constructions in Japanese : The Case of Empty Subject Sentences"Nakayama, M. (ed.) Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford : CSLI Publications. 189-221 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hirose, Yuki: "Resolution of Reanalysis Ambiguity in Japanese Relative Clauses : Early Use of Thematic Compatibility Information and Incremental Processing"Nakayama, M. (ed.) Sentence Processing in East Asian Languages. Stanford : CSLI Publications. 31-52 (2002)

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      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Hirose, Yuki: "Recycling Prosodic Boundaries"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 32,2. 167-195 (2003)

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  • [Publications] Tamaoka, K., Kirsner, K., Yanase, Y., Miyaoka, Y., Kawakami, M.: "A Web-accessible database of characteristics of the 1,945 basic Japanese Kanji"Behavior Research, Methods, Instruments & Computers. 34. 260-275 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Morita, A., Tamaoka, K.: "Semantic involvement in the lexical and sentence processing of Japanese kanji"Brain and Language. 82. 54-74 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Morita, A., Tamaoka, K.: "Phonological involvement in the processing of Japanese at the lexical and sentence levels"Reading and Writing. 15. 633-651 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 玉岡賀津雄, 宮岡弥生, 黄其正: "「良妻ぶる」妻は「悪妻」か-接尾辞「ぶる」付加による価値評価の転換と収束"日本語教育. 114. 1-10 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 林, 情, 玉岡賀津雄, 深見兼孝: "日本語と韓国語における呼称選択の適切性"日本語科学(国立国語研究所). 11. 31-54 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 宮岡弥生, 玉岡賀津雄: "上級レベルの中国語系日本語学習者と韓国語系日本語学習者の敬語習得の比較"読書科学. 46. 63-71 (2002)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文の理解-空主語文"月刊言語(大修館). 30・9. 92-97 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文の理解-かき混ぜ文"月刊言語(大修館). 30・10. 106-111 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文の理解-同格連続文"月刊言語(大修館). 30・11. 100-105 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文の理解-中央埋め込み文"月刊言語(大修館). 30・12. 98-103 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文の理解-袋小路文から再分析文へ"月刊言語(大修館). 30・13. 110-117 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 坂本 勉: "文献解題:(1)Kimball, (2)Fodor, Bever&Garrett, (3)Frazier&Fodor, and(4)Marcus"『英語学文献解題』第5巻 文法II. 294-300 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 広瀬友紀: "Paul Gorrell, Syntax and Parsing, Cambridge University press, 1955 解題"『英語学文献解題』第5巻 文法II. 308-310 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 広瀬友紀, 大津由紀雄: "「言語運用研究の概要」"『英語学文献解題』第5巻 文法II. 292-294 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Hirose, Y.: "The Role of Prosodic Structure in Resolving Syntactic Ambiguity"音韻研究. 4. 33-40 (2001)

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  • [Publications] 時本真吾: "日本語の統語解析における並列性の検証"目白大学人文学部紀要言語文化篇. 第7号. 1-5 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Tokimoto, Shingo: "Failure Reveals Mind : Breakdown in Sentence Comprehension"English Linguistics. 18(1). 295-322 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Shingo Tokimoto, G.B.Flores d'Arcais: "Segmentation and Selection of Appropriate Chinese Characters in Writing Place Names in Japanese"Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. 30(2). 135-145 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Tomaoka, K., Murata, T.: "OCP effects on Japanese phonological processing"音韻研究. 4. 119-126 (2001)

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      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 玉岡賀津雄: "日本語の学習環境と日本的習慣を表現した熟語の知識との関係"読書科学. 45. 10-18 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Miyaoka, Y., Tamaoka, K.: "Use of Japanese honorific expressions by native Chinese speakers"Psychologia. 44. 209-222 (2001)

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  • [Publications] Morita, A., Tamaoka, K.: "Effects of orthographic similarity processing Japanese kanji"Psychologia. 44. 237-249 (2001)

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