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The influence of learners' L1 on L2 Japanese acquisition : A functional approach to understanding language learning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520330
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Japanese language education
Research InstitutionNagoya University

Principal Investigator

NAKAHAMA Yuko  Nagoya University, Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Associate Professor, 国際言語文化研究科, 助教授 (50343215)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
KeywordsReferential Topic Management / Story Telling Activities / Language Transfer / Task Types / Second Language Acquisition / Functional Approaches / 母語転移 / 機能言語学 / 視点 / ナラティブ / 話題の連続性 / タスク
Research Abstract

This research investigates how learners' L1 influences the ways in which they manage referential topics in oral Japanese narratives. It also examined how different tasks ("Here and Now"/ picture description task and "There and Then"/ film re-telling task) would shape oral narratives spoken by native and non-native speakers of Japanese. The study revealed that Korean learners of Japanese were able to use particles and zero anaphora appropriately throughout the narrative discourse at intermediate level, while their English speaking counterparts had difficulty. This was explained by the fact Korean language has equivalents to Japanese particles and zero anaphora, and the follow-up interviews supported this explication. The Korean learners, confirmed that they were making use of this typological 'closeness' between Japanese and Korean. The research also showed that the task types affect narrative discourse. The "There and Then" task elicited more grammatical structures and explicit expressions, as compared to the "Here and Now" task. While this trend was seen in both native and non- native speakers of Japanese, there were some differences as to how task types influence native and non-native speakers' narrative structures.
A part of this research was presented at the international symposium held at Nagoya University in March, 2005, as well as the International Conference of Practical Linguistics of Japanese in March, 2006.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2004 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (7 results)

All 2006 2005

All Journal Article (3 results) Book (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 第一言語としての日本語のナラティブ : 視点の置き方についての一考察2006

    • Author(s)
      中浜優子, 栗原由華
    • Journal Title

      言語文化論集 第27-2巻(未定)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Japanese Narratives : Clues to Determining Speaker's Viewpoint2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakahama, Yuko, Kurihara, Yuka
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language and Culture. (Graduate School of Languages and Cultures. Nagoya University) Vol.XXVII No.2.(in press)

    • NAID

      110004688155

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Viewpoint Setting in L1 and L2 Japanese Narratives2006

    • Author(s)
      Nakahama, Yuko, Kurihara, Yuka
    • Journal Title

      Studies in Language Sciences 6 (Kuroshio Publisher) (to appear in 2006)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Studies in Language Sciences 62006

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Nakahama, Yuka Kurihara
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版(未定)
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 言語学と日本語教育2005

    • Author(s)
      中浜 優子
    • Total Pages
      11
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] Linguistics and Japanese Classroom Language Education IV. "Collective Scaffolding in L1 at a Pre-college Level L2 Japanese." (M. Minami (Ed.))2005

    • Author(s)
      Yuko Nakahama
    • Publisher
      Kuroshio Publisher
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2004 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Book] 言語学と日本語教育IV2005

    • Author(s)
      中浜優子(共著)
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版(未定)
    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report

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