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What in Japanese affects the development of Theory of Mind?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15K02537
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionKyoto Sangyo University

Principal Investigator

SUZUKI Takaaki  京都産業大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (50329926)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 小林 哲生  日本電信電話株式会社NTTコミュニケーション科学基礎研究所, 協創情報研究部, 主幹研究員 (30418545)
野村 潤  京都女子大学, 文学部, 准教授 (10571474)
三浦 優生  愛媛大学, 教育・学生支援機構, 講師 (40612320)
Project Period (FY) 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Keywords言語発達 / 心の理論 / 心的状態動詞 / 日本語 / 補文 / 言語獲得 / 心的状態語
Outline of Final Research Achievements

It is widely acknowledged that Theory of Mind (ToM) is closely related to language development. In particular, mental state terms are considered to play a substantial role in the development of ToM. In this research project, we investigated the nature of Japanese mental state verbs, how they are used by Japanese-speaking mother-child dyads compared to English-speaking ones, and how mental state verbs and their syntactic properties affect the development of ToM in Japanese-speaking children.
The results showed that Japanese-speaking children’s understanding of tensed complements under mental state verbs develops much later than English-speaking children, and the developmental delay of ToM widely observed among Japanese children may be due to their incomplete acquisition of the complement clauses. However, our analyses also revealed no correlation and no directionality between them; therefore, there may be no causal relationship between them.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

心の理論に関して、言語学的視点から調査した実証的研究は日本語では少なく、特に心的状態動詞の統語的側面に焦点を当てた研究は皆無であった。よって、日本語獲得児における心的状態動詞の使用状況やこれに関わる補文獲得の遅れを明らかにしたことは、心の理論発達研究に対しての大きな貢献であると考えられる。
また、心の理論は保育や教育の現場での関心事でもあることから、本研究課題の成果は、現場の保育者や教師にも重要な意味を持つ可能性は高い。たとえば、心の理論の発達が遅いとされる自閉症児など障害をもつ子どもの支援や指導、また、人の気持ちを理解するための教育の基礎研究として、これらに貢献できる可能性がある。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Processing and comprehension of belief questions in Japanese2018

    • Author(s)
      鈴木孝明
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese journal of psychology

      Volume: 89 Issue: 4 Pages: 403-408

    • DOI

      10.4992/jjpsy.89.17319

    • NAID

      40021697682

    • ISSN
      0021-5236, 1884-1082
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] A CHILDES analysis of mental state verbs in Japanese and English2016

    • Author(s)
      Nomura, Jun & Suzuki, Takaaki
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 116 Pages: 53-58

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 日本語母子会話における心的状態語の使用実態2016

    • Author(s)
      野村潤・鈴木孝明
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 115 Pages: 13-18

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語の補文理解と心の理論の発達2018

    • Author(s)
      鈴木孝明
    • Organizer
      ヒューマンコミュニケーション基礎研究会・幼児言語発達研究会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 誤信念課題における日本語質問文の処理と理解2017

    • Author(s)
      鈴木孝明
    • Organizer
      ヒューマンコミュニケーション基礎研究会・幼児言語発達研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      福岡県なみきスクエア(福岡県・福岡市・東区)
    • Year and Date
      2017-01-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 補文の理解と誤信念の理解2017

    • Author(s)
      鈴木孝明
    • Organizer
      言語科学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日英語の母子会話における心的状態動詞の使用2017

    • Author(s)
      野村潤
    • Organizer
      言語科学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 間接発話の理解2017

    • Author(s)
      三浦優生
    • Organizer
      言語科学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A CHILDES analysis of mental state verbs in Japanese and English2016

    • Author(s)
      鈴木孝明・野村潤
    • Organizer
      思考と言語研究会 Mental architecture for processing and learning of language
    • Place of Presentation
      早稲田大学(東京都・新宿区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-23
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語母子会話における心的状態語の使用実態2016

    • Author(s)
      野村潤・鈴木孝明
    • Organizer
      ヒューマン基礎コミュニケーション研究会・幼児言語発達研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      ヤマト会議所(奈良県・奈良市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-01-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report

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Published: 2015-04-16   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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