Investigating clear learning instances in first language acquisition

Research Project

Project/Area Number	16H06623
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Linguistics
Research Institution	Tohoku University
Principal Investigator	Orita Naho 東北大学, 情報科学研究科, 特任助教 (70781459)
Project Period (FY)	2016-08-26 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000) Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	言語獲得 / 計算心理言語学 / コーパス / 言語学
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We designed and built Japanese Picturebook Predicate-Argument Structure Corpus to explore properties of clear learning instances in the learning of verb meaning in Japanese. Our preliminary study that investigates the distribution of cues for the learning of verb meaning in Japanese found that there are less argument and case omissions in picture books compared to child-directed speech.