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Analyzing intervention effects in Japanese EFL learners' acquisition of raising and relative clause constructions: An interface approach

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K00834
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 02100:Foreign language education-related
Research InstitutionUniversity of Shizuoka

Principal Investigator

Yoshimura Noriko  静岡県立大学, その他部局等, 客員教授 (90129891)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 藤森 敦之  静岡県立大学, その他部局等, 教授 (80626565)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords介在効果 / 目的語関係節構文 / 主語繰り上げ構文 / 受動態主語関係節構文 / 第二言語習得 / Relativized Minimality / Smuggling / 無生主語 / 目的語関係節 / 相対最小性理論 / 有生性 / インターフェイス理論 / smuggling / 日本人英語学習者 / フォーカスプロソディ / 受動態 / 関係節 / 例外的格付与構文 / 照応関係 / A-移動 / 局所性 / 経験者句 / 母語干渉 / 受け身文 / 繰り上げ構文
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigated whether Japanese learners of English experience an intervention effect on a filler-gap anaphoric relation in acquiring L2 English. Our focus was on their understanding and production of Subject Raising (SR) and Object relative clause (ORC) constructions. Analyses were provided within the framework of Relativized Minimality (Rizzi, 1990).
The results of our experiments revealed that a main factor responsible for overcoming the effect in L2 concerns whether a given structure is present or absent in L1. Unlike the SR, the ORC was relatively easy to comprehend because the learners have acquired how to apply smuggling (Collins, 2005) for the ORC in Japanese. Furthermore, they tended to produce the subject relative clause in the passive form for the ORC, thereby avoiding the intervention effect.We conclude that an intervention effect can be nullified in L2 acquisition due to the positive L1 transfer and alternative avoidance strategy.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

主要な成果は次の3点である-(1)英語の文構造が日本語のそれと類似する場合(目的語関係節文)、既習の方策(smuggling, Collins, 2005)の適用により介在効果は回避可能で習得が比較的容易である、しかし(2)両者が異なる場合(主語繰り上げ構文)、回避方策は新たな学習のため習得は困難で時間を要する、さらに(3)目的語関係構文の代わりに受け身文を産出する傾向にある。今後の課題として、本研究で明らかになった2つの疑問点、つまり関係節主語の「有生性」対「無性性」の混乱と受動態主語関係節構文の多用について介在効果の観点からさらに検証し、効果的な学習指導を提示することが期待される。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (41 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 9 results,  Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (24 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 19 results,  Invited: 5 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] The Ohio State University(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Fluency of read speech in L2 English2021

    • Author(s)
      Yamane, N., Fujimori, A., Teaman, B. & Yoshimura, N.
    • Journal Title

      Ars Linguistica

      Volume: 28 Pages: 68-84

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] ECM passives in L2 English2021

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, N., M. Nakayama, & A. Fujimori
    • Journal Title

      Ars Linguistica

      Volume: 27 Pages: 56-72

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Japanese EFL Learners&apos; Null Subjects in the Control and <i>Seem</i> Raising Constructions2020

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, M. & N. Yoshimura
    • Journal Title

      Second Language

      Volume: 19 Issue: 0 Pages: 7-38

    • DOI

      10.11431/secondlanguage.19.0_7

    • NAID

      130008035494

    • ISSN
      1347-278X, 2187-0047
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Japanese EFL learners' null subject in control and seem raising constructions2020

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu & Yoshimura, Noriko
    • Journal Title

      Second Language

      Volume: 19

    • NAID

      130008035494

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Is a gender distinction helpful for Japanese EFL learners in comprehending raising constructions2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Nakayama, Mineharu, Fujimori, Atsushi, & Yusa, Noriaki
    • Journal Title

      Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism: Features, Interfaces, and Beyond

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Seem constructions in Japanese EFL learners' interlanguage grammar2019

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu & Yoshimura, Noriko
    • Journal Title

      Data Science in Collaboration

      Volume: 3 Pages: 1-10

    • NAID

      120007181471

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] L1 transfer and locality in reflexive resolution in L2 raising constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Nakayama, Mineharu, Fujimori, Atsushi, & Yusa, Noriaki
    • Journal Title

      Ars Linguisitica

      Volume: 26 Pages: 65-76

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Intervention in Japanese EFL Learners’ Control Constructions with Quantifiers.2019

    • Author(s)
      Mineharu Nakayama, Noriko Yoshimura, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Journal Title

      English Linguistics

      Volume: 35 Pages: 221-240

    • NAID

      40022347898

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Intervention Meets Transfer in Raising Constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura & Mineharu Nakayama
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of GALA 2017: Language Acquisition and Development

      Volume: Chapter 15 Pages: 255-270

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Japanese EFL Learners’ Prosodic Production of Pronouns in English: A Preliminary Study2018

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Fujimori, Noriko Yamane, & Noriko Yoshimura
    • Journal Title

      Ars Linguistica

      Volume: 25 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Intervention Effects in L2 Acquisition?: A Syntactic or Processing Account?2018

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 14 Pages: 13-18

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese grammatical knowledge is a way of nullifying intervention effects in L2 English2023

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, N., Fujimori, A. & Nakayama, M.
    • Organizer
      The Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics 13 (TEAL-13)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Intervention effects in L2 English: A case of Japanese EFL learners2023

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., Nakayama, M. & Yoshimura, N.
    • Organizer
      Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Japanese EFL learners' way of avoiding intervention in relative clause production2023

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., Yoshimura, N. & Nakayama, M.
    • Organizer
      言語科学会第24回年次国際大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese EFL Learners’ Strategies for Overcoming Intervention in Relative Clause Production2023

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., Yoshimura, N. & Nakayama, M.
    • Organizer
      The 4th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-4)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Relativized Minimality effects can be nullified in L2 acquisition2022

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., Yoshimura, N. & Nakayama, M.
    • Organizer
      第23回日本第二言語習得学会国際年次大会(J-SLA 2022)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Animacy in English object relative clauses by Japanese EFL leaners2021

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, M., Yoshimura, N., & Fujimori, A.
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Animacy in object relative clauses in the L2 English listening comprehension2021

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., Yoshimura, N., & Nakayama, M.
    • Organizer
      第21回日本第二言語習得学会国際年次大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Animacy in the L2 comprehension of object relative clauses.2021

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, N., Nakayama, M., & Fujimori, A.
    • Organizer
      GALANA 9
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of animacy on Japanese EFL learners' comprehension of object relative clauses2021

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, N., M. Nakayama, & A. Fujimori
    • Organizer
      GALANA 9
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Morphosyntactic misanalysis in the L2 acquisition of passive constructions2021

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, A., N. Yoshimura, & M. Nakayama
    • Organizer
      第二言語習得学会創立20周年記念大会
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese EFL learners' structural misunderstanding: ECM passives in L2 English2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Nakayama, Mineharu, & Fujimori, Atsushi
    • Organizer
      HICELLS 2020
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Subjects of the "A-movement" constructions in Japanese EFL learners' grammar2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko & Nakayama, Mineharu
    • Organizer
      J-SLA Annual Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Syntactic knowledge and contenct sensitivity: Evidence from Japanese EFL learners on the processing of raising constructions in English2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Nakayama, Mineharu, Fujimori, Atsushi, & Yusa, Noriaki
    • Organizer
      21st JSLS International Conference
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者による繰り上げ構文2019

    • Author(s)
      中山峰治・吉村紀子
    • Organizer
      The 2nd OSU-Tsukuba Joint Workshop
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者の繰り上げ構文の理解に見られる介在効果と主語について2019

    • Author(s)
      中山峰治・吉村紀子
    • Organizer
      東北大学大学院文学研究科 言語学講演会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] L1 transfer and locality in relfexive resolution in L2 raising constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Nakayama, Mineharu, Fujimori, Atsushi, & Yusa, Noriaki
    • Organizer
      GALA 14
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者の英語不定詞の主語:コントロール構文と主語繰り上げ構文の習得調査から2019

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子・中山峰治
    • Organizer
      日本第二言語学会秋の研修会
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Is a gender distinction helpful for Japanese EFL learners in comprehending raising constructions?2019

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Atsushi Fujimori, & Noriaki Yusa
    • Organizer
      Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA) XV
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Acquisition of seem constructions by Japanese EFL learners2019

    • Author(s)
      Mineharu Nakayama, Noriko Yoshimura, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics 2 (ICTEAP 2)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese EFL learners’ acquisition of seem constructions2019

    • Author(s)
      Mineharu Nakayama, Noriko Yoshimura, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Organizer
      The Ohio State University-Tsukuba University Linguistics Workshop
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英語繰り上げ構文における項介在と主語―子供と大人の習得―2018

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子
    • Organizer
      第65回日本中部言語学会研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] “Subject” in raising construction: A view from Japanese EFL learners’ comprehension2018

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      Yusa 2018Kaken Meeting
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Intervention effects in L2 acquisition?: A syntactic or processing account?2018

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Organizer
      MAPLL-TCP-TL-TALK
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Syntactic asymmetry in L2 learners’ comprehension of raising constructions2018

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, & Atsushi Fujimori
    • Organizer
      第18回日本第二言語習得学会 (J-SLA)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] 言語理論・言語獲得理論から見たキータームと名著解題2023

    • Author(s)
      遊佐典昭・小泉正利・野村忠央・増冨和浩(編)
    • Total Pages
      386
    • Publisher
      開拓社
    • ISBN
      9784758923828
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism: Features, Interfaces, and Beyond2022

    • Author(s)
      Leal, T., Shimanskaya, E. & Isabelli, C.A. (編)
    • Total Pages
      318
    • Publisher
      John Benjamins
    • ISBN
      9789027211446
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 第二言語習得研究-理論から実証へ2018

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子・中山峰治
    • Total Pages
      246
    • Publisher
      くろしお出版
    • ISBN
      9784874247655
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      https://langcom.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 静岡県立大学言語コミュニケーション研究センター

    • URL

      http://langcom.u-shizuoka-ken.ac.jp

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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