Comparative Study on Technical Terms of Pharmaceutical Sciences in Thai and Japanese ?For Development of the Pharmaceutical Terminology in English, Thai and Japanese-

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20720137
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese language education
Research Institution	University of Toyama
Principal Investigator	GOTO Hiroki University of Toyama, 留学生センター, 准教授 (30324031)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000) Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000) Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000) Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Keywords	日本語教育 / 言語学 / 薬学 / タイ語 / 日本語 / 薬学用語 / 英語 / 対照研究
Research Abstract	This research is conducted to support Thai students of pharmaceutical sciences who are to obtain a master or a doctoral degree in Japan. Through a questionnaire and interview survey about the language they use in research activities in Japan, it is shown that they tend to use Japanese when they take part in academic activities as a member of their laboratories. And a comparative study on technical terms of pharmaceutical sciences in Thai and Japanese has shown that Japanese uses many Chinese origin vocabularies, while Thai uses many hybrid words of Thai and Indian origin vocabularies.