The role of lexical knowledge of loan words in visual word recognition for native Japanese speakers

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21730599
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Experimental psychology
Research Institution	Tokai Women's University
Principal Investigator	OGAWA Taeko 東海学院大学, 人間関係学部, 准教授 (30434517)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000) 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)
Keywords	単語認知 / 第二言語学習 / 心的辞書 / 外来語 / 外国語学習 / カタカナ単語 / 第二言語
Research Abstract	The present study investigated how lexical knowledge of loan words plays a role in English word recognition process for native Japanese speakers in order to understand the structure of Japanese mental lexicon. General university students participated in the lexical decision experiments and questionnaires for familiarity ratings of English words and Katakana words. The results indicate that the students with high proficiency in English more use lexical knowledge of Katakana words in English word recognition process compared to the students of low proficiency.