Research on the learning processes of lexical senses : Japanese learners of English as a foreign language

• Project/Area Number: 22320113
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: AKAMATSU Nobuhiko 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (30281736)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): AIZAWA Kazumi 東京電機大学, 工学部, 教授 (00222448) ; MOCHIZUKI Masamichi 麗澤大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (90245275) ; ISO Tatsuo 東京電機大学, 工学部, 准教授 (40438916) ; HOSHINO Yuko 東京富士大学, 経済学部, 講師 (80548735) ; KIKUTA Chiharu 東京富士大学, 経済学部, 講師 (40278453) ; OSHIMA Jun 静岡大学, 情報学部, 教授 (70281722)
• Project Period (FY): 2010 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥16,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,810,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000)
• Keywords: 第二言語習得 / 外国語学習 / 英語 / 文法知識 / 語彙知識 / 認知言語学 / 明示的知識 / 学習効果 / 英語教育 / 語彙学習 / 冠詞 / 英語学習 / 母語の影響 / 語彙習得

Research Abstract

This research project revealed that living experience in an English-speaking country appears to help Japanese learners of English (JLE) acquire lexical senses of polysemous prepositions that are similar to those of native speakers of English. The research project also found that JLEs have difficulty in appropriately using English articles for individuated abstract and material nouns. This appears to be due to the fact that JLEs’lexical senses of those nouns are often biased via their prejudged senses towards them.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] First-language influence on the formation of category prototype in a foreign language (2013)
  • Author(s): Tsunai, Y., & Akamatsu, N.
  • Journal Title: JACET Kansai Journal Volume: 15 Pages: 11-24
  • NAID: 110009612509
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] L2語彙学習 : 認知言語学的アプローチ (2012)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Journal Title: 英語教育 Volume: 61(3) Pages: 52-53
• [Journal Article] L２語彙学習：認知言語学的アプローチ (2012)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Journal Title: 英語教育 Volume: 61 Pages: 52-53
• [Journal Article] Does a foreign language affect cognition? : Re-evaluating evidence for L2 effects on bilinguals' object classification (2011)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Journal Title: SELT (Studies in English Language Teaching) Volume: 34 Pages: 1-10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Does a foreign language affect cognition?: Re-evaluating evidence for L2 effects on bilinguals' object classification. (2011)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Journal Title: Studies in English Language Teaching Volume: 34 Pages: 1-10
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Difficulty in restructuring foreign-language vocabulary knowledge : Polysemous verbs (2010)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Journal Title: JACET Kansai Journal Volume: 12 Pages: 68-79
  • NAID: 110008608522
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Restructuring foreign language lexical knowledge : Do cognitive linguistic insights contribute to foreign language learning? (2010)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Journal Title: Doshisha Studies in English Volume: 86 & 87 Pages: 53-82
  • NAID: 110007989755
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] バイリンガル・レキシコン研究における「言語と認知」主流 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Journal Title: 主流 Volume: 第72号 Pages: 1-34
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] バイリンガル・レキシコン研究における「言語と認知」 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Journal Title: 主流 Volume: 72 Pages: 1-34
  • NAID: 120005982758
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 英語冠詞学習に関する量的及び質的研究 (2013)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦, 綱井勇吾
  • Organizer: 第39回全国英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌
• [Presentation] 認知言語学的手法を英文法教育に用いることの有用性 (2012)
  • Author(s): 松田拓之, 赤松信彦
  • Organizer: 関西英語教育学会 第17回研究大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都
• [Presentation] Do EFL learners benefit from a cognitive linguistic approach to learning the English article system? (2011)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Organizer: American Association of Applied Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ・シカゴ
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-28
• [Presentation] Do EFL learners benefit from a cognitive linguistic approach to learning the English article system? (2011)
  • Author(s): Akamatsu, N.
  • Organizer: The Annual Convention of the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL)
  • Place of Presentation: Chicago, U.S.A.
• [Presentation] 日本人英語学習者の冠詞使用と認知 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Organizer: 第36回全国英語教育学会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪
• [Presentation] 英語学習における統語知識の再構築について : その可能性と課題 (2010)
  • Author(s): 赤松信彦
  • Organizer: 平成22年度中部地区英語教育学会愛知地区大会
  • Place of Presentation: 名古屋