A Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of English Interrogative Sentences and Relative Clauses by Japanese-English Bilingual Children

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23520751
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Foreign language education
Research Institution	Oita University
Principal Investigator	MITARAI Yasushi 大分大学, 教育福祉科学部, 准教授 (80229731)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000)
Keywords	日英バイリンガル / 言語習得 / 英語 / 関係詞節 / バイリンガル / 日英 / 英語疑問文 / 英語関係詞
Research Abstract	Utterances containing an objective relative clause which a Japanese-English bilingual child produced between ages 5-12 were analyzed. Results show the following: The child (a) produced far more OO-type than SO-type relative clauses; (b) used the relative pronoun what first, followed by the contact clauses and that; (c) produced very few relativized noun phrases without main clauses; (d) used the pronoun I most frequently as the subject of relative clauses; (e) frequently used what or nouns ending with -thing as antecedents but also used other nouns; and (f) produced resumptive pronouns and dropped required prepositions in relative clauses.