Non-native maternal speech: A discursive analysis of a Thai mother's Japanese to her child
| Project/Area Number |
24720188
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | International Christian University |
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Principal Investigator |
NAKAMURA Janice 国際基督教大学, 教育研究所, 研究員 (10622136)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥260,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥60,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
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| Keywords | nonnative / maternal speech / Japanese / Thai / language use / errors / baby talk / particles / non-native / Non-native / maternal feedback / child object labeling / language socialization / 非母国語 / 母親言語行動 / タイ人 / 在日外国人 / 幼児語 / 多言語 / ラベルリングに対するフィードバック / 言語ミキシング |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study examines the speech of a Thai mother who chose to use Japanese to her child from birth. Video data from ages 1;2 to 2;6 revealed that, despite the mother’s avowal to speak Japanese, her native Thai and her L2, English were occasionally used. She reverted to Thai most often and made use of Thai baby words and discourse particles. This led to some intermittent production by the child but proportionately more Thai baby talk than Thai discourse particles were produced. The mother’s Japanese speech was mostly accurate with a low percentage of errors. The rate of child errors was even lower than the rate for maternal errors. Analysis of particle use errors, which were higher than most other errors types for mother and child, showed different characteristics in their errors, suggesting that nonnative maternal input did not adversely affect the accuracy of the child’s early speech production.
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