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Japanese EFL learners' use of verb subcategorization information in processing filler-gap dependency structures: A study using eye-tracking technique in reading

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26580106
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

NAKAMURA Chie  東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 学術研究員 (30726823)

Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) HARADA Yasunari  早稲田大学, 法学学術院, 教授 (80189711)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,380,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥780,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Keywords心理言語学 / 第二言語習得 / 英語教育 / 眼球運動計測 / 文処理 / 眼球運動 / 下位範疇化情報
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to investigate whether verb information is all together ignored in L2 processing (coarse-grain account) or it is simply too weak to override strong general structural preference of analyzing an NP directly following a verb as the verb’s direct object (restricted fine-grain account), this study tested sentences with unbounded dependency structure using eye-tracking technique in reading. The purpose of the study was to examine whether Japanese EFL learners would still ignore the verb’s subcategorization information and adopt a direct object analysis even when an NP does not appear following the verb. The results demonstrated that Japanese EFL learners have and use verb subcategorization as well as thematic information in the processing of filler-gap dependencies, providing support for the restricted fine-grain account in L2 sentence processing.

Report

(3 results)
  • 2015 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (1 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 1 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Persistence of an initial misinterpretation without referential ambiguity2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, C., and Arai, M.
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal

      Volume: なし Issue: 4 Pages: 1-32

    • DOI

      10.1111/cogs.12266

    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Restricted fine-grained parsing in second language: Influence of lexically specific information in L2 processing2016

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, C., Arai, M., Hirose, Y., & Flynn, S.
    • Organizer
      International Symposium on Bilingual and L2 Processing in Adults and Children
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Grain problem in L2 sentence processing: Evidence for L2 learner's use of lexically specific information2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, C., Arai, M., Hirose, Y., & Harada, Y.
    • Organizer
      The 21st Annual Conference on Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing
    • Place of Presentation
      Malta University, Malta
    • Year and Date
      2015-09-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] L2 learners' use of verb subcategorization information in processing filler-gap dependencies2014

    • Author(s)
      Nakamura, C., Arai, M., Harada, Y., & Hirose, Y.
    • Organizer
      14th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association
    • Place of Presentation
      関西学院大学(兵庫県西宮)
    • Year and Date
      2014-05-31
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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Published: 2014-04-04   Modified: 2017-05-10  

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