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A STUDY OF JAPANESE FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROCESS AND ITS STANDARD MODEL

Research Project

Project/Area Number 58450052
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 言語学(含音声学)
Research InstitutionHOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY

Principal Investigator

NISHIHORI YURI (1985)  ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGE AND CULTURE STUDIES, 言語文化部, 助教授 (70109403)

西堀 ゆり  北海道大学, 助教授

Project Period (FY) 1983 – 1985
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1985)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000)
Fiscal Year 1984: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 1983: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
KeywordsLanguage Acquisition / Language Acquisition Mechanism / Language Development / Language Acquisition Model / 言語獲得
Research Abstract

THE PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO MAKE A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF FIRST LANGUAGE ACQUISITION PROCESS IN JAPANESE ON THE BASIS OF SYNTAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESENTING ITS STANDARD MODEL.THE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED IN THREE STAGES. FIRST, LANGUAGE DATA WERE COLLECTED FROM CHILDREN AGED 0 TO 4 FOR 5 MONTHS. UTTERANCES WERE RECORDED BY TAPE RECORDER, AND THEN INPUTTED INTO A COMPUTER. SECOND, AN ANALYSIS TABLE WAS MADE USING A MODIFIED LARSP : LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT, REMEDIATION OF SCREENING PROCEDURE. THE MODIFICATION WAS MADE IN THE ORDER OF COMPONENTS ON THE CLAUSE LEVEL AND IN A NEW LEVEL OF WORDS, I.E.,JAPANESE PARTICLES. THIRD, 100 UTTERANCES EACH MONTH FROM EACH OF THREE CHILDREN, AGE 2 TO 4, WERE ANALYZED MONTHLY USING THE ABOVE-MENTIONED COMPUTERIZED TABLE. ALTOGETHER 15 PROFILE CHARTS WERE PREPARED TO BE COMPARED. THE ANALYSIS SHOWED PRECISELY HOW A CHILD GRADUALLY PROGRESSES IN EACH LEVEL AND MADE IT POSSIBLE TO COMPARE THE ACQUISITION PROCESS OF VARIOUS CHILDREN. THE CONCLUSION REACHED WAS THAT THIS METHOD OF ANALYSIS IS EFFECTIVE TO ELUCIDATE IMPORTANT FEATURES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND ITS STANDARD MODEL.

Report

(1 results)
  • 1985 Final Research Report Summary

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Published: 1987-03-31   Modified: 2016-04-21  

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