2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Creating a Japanese-English Parallel Corpus
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14580310
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
教科教育
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University (2003)
Tokai University (2002) |
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Principal Investigator |
ASAO Kojiro Ritsumeikan University, College of Letters, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (40102462)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2002 – 2003
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| Keywords | English / Japanese / parallel / corpus / parallel corpus / EEL / corpus linguistics |
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| Research Abstract |
1.Updating the Corpus Data
In the prooess of using the parallel corpoxa in an experimental research, a number of input ennrs have been detected. The corpus data were reviewed again to contct enors of input Data alignment was also corrected.
2.Updating the Retrieval Programs and Creating a OGI Script
The Perl scripts developed in the previous year were updated to make them more reliable. For users who do not have access to UNIX or linux, a new CGI script was created. Data retrieval has been made available on the Web.
3.Experimental Research
A contrastive study of "(sore)deha" and "Then" was carried out in order to demonstrate the practical use of the parallel corpora The result shows that in many contexts in which "(sore)deha" appears in Japanese, no e~nrple of "Then" were found in English The current dictionary description of the words does not give s satisfactory explanation of the semantics. A marked difference was observed in the semantic and pragmatic usage of both words.
4.Presentation
At the 112th meeting of the Kanto Chapter of the Japan Association for Language Education and Technology (at MeiKai University), a symposium presentation was made in the tide of Intruducing KWIC in the EFL classr/". (June 14,2004)
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