2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Empirical and theoretical studies of mental computation in Japanese learners of English : Mental computation after sensitive periods
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17520274
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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 |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Miyagi Gakuin Women's University |
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Principal Investigator |
YUSA Noriaki Miyagi Gakuin Women's University, Department of English, Professor (40182670)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
HAGAWARA Hiroko Tokyo Metropolitan University, Department of Language Science, Professor (20172835)
KOIZUMI Masatoshi Tohoku University, Department of Linguistics, Associate Professor (10275597)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2005 – 2007
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| Keywords | sensitive period / generative erammar / fMRI / instruction effects / logical problem of second language acquisition / null obiect / mental computation |
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| Research Abstract |
In contrast to the remarkable feat of first language acquisition, adult second language acquisition typically results in 'miserable failure' if 'success' is defined as achieving native-like performance in every facet of the target second language. This research investigates the properties of mental computation in adult Japanese learners of English after sensitive periods. Both behavioral and neuroimaging data have been gathered on the processing of syntactic and semantic rules that have been claimed to be difficult to acquire. The data are now being analyzed but the neuroimaging data that we have so far gathered show that second language learners can get to know more than they have been taught. Several experiments were also conducted on instruction effects on the brain and nature of cortical mechanisms in second language learners. Detailed results and their implications are to be discussed in papers submitted to journals and Yusa (in preparation for publication).
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Research Products
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[Presentation] Separate neural bases of two fundamental processes during second language acquisition in the inferior frontal cortex2005
Author(s)
Sakai, KL., Tatsuno, Y., Ochi, Y., Shiota, K., Hirano, Y., Muraishi, Y., Kimura, M., Bostwick, M., N., Yusa
Organizer
Society of Neuroscience
Place of Presentation
Washington DC, USA
Year and Date
2005-11-14
Description
「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
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