2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing a Computer-based Vocabulary-learning Tool : A Preliminary Study
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19320088
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGINO Naoki Ritsumeikan University, 情報理工学部, 教授 (30235890)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SUGIMORI Naoki 立命館大学, 情報理工学部, 教授 (40216338)
FRASER Simon 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (10403510)
KOGA Yuya 夙川学院短期大学, 児童教育学科, 准教授 (80321149)
KAWASHIMA Hirokatsu 長崎外国語大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (60259736)
IKEDA Chika 愛知県立大学, 外国語学部, 准教授 (50305497)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 心内辞書 / 第二言語習得 / ネットワーク構造 / 自己組織化マップ / 語彙学習支援 |
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| Research Abstract |
It has been widely acknowledged that vocabulary items in the mental lexicon are interrelated, forming a vast network, which consists of numerous sub-networks with multiple layers corresponding to the various linguistic levels. However, the network conception of the mental lexicon has to this date remained largely theoretical. As a preliminary study for a project that aims at developing a computer-based vocabulary-learning tool to aid learners by visualizing the network structures of their mental lexicons, the present study focused on how individual words are categorized into (sub-) classes. The results of the present study showed that the self-organizing map (SOM), a procedure to represent an item with multiple values topographically on a two-dimensional map could be of effective use in analyzing learners' mental lexicon.
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