An Investigation of Communication Patterns in English and Japanese Conversation and its Application to Language Education

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19720143
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: DOI Kaori Waseda University, 人間科学学術院, 講師 (60409703)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Keywords: 会話分析 / 語用論 / コミュニケーション / 言語教育

Research Abstract

本論では、米国・日本で収集した英語・日本語の会話データをもとに、日英語の会話構造を比較分析し、両言語のコミュニケーションパターンの相違を明らかにした。会話におけるfloor構造に着目することで、会話を進めていくことの意味など日本語と英語での根本的な相違が明らかになった。さらに、日英語の2言語話者の会話をデータとして語用論的・統語的両側面から分析を行い、第二言語習得レベル別の習得過程の一端を明らかにした。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] An analysis of second language acquisition of non-native speaker of Japanese (2009)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the BAAL Annual Conference 2008 Pages: 31-32
• [Journal Article] An analysis of second language acquisition of non-native speaker of Japanese focusing on grammar in conversational interaction (2008)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Journal Title: 41st BAAL Annual Meeting (British Association for Applied Linguistics) Book of Abstracts Pages: 81
• [Journal Article] Second language acquisition of non-native-speaker of Japanese (2008)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Journal Title: 33 rd Annual Congress of Applied Linguistics Association of Australia(ALAA) Congress 2008 Abstracts Pages: 67-684
• [Journal Article] An analysis of the human cognition patterns of English and Japanese bilingual speakers at different levels of acquisition of the non-native language focusing on grammar in conversational interaction (2007)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Journal Title: International Conference on Processing Head-final Structure. Abstracts of Papers and Posters Pages: 52-53
• [Journal Article] An analysis of the "floor" structure in English and Japanese conversation from the perspective of the cultural differences in human cognition (2007)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Journal Title: 10th International Pragmatics Conference(IPrA) Abstract Pages: 453
• [Presentation] L2 acquisition of non-native speakers of Japanese focusing on syntactic and pragmatic elements (2009)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Organizer: 11th International Pragmatics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Melbourne : Australia
  • Year and Date: 20090700
• [Presentation] An analysis of second language acquisition of non-native speaker of Japanese focusing on grammar in conversational interaction (2008)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Organizer: 41 st BAAL Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Swansea University : UK
  • Year and Date: 20080900
• [Presentation] Second language acquisition of non-native speaker of Japanese (2008)
  • Author(s): Kaori Doi
  • Organizer: 33 rd Annual Congress of Applied Linguistics Association of Australia
  • Place of Presentation: University of Sydney: Australia
  • Year and Date: 20080700
• [Presentation] An analysis of the human cognition patterns of English and Japanese bilingual speakers at different levels of acquisition of the non-native language focusing on grammar in conversational interaction (2007)
  • Organizer: International Conference on Processing Head-final Structure
  • Place of Presentation: Rochester Institute of Technology. New York
  • Year and Date: 20070900
• [Presentation] An analysis of the "floor" structure in English and Japanese conversation from the perspective of the cultural differences in human cognition (2007)
  • Organizer: 10th International Pragmatics Conference (IPrA)
  • Place of Presentation: Gotheburg University : Sweden
  • Year and Date: 20070700