2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Contrastive analysis on several languages to prevent misuse of demonstratives

Research Project

Project/Area Number	21820005
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Japanese language education
Research Institution	Saitama University
Principal Investigator	KANAI Hayato Saitama University, 国際交流センター, 助教 (70516319)
Project Period (FY)	2009 – 2010
Keywords	指示語 / 誤用分析 / 対照分析
Research Abstract	In this study, a contrastive analysis was carried out on the use of demonstratives in Japanese and other three languages (Indonesian, Korean, and Chinese) on the basis of the fact that a large number of the native speakers of these three languages are students of the Japanese language. The study thus facilitated an analysis of the difference in the use of demonstratives in the three-step (like [ko/so/a]) and two-step (like [ko/a]) systems, as well as the other differences therein. The result of this contrastive analysis on the use of demonstratives across the abovementioned four languages can be considered as useful material toward preventing learners of Japanese from misusing the Japanese demonstratives.

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