2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Relationship between derived words and their stems in Japanese English learners' metal lexicon.
| Project/Area Number |
22720210
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University (2012)
Yamagata University (2010-2011) |
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Principal Investigator |
MORITA Mitsuhiro 広島大学, 外国語教育研究センター, 准教授 (30422166)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 第二言語習得 / 形態論 / 心理言語学 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study attempts to reveal how the lexical network between derived words and their stems is structured in the mental lexicon of Japanese English learners. The results show that Japanese English learners are as sensitive to the internal structures of English derived words as native English speakers, meaning that Japanese English learners decompose certain derived words into their components to process. It was also found that Japanese learners of English,unlike native English speakers, did not obtain sufficient semantic feedback from semantic processing, so that orthographic activation was not inhibited.
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