2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Modularity of Grammar and Interface Theory: New Developments in the Study of Foreign Language Acquisition and Their Implications for Learning English and Japanese
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23320116
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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 | University of Shizuoka |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAWASAKI Koichi 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 准教授 (20363898)
SHIRAHATA Tomohiko 静岡大学, 教育学部, 教授 (50206299)
TAKEDA Shuichi 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (80137067)
TERAO Yasushi 静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (70197789)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
SUDA Koji 富山県立大学, 工学部, 准教授 (60390390)
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| Research Collaborator |
NAKAYAMA Mineharu オハイオ州立大学(米国), 東アジア言語文学部, 教授
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 第二言語習得理論 / 文法モジュール / インターフェイス / 局所性 / 母語の転移 / 束縛原理 / アスペクト / 形態ー意味のマッピング |
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| Research Abstract |
This study investigated L2 acquisition of English and Japanese from the viewpoint of the theory of modularity of Grammar. Japanese-speaking learners of English and English-, Turkish-, and Chinese-speaking learners of Japanese participated in various experiments, and the results were analyzed based on the Interface Hypothesis with the goal of providing practical suggestions for the development of innovative methods for teaching and learning foreign languages.
Our analysis showed that syntactic acquisition can be facilitated as proficiency in the target language improves due to locality. However, it was demonstrated that wh-movement, overt and null pronouns, and tense and aspectual meanings were difficult for L2 learners to acquire due to L1 transfer at the syntax-semantics and morphology-semantics interfaces. Based on these findings, the importance of explicit teaching was emphasized for the acquisition of long-distance movement, pronouns, and present perfect in the target languages.
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[Presentation] Locality in L2 Japanese and English2012
Author(s)
Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Koichi Sawasaki, & Hiroya Shimizu
Organizer
Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) 2011. 2011年9月7日
Place of Presentation
中央大学
Year and Date
2012-12-03
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