2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Depth of semantic processing by Japanese EFL learners focusing on anaphora resolution
| Project/Area Number |
23720293
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Science |
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Principal Investigator |
HIJIKATA Yuko 東京理科大学, 経営学部, 講師 (10548390)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 読解 / 照応理解 / 動詞 |
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| Research Abstract |
When we identify what the pronouns refer to in "Roy questioned Anthony because he ..." or "Susan praised Diane because she ...," our processing is affected by the verbs' implicit causality information (Stewart et al., 2000). The verb "question" makes the pronoun "he" refer to Roy (NP1-biased), while "praise" tends to make "she" refer to Diane (NP2-biased). This study examined the influence of implicit causality information on L2 anaphor resolution. The results indicat that Japanese learners of English could not use the verbs' implicit causality information.
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