Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of Maritime English as an International Language

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370559
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
• Principal Investigator: Uchida Yoko 東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 教授 (50313383)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 国際共通語としての英語

Outline of Final Research Achievements

What is required of deck officers who use English as a second/foreign language in order to achieve "intelligible/comprehensible communication/pronunciation" in Maritime English? Not only maritime education perspectives but linguistic and experimental approaches should be applied for better understanding of the issue. In this project, which focused on Japanese learners of English, three methods: literature study, linguistic/phonological analyses of Maritime English, and experimental study, were adopted to investigate the "intelligibility" and "comprehensibility" of Maritime English.

Free Research Field

海事英語