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Cleft constructions and expletive pronouns in English and Japanese: A view from L2 acquisition studies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370700
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionUniversity of Shizuoka

Principal Investigator

Yoshimura Noriko  静岡県立大学, その他部局等, 特任教授 (90129891)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 近藤 隆子  静岡県立大学, 国際関係学部, 助教 (60448701)
Research Collaborator NAKAYAMA MINEHARU  オハイオ州立大学, 東アジア言語文学部, 教授
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords応答ストラテジー / 省略分裂文 / フォーカス語句 / 虚辞代名詞 / 非顕示代名詞 / 第二言語習得 / 母語転移 / 応答挿入文 / 母語の転移 / 日本語学習 / 応答学習 / 虚辞代名詞主語 / 英語母語話者 / 中国語母語話者 / 統語-談話インターフェイス / 明示的指導
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this research was three-fold: (a)To predict difficulties L2 learners face in acquiring answering strategies (AS)from Japanese-English comparative perspectives, (b)to conduct bidirectional experiments on the acquisition of AS by English-speaking learners of Japanese and Japanese-speaking learners of English, and (c) to investigate the effects of explicit instructions on the learning of AS in L2 acquisition.
The results of our experiments showed a relatively strong L1 transfer effect in both learner groups, namely, the uses of focus phrases in-situ in L2 Japanese and reduced cleft constructions in L2 English. The effects of our preliminary instruction were affirmative in helping the L2 learners gain access to available AS readily in the target language even though the length of teaching was short. Given these results, the study emphasized the importance of teaching AS in the foreign language classroom, making L2 learners behave more appropriately in oral communication.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (24 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Peer Reviewed: 7 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 10 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 5 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 日本語応答ストラテジー 第二言語習得研究からの展望2016

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子・中山峰治・藤森敦之
    • Journal Title

      第二言語習得研究会全国大会予稿集

      Volume: 27 Pages: 65-70

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Acquiring Answering Strategies in English2016

    • Author(s)
      Takako Kondo and Noriko Yoshimura
    • Journal Title

      国際関係・比較文化研究

      Volume: 14 Pages: 307-319

    • NAID

      120005732254

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Prosodic transfer from Japanese to English: Pitch in focus marking2016

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yamane, Noriko Yoshimura, and Atsushi Fujimori
    • Journal Title

      Phonological Studies 19, 97-104.

      Volume: 19 Pages: 97-104

    • NAID

      40020781722

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Referring to Cinderella in L2 Japanese: A preliminary study2016

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu, Noriko Yoshimura, and Shinsuke Tsuchiya
    • Journal Title

      Buckeye East Asian Linguistics 2: In Honor of James Marshall Unger

      Volume: 2

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Subject nouns in L2 Japanese storytelling: A preliminary study2015

    • Author(s)
      Shinsuke Tsuchiya, Noriko Yoshimura, and Mineharu Nakayama
    • Journal Title

      Ars Linguistica

      Volume: 21 Pages: 89-102

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Japanese learners' interpretation of PRO in English control structures2015

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Atsushi Fujimori, and Hiroya Shimizu
    • Journal Title

      IEICE Technical Report

      Volume: 115/176 Pages: 71-76

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] The development of CALL materials for learning L2 English prosody.2015

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Fujimori, Noriko Yoshimura, and Noriko Yamane.
    • Journal Title

      Conference Proceedings of ICT for Language Learning

      Volume: 8 Pages: 249-254

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Prosody and Focus in Second Language Acquisition2015

    • Author(s)
      Yoshimura, Noriko, Fujimori, Atsushi, and Shirahata, Tomohiko
    • Journal Title

      国際関係・比較文化研究

      Volume: 13 Pages: 21-36

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 2.A Study of Explicit Instructions on Transitive and Intransitive Verb Structures: Focused on the Method of Explicit Instruction.2015

    • Author(s)
      Kondo, Takako, and Shirahata, Tomohiko
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Chubu English Language Education Society

      Volume: 44 Pages: 57-64

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 省略分裂文の構造と機能2014

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子
    • Journal Title

      日本語文法学会第15回大会予稿集

      Volume: 15 Pages: 149-156

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Acquisition of Prosodic Focus Marking by Japanese ESL Learners2014

    • Author(s)
      Fujimori, Atsushi, Yoshimura, Noriko, and Shirahata, Tomohiko
    • Journal Title

      電子情報通信学会技術研究報告

      Volume: 12 Pages: 49-53

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 日本語の応答ストラテジー2016

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子・中山峰治・藤森敦之
    • Organizer
      第二言語習得学会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Identifying subjects in English infinitives by Japanese high school students2015

    • Author(s)
      NorikoYoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Atsushi Fujimori, and Hiroya Shimizu
    • Organizer
      Linguistic Society of Hong Kong Annual Research Forum 2015
    • Place of Presentation
      香港大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of explicit instruction of focus marking in L2 English2015

    • Author(s)
      Atsushi Fujimori, Noriko Yamane, and Noriko Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      全国英語教育学会第41回熊本大会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本学園大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese learners’ interpretation of PRO in English control structures2015

    • Author(s)
      Noriko Yoshimura, Mineharu Nakayama, Atsushi Fujimori, and Hiroya Shimizu
    • Organizer
      An International Workshop on Mental Architecture for Processing and Learning of Language (MAPLL 2015)
    • Place of Presentation
      津田塾大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-05
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Effects of explicit instruction on Japanese EFL learners' acquisition of answering strategies2015

    • Author(s)
      Takako Kondo and Noriko Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      11th Annual Conference of the British Association for Applied Linguistics (BAAL)
    • Place of Presentation
      エジンバラ大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-02
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Subject References in Japanese and English Little Match Girl: A Case Study2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu, Yoshimura, Noriko, and Shunshuke Tsuchiya
    • Organizer
      Theoretical Conference on East Asian Linguistics
    • Place of Presentation
      東京外語大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-13 – 2015-06-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Subject references in Japanese and English Little Match Girl: A case study2015

    • Author(s)
      Mineharu Nakayama, Shinsuke Tsuchiya, and Noriko Yoshimura
    • Organizer
      10th International Workshop on Theoretical East Asian Linguistics (TEAL-10)
    • Place of Presentation
      東京外語大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-13
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] L2 Acquisition of Japanese and English Present Perfectives.2014

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu and Yoshimura, Noriko
    • Organizer
      Hong Kong Polych University Workshop
    • Place of Presentation
      Hong Kong Polytechnic University
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-05
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 省略分裂文の構造と機能2014

    • Author(s)
      吉村紀子
    • Organizer
      日本語文法学会第15回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      大阪大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-11-22 – 2014-11-23
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語を母語とする英語学習者にみる韻律的焦点標示の習得2014

    • Author(s)
      藤森敦之・吉村紀子・白畑知彦
    • Organizer
      電子情報通信学会『人間の言語の処理・学習』
    • Place of Presentation
      東京大学
    • Year and Date
      2014-08-12 – 2014-08-13
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Japanese Psycholinguistics2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu and NorikoYoshimura
    • Total Pages
      635
    • Publisher
      De Gruyter Mouton
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Book] Handbook of Japanese Psycholinguistics, The Modularity of Grammar in L2 Acquisition2015

    • Author(s)
      Nakayama, Mineharu and Yoshimura, Noriko
    • Total Pages
      635
    • Publisher
      De Gruyter Mouton
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 静岡県立大学言語コミュニケーション研究センター

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report

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