The Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language
Editor
This book marks the first-ever collection of papers in English on the acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Its overarching goal is to broaden and deepen the field of SLA research by focusing on Japanese rather than on more commonly studied European languages. Broad in scope and eclectic in approach with chapters by leading scholars in the field, The Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language offers a survey of the far-ranging field of SLA research as it applies to Japanese. Chapters include studies on input and interaction, research into the evaluation of L2 proficiency, and investigations of the grammatical system that is the product of second language learning.
[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 20] 1999. xii, 180 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Abbreviations | p. vii
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List of Contributors | p. ix
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Acknowledgements | p. xi
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SLA Research and JapaneseKazue Kanno | p. 1
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Implicit Negative FeedbackShunji Inagaki and Mike Long | p. 9
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Tasks and Learners’ Output in Nonnative-Nonnative InteractionNoriko Iwashita | p. 31
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SPOT: A Test Measuring “Control” Exercised by Learners of JapaneseJunko Ford-Niwa and Noriko Kobayashi | p. 53
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Retesting a Universal: The Empty Category Principle and Learners of (Pseudo) JapaneseEric Kellerman, John van IJzendoorn and Hide Takashima | p. 71
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L2 Acquisition of Japanese Unaccusative Verbs by Speakers of English and ChineseMakiko Hirakawa | p. 89
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Who Knows What and Why? The Acquisition of Multiple Wh- Questions by Adult Learners of English and JapaneseNaoko Yoshinaga | p. 115
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Gapping and Coordination in Second Language AcquisitionWilliam O’Grady | p. 141
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Acquisition of Verb Gapping in Japanese by Mandarin and English SpeakersKazue Kanno | p. 159
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Name Index | p. 175
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Subject Index | p. 179
“Despite that fact that Japanese is one of the most extensively studied non-European languages in American universities, there are few books written in English that directly address key issues of acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Kannno’s book is the one that the field has been waiting for.”
“It serves as a good survey of studies on the acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Students of linguistics can find a quick overview of important issues that have been discussed in Japanese linguistics.”
Mariko Moroishi, Purdue University
“This collection of papers certainly broadens our horizon of second language acquisition, especialy that of Japanese.”
Picus S. Ding in Language 78:1, 2002
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CF: Linguistics
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General