Yumiko Nishi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yumiko Nishi plays a role.
Articles
2021 Verb learning and the acquisition of aspect: L1 transfer of verb semantics Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 11:3, pp. 323–367 | Article
Although SLA research has extensively investigated the role of lexical aspect in L2 acquisition of tense-aspect marking, the role of L1 is not yet fully understood. This paper investigates the effect of cross-linguistic variation in lexical aspect and explores how the learning of lexical aspect… read more
2012 17. A temporal approach to motion verbs: ‘Come’ and ‘go’ in English and East Asian languages Space and Time in Languages and Cultures: Linguistic diversity, Filipović, Luna and Katarzyna M. Jaszczolt (eds.), pp. 395–416 | Article
This chapter examines the temporal meaning of motion verbs ‘come’ and ‘go’ in languages that have deictically specified lexical forms. Even though motion events of coming and going usually involve duration in reality, the situations denoted by ‘come’ and ‘go’ are typically conceptualized as a… read more