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Publication details [#30561]

Hatasa, Yukiko Abe. 2002. The Effects of Differential Timing in the Introduction of Japanese Syllabaries on Early Second Language Development in Japanese. The Modern Language Journal 86 (3) : 349–367.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communicative competence | L2-acquisition | language proficiency | syllable

Language as a subject

English | Japanese

Place, Publisher

Blackwell Publishers

ISBN

0026-7902

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/modl

Annotation

This study examines whether a time lag in the introduction of Japanese syllabaries causes a difference in the early Japanese second language acquisition of native English speakers. The results indicate that the introduction of syllabaries may not be as important an issue as previously assumed.