Cognitive-functional approaches to the study of Japanese as a second language / edited by Kaori Kabata, Kiyoko Toratani.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kabata, Kaori, editor.

Toratani, Kiyoko, editor.

Series:

Studies on language acquisition ; Volume 46.

Studies on Language Acquisition, 1861-4248 ; Volume 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Japanese language--Textbooks for foreign speakers--English.

Japanese language.

Japanese language--Study and teaching--English speakers.

Intercultural communication.

Teachers, Foreign--United States.

Teachers, Foreign.

Teaching--Cross-cultural studies.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Berlin, Germany : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This innovative and original volume brings together studies that apply cognitive and functional linguistics to the study of the L2 acquisition of Japanese. With each article grounded on the usage-based model and/or conceptual notions such as foregrounding and subjectivity, the volume sheds light on how cognitive and functional linguistics can help us understand aspects of Japanese acquisition that have been neglected by traditionalists.

Contents:

Front matter

Table of contents

Preface

List of contributors

1. Application of cognitive-functional linguistics to the study of Japanese as a second and foreign language: An introduction

2. The acquisition of linguistic categories in second language acquisition: A functionalist approach

3. Friendly and respectful politeness: A functional analysis of L2 utterances

4. What learners know about lexical aspect in L2: Motion verbs kuru ‘come’ and iku ‘go’ and the acquisition of imperfective -teiru in Japanese

5. A usage-based account of learner acquisition of Japanese particles ni and de

6. A usage-based approach to relativization: An investigation of advanced-learners’ written production of relative clauses in Japanese

7. A multimedia encyclopedia of Japanese mimetics: A frame-semantic approach to L2 sound-symbolic words

8. A cognitive approach to the comprehension of intransitive constructions in L1 and L2 Japanese

9. An L2 corpus study of the Japanese grammatical marker -te-simau: An application of force dynamics

10. The L2 acquisition of Japanese Motion event descriptions by L1 English speakers: An exploratory study

11. Influence of L1 English on the descriptions of motion events in L2 Japanese with focus on deictic expressions

12. Subject-object contrast (shukakutairitsu) and subject-object merger (shukaku-gouitsu) in “thinking for speaking”¹: A typology of the speaker’s preferred stances of construal across languages and its implications for language teaching

13. A survey of work published in Japan at the dawn of the new millennium

14. Towards better integration of linguistics research, SLA, and pedagogy

Subject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781614515029

1614515026

9781501500688

1501500686

OCLC:

935641271