Japanese Linguistics Research Papers

Kanji Dictionary for Foreigners Learning Japanese

九州各地の方言は動詞活用の組織に特徴があり，二段活用（特に下二段）が残存して古い特徴を保つ一方，一段動詞がラ行五段化するという新しい変化の方向を併せ持つ。このふたつの特徴は方向性が逆であるため，別個の説明が与えられることが多かった。本稿では，大分方言に見られる動詞終止形の撥音化現象を手掛かりに，それらの特徴はいずれも「同音衝突の回避」が関係するという仮説を提出する。

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- by Tadashi Eguchi
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- Japanese Linguistics

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- by Armin Mester
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- Japanese Linguistics

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- by Armin Mester
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- Japanese Linguistics

[Review] Murakami, Kae (2017) "On the Use of Emotional Adjectives: How Emotional Adjectives are Used in Contemporary Japanese". (JAPANESE)

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- by Ryô (Ryo) IMOTO
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  Japanese Linguistics, Adjectives, Adverbials

Neste volume há a contribuição de pesquisadores de diversas instituições, que vêm atuando continuamente para o desenvolvimento do ensino da língua japonesa como língua estrangeira (LE) no Brasil. Os artigos apresentados abrangem temas... more

This chapter discusses so-called “internally headed relative clauses” (IHRCs) in modern Japanese in which the head noun is placed inside the relative clause, as in the sentence ringo-ga tukue-no ue-ni aru no-o totte tabeta ‘I picked up an... more

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- by May Miao
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- Japanese Linguistics

世纪日语系列教材高年级综合日语

This paper investigates how globalization has affected the Japanese language: it's development and spread.

The proliferation of online simulation games across the globe in many different languages offers Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) researchers an opportunity to examine how language learning occurs in such virtual environments.... more

The proliferation of online simulation games across the globe in many different languages offers Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) researchers an opportunity to examine how language learning occurs in such virtual environments. While there has recently been an increase in the number of exploratory studies involving learning experiences of predominantly English as a Second or Foreign Language (ESL/EFL) participants in these environments, the context of a Japanese as a Foreign Language (JFL) classrooms has rarely been examined. To address this, this study investigates a Second Language Acquisition-theory driven instantiation of CALL within the context of a JFL classroom. Through a mixed-method case study approach, participants’ natural acquisition of Japanese in a 3D virtual environment was examined. Data detailing participants’ communicative capacities in several modalities were collected, as were their attitudes toward participation in a massively multiplayer online (MMO)-based virtual world of Tokyo.

In the present study, eight sources of data from eleven university-level JFL students (n=11) were collected and analyzed to evaluate the learning outcomes from an integrative CALL framework (Warschauer, 2004; Yamazaki, 2014). Based on both interpretative and statistical analyses of data, the major finding of the present study was that the participants, when immersed in the 3D virtual world of Tokyo, acquired contextualized communicative competence. More specifically, quantitative analyses revealed statistically significant improvement in the participants’ acquisition of incidentally encountered vocabulary, in particular, kanji pronunciation and vocabulary interpretation. Qualitative analyses revealed participants’ acquisition of various communicative competencies specific to the context, including persuasive talk, concept of audience, collaborative communication, and colloquial expressions. Data from a post-hoc reflection survey provided strong evidence that most students found the course to be effective, as it made them use Japanese more than in a regular class, and thereby developed more necessary communicative skills to function in Japan.

Loanwords (gairaigo), words ‘borrowed’ from other languages, are an integral part of the Japanese language, and are estimated to account for around 10% of the modern Japanese lexicon. While loanwords are conventionally written with the... more

新日语能力考试万词对策N3级2000 [はじめての日本語能力試験N3単語2000]

综合日语第二册修订版

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　本研究で開発した日本語学習者のための例文検索システムは、web上の膨大な電子情報をコーパスとして活用し日本語学習者のレベルにあった例文提示を可能にしたシステムである。語彙指導には例文の提示が欠かせないが、学習者のレベルにあった自然な日本語の例文を大量に作成するのは容易ではない。このシステムによって、学びたい単語や表現を含む自然な例文の検索が容易に行えるばかりでなく、文法的特性や共起関係などについても学習することが可能になる。本システムの評価実験は、日本語母語話者および非母語... more

Japanese noun modifying constructions (NMCs hereafter) can be divided into two major types: uti no kankei 'inner relationship' and soto no kankei 'outer relationship'. This classification was created by Teramura (1975-1978), which is... more

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- by Satomi Chida
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  Japanese Linguistics, Marathi Language, Grammar

Recently, Japanese names given to children are said to be undergoing dramatic change, particularly in the ways that they use kanji, making them difficult to read. Criticism of such names—often called DQN neemu （‘stupid/ill-educated... more

Recently, Japanese names given to children are said to be undergoing dramatic change, particularly in the ways that they use kanji, making them difficult to read. Criticism of such names—often called DQN neemu （‘stupid/ill-educated names’） or kirakira neemu （‘glittery names’）—has been generally negative, focusing on a perceived ignorance of parents for using kanji‘ inappropriately’ and their lack of consideration for those who must read them. However, by looking at how such names are talked about in the media and their emergence as a phenomenon, I show that such criticism may not be entirely fair, particularly in that it has primarily been made not by parents or children involved in the giving of such names, but by third parties lacking a full vision of the naming process. In addition, criticism of new names has generally lacked appropriate consideration of history and processes of change, in the sense that it tends to be based on faulty considerations of (1) previous naming practices and (2) how such changes will affect the name-landscapes, so to speak, of the future. Instead, I suggest that new names may be seen as part of the larger discourse on youth problems, thus locating the sense of crisis often expressed within their criticism within a larger framework of socialization and social change.

近年においては、日本の名前が大きく変わりつつあると言われており、最近の名前の新しい特徴として、漢字の用法が特殊で、一般的に読みにくいことが挙げられている。「DQN ネーム」や「キラキラネーム」とも呼ばれている新しい名前に対する批判が、通常でない漢字の読みを用いること・それらの名前を読まないといけない他者のことを充分配慮していないことに着目しており、全体的に厳しい。しかしながら、新しい名前のメディアにおける語られ方や、現象としての出現を考察することにより、そういった批判的評価は必ずしも適切なものではないことが明らかになる。とくに、新しい名前の評価が名付け親でも名付けられた子どもでもない第三者を中心に行われているため、名付ける理由と背景が充分に考慮されていないと考えられる。さらに、過去の名付けの傾向と今後の変遷の推移が把握し難いため、名前に対する批判が歴史性に欠けていることが指摘できる。こういったことを踏まえ、新しい名前が若者問題の一つと考えられ、名付けにおける変遷を社会化・社会変化というより大きな枠組みの中に位置付けることができると論じる。

Omoiyari is known as one of the most ideal ways of behaviour in Japanese society. The word has been translated in Japanese-English dictionaries as nouns: “consideration”, “sympathy”, “empathy”, “compassion”, and adjectives: thoughtful”... more

Coursebook for Minna no Nihongo series, Japanese version
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Minna no Nihongo kanji renshuuchou is an additional book for second part of minna no nihongo series with target kanji & exercises from every unit.
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The two main accounts of lexical exceptions to phonological generalizations are 1) indexing exceptions to phonological processes and 2) directly encoding them in the lexicon (Guy 2007). The fi rst approach is taken by It^o and Mester... more

The manner in which manga can reflect and influence readers’ gender perceptions has been a frequently researched issue. This article is an attempt to consider those questions through language, a traditionally less-examined element, in... more

The manner in which manga can reflect and influence readers’ gender perceptions has been a frequently researched issue. This article is an attempt to consider those questions through language, a traditionally less-examined element, in order to shed new light on how male and female characters are used in manga. To do so, I use a linguistic corpus of ten popular shōjo-manga and shōnen-manga to look at (1) how much of the text found in speech bubbles was spoken by male and female characters; and (2) how many characters were seen. With regards to approximately 80% of all text, the corpus shows that shōnen-manga are extremely skewed towards male characters, compared to shōjo-manga, which is more balanced between female and male characters. While many more characters appear in shōnen-manga, the majority are male. Furthermore, only two female characters in all of the shōnen-manga series account for more than 10% of text, whereas all the shōjo-manga have male characters accounting for over 12%.
In examining why this might be, I suggest that the focus on interpersonal relationships – including both friendship and romance – in shōjo-manga may lead to a smaller cast of characters and better balance between male and female characters. However, with authors usually writing for their own gender, I also maintain that it is related to differences in the roles of women and men in Japanese society. These distributions also have an impact on characterization itself, particularly in regards to the use of gendered speech patterns. With insight from Kinsui’s yakuwari-go, or role-playing language (2003), I specifically argue that the results predict that shōnen-manga will use more stereotypical speech, particularly in depicting female characters. In offering supporting evidence for this hypothesis, I suggest that this may affect how readers engage with the characters, thus creating different types of reading experiences within the genres. Through this discussion, it will become clear that linguistic data can shed light into how characters are manipulated in manga on a variety of levels, thus appealing to its potential as a legitimate and unique approach to manga research.

Keywords: manga, language, gender, characters, corpus linguistics

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Interest in Japanese manga (comics) has increasingly become an important reason for studying Japanese as a second language. As a result, there has also been a trend toward trying to use manga as an educational resource, with claims that... more

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An account of the Wa people in vol. 30 of the Weishu 魏書 (Book of Wei), Sanguozhi 三國志 (Records of the Three Kingdoms), which is known in Japan as the "Giši Waǰinden 魏志倭人傳," is the oldest source that recorded dozens of Japanese words... more

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- by William Poser
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  Philosophy, Japanese Linguistics

　文化庁の「平成１９年度国語に関する世論調査」で約４５％の回答者がマンガを若者言葉に影響をもたらすものとして挙げたように，絵と言葉からなるマンガは一種の言語的メディアと一般に認知されている。しかしながら，マンガ研究の多くは視覚的要素に焦点が置かれていることが多い。ここでは，通常関心の払われることの少ない言語的要素に焦点を定めたい。... more

Minna no Nihongo Chuukyuu Honsatsu is the main textbook which is the 3rd part of Minna no nihongo series on lower intermediate level, B1.
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Detey, S., Racine, I., Kawaguchi, Y. & Eychenne, J. (éds) (2016). La prononciation du français dans le monde : du natif à l’apprenant. Coll. Références. Paris : CLE international, 263 p. ISBN 9782090382419 - With CD-Rom. Preview of the... more

Detey, S., Racine, I., Kawaguchi, Y. & Eychenne, J. (éds) (2016). La prononciation du français dans le monde : du natif à l’apprenant. Coll. Références. Paris : CLE international, 263 p. ISBN 9782090382419 - With CD-Rom.

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  Racine Isabelle
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  Second Language Acquisition, Languages and Linguistics, Phonology, Language Acquisition

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- by Michinori Shimoji
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  Languages and Linguistics, Japanese Linguistics, Syntax, Ryukyuan

Submitted for the partial completion of ENLL 311. One of the major problems that the Japanese education system faces, is the use of katakana (one of the two Japanese syllabaries), in the teaching of English. Katakana is often used to... more

Omoiyari is known as one of the most ideal ways of behaviour in Japanese society. The word has been translated in Japanese-English dictionaries as “consideration”, ” sympathy”, “empathy”, “compassion”, thoughtful” and “sensitive”.... more

Minna no Nihongo Choukai - correlated with the whole Minna no Nihongo Course, this book has a lot of listening comprehension exercises.
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※Edisi baru di-upload pada 27/02/2017. Diperbaiki dari edisi pertama beberapa kesalahan. 新版を2017/2/27にアップしました。初版からいくつかの誤りを修正しました。 1. はじめに(pengantar) 2. 新情報・旧情報(informasi baru dan informasi lama) 3. 視点(sudut pandang) 4. 情報のなわ張り(teritori... more

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- by chonan kazuhide
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  Languages and Linguistics, Semantics, Japanese Linguistics, Semantik

The complexity and plurality of scripts and writing devices, such as auxiliary text or "ruby," used in nonconventional writing in Japan are outlined, and various aspects, such as the use of loan scripts, are shown to parallel aspects of... more

A comprehensive guide to Japanese writing system. THE BEST SELLING STUDENTS' GUIDE FOR OVER 40 YEARS, COMPLETELY UPDATED AND REVISED. - 1,006 essential characters by grade - 1,945 general use characters by stroke order - Full range of... more

UPPER INTERMEDIATE MINNA NO NIHONGO 2 IS HERE! The Minna no Nihongo Translation and Grammatical Notes download now! Ps. Message ME directly for the main textbook because its larger than 100MB that's why I might not be able to upload it... more

Minna no Nihongo Shokyuu de Yomeru Topic 25 is a book correlated with Minna no nihongo series. It contains short stories and texts with exercises along with vocabulary list and answer key. It helps the student with reading the Japanese... more

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