Morimoto, K (2016) Chukyu nihongo gakushusha no sakubun ni okeru goi shiyo no goyo to mondaiten (Errors and Problems in the Use of Vocabulary in Compositions by Intermediate Learners of Japanese). Proceedings of the Three-Year-Project; Japanese Language Research and Construction of Web Dictionary Based on Learners' Native Languages and Regional Characteristics, 2. pp. 99-105. ISSN 2188-5060
Abstract
This paper investigates lexical errors and the unnatural use of words and phrases in compositions written by intermediate learners of Japanese who are studying at university in the UK. Having examined 16 short compositions written by eight students, 98 errors were identified.
Further qualitative analysis has suggested that these errors can be broadly categorized into the following five error types, namely 1) synonyms, polysemes and words with different nuances, 2) collocations and fixed expressions, 3) katakana or foreign loanwords, 4) direct translation from English, and 5) register.
Among these error types, type 1 was the most commonly observed error type followed by type 2, and only a fraction of errors were categorized as type 4. However, close investigation found that some of the errors which were categorized as type 1 and 2 may also stem from learners directly translating from English. As for the use of foreign loanwords, there were some cases where learners used katakana words which are either not commonly used in Japanese or through which the specific meanings of the original English words may not be correctly conveyed.
This study concludes that more effective ways of learning vocabulary, including the use of online learner corpora, need to be explored.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Composition, Intermediate Japanese, Error Analysis, Vocabulary, Foreign Loanwords |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Languages Cultures & Societies (Leeds) > East Asian Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 07 Sep 2018 08:52 |
Last Modified: | 07 Sep 2018 08:52 |
Published Version: | http://www.tufs.ac.jp/icjs/en/publications/index.h... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, International Center for Japanese Studies |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:133685 |