A corpus-based analysis of the paradigmatic development of semi-polite verbs in Chinese and Korean learners of Japanese

• 作者: Hitoshi Horiuchi
• 来源期刊: Journal of Japanese Linguistics
• 关键词: Areas of interest: syntax Japanese linguistics Japanese language teaching
• 年，卷（期）: 2014,（1）
• 页码范围: 49-69
• 页数: 21页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1515/jjl-2014-0105

摘要

Using a longitudinal spoken learner corpus called C-JAS, this research examined the use of semi-polite forms of verbs, which are made up of plain forms of verbs followed by the polite form of copula desu, by learners of Japanese. Findings demonstrate that over a period of time, L2 learners develop not only individual semi-polite verbs but also their paradigms, which consist of affirmative non-past, affirmative past, negative non-past, and negative past. The study also compared the use of semi-polite verbs with that of standard polite forms of verbs and revealed their usage rates. Based on the results, I propose a hypothesis that L2 learners have a general tendency of preferring analytic operations to synthetic operations in order to develop their own grammar.