The acquisition of Japanese as a second language (John Benjamins Pub., 1999)
This book marks the first-ever collection of papers in English on the acquisition of Japanese as a second language. Its overarching goal is to broaden and deepen the field of SLA research by focusing on Japanese rather than on more commonly studied European languages. Broad in scope and eclectic in approach with chapters by leading scholars in the field, The Acquisition of Japanese as a Second Language offers a survey of the far-ranging field of SLA research as it applies to Japanese. Chapters include studies on input and interaction, research into the evaluation of L2 proficiency, and ..
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
SLA research and Japanese / Kazue Kanno -- Implicit negative feedback / Shunji Inagaki and Michael H. Long -- Tasks and learners' output in nonnative-nonnative interaction / Noriko Iwashita -- SPOT : a test measuring "control" exercised by learners of Japanese / Junko Ford-Niwa and Noriko Kobayashi -- Retesting a universal : the empty category principle and learners of (pseudo)Japanese / Eric Kellerman, John van IJzendoorn and Hide Takashima -- L2 acquisition of Japanese unaccusative verbs by speakers of English and Chinese / Makiko Hirakawa -- Who knows what and why? The acquisition of multiple 'wh'-questions by adult learners of English and Japanese / Naoko Yoshinaga -- Gapping and coordination in second language acquisition / William O'Grady -- Acquisition of verb gapping in Japanese by Mandarin and English speakers / Kazue Kanno