SECOND LANGUAGE
(日本第二言語習得学会学会誌)
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Second Language Vol.22 (December 15, 2023)
PART I SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM J-SLA 2021
Ambient Input, Instructed Input, and Absent Input: A Reflection on L2 Acquisition in Different Input Conditions
Heather Marsden (University of York)………5
PART II SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM J-SLA 2022
Multilingual Linguistic Representations
Roumyana Slabakova (University of Southampton and NTNU)………25
PART III ARTICLE: SUBMISSION FROM J-SLA 2022
The Effects of Meaning and Form Processing of Unknown Words on Incidental Japanese Vocabulary Learning Through Reading
Liu Yelin (Ochanomizu University)……… 53
PART IV BOOK REVIEW
Vivian Cook (2022) The Language of the English Street Sign
Tokiko Okuma (Ritsumeikan University)………71
Second Language Vol.21 (December 15, 2022)
PART I CONTRIBUTIONS FROM J-SLA EARLY SUMMER SEMINAR 2021
Introduction
Masanori Matsumura (Meijo University)………5
Knowledge of Language as a Complex System and Issues in Second Language Learnability
Masanori Matsumura (Meijo University)………7
Vygotsky’s View of Foreign Language Learning
Yuichi Nishimoto (Kyoto University of Education) ………23
Multiple Dimensions of Usage-Based SLA and Its Prospect
Tomoko Tode (Hiroshima Shudo University)………35
Second Language Acquisition as a Natural Language
Hideki Yokota (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)……… 51
PART II ARTICLES: SUBMISSIONS FROM J-SLA ANNUAL CONFERENCES (J-SLA 2020, J-SLA 2021)
A Comparative Study of Native Speakers of Japanese and Italian Learners of Japanese as a Second Language: Acoustic Realizations of Rendaku Voicing in Compounds
Makiko Mukai (University of Kochi)………71
Takahiro Ioroi (University of Kochi)
The Role of Prediction Error in Second Language Learning
Manabu Arai (Seijo University)………89
L2 Acquisition of Definiteness Marking by Japanese Demonstrative Sono
Keisuke Kume (University of York)………115
Heather Marsden (University of York)
Second Language Vol.20 (March 31, 2022)
PART I ARTICLE
The Acquisition of Subject Wh-questions by Japanese Learners of English
Tomohiko Shirahata (Shizuoka University)………5
Hideki Yokota (Shizuoka University of Art and Culture)
Koji Suda (University of Shizuoka)
Takako Kondo (University of Shizuoka)
Mutsumi Ogawa (Nihon University)
PART II ARTICLES [Contributions from J-SLA 2020]
The Acquisition of Lexical Mapping in English as a Second Language: A Study Using Two Learner Corpora
Yumiko Yamaguchi (Tokai University)………29
Satomi Kawaguchi (Western Sydney University)
Transfer of Incomplete Neutralization: A Case of /ei/ and /ou/ in Japanese
Kakeru Yazawa (University of Tsukuba)………47
PART III BOOK REVIEWS
Roumyana Slabakova, Tania Leal, Amber Dudley, &Micah Stack (2020) Generative Second Language Acquisition
Tokiko Okuma (Mie University)………63
Tomohiko Shirahata & Koji Suda (eds.) (2019) Monographs on Second Language Acquisition Research 3: Applicability of Language Acquisition Research
Mayuko Yusa (University of Hawai‘i at Manoa)………69
Second Language Vol.19 (October 31, 2020)
PARTⅠ CONTRIBUTIONS FROM J-SLA AUTUMN SEMINAR 2019
Introduction
Koichi Otaki (Chukyo University)………5
Japanese EFL Learners’ Null Subjects in the Control and Seem Raising Constructions
Mineharu Nakayama (The Ohio State University)………7
Noriko Yoshimura (University of Shizuoka / Kokushikan University)
Illicit Argument Drop by Japanese-speaking Learners of English
Koichi Otaki (Chukyo University)………39
PART II ARTICLE
The Effects of Articulatory Suppression on the Homophone Judgments of Kanji Words
by Chinese Learners of Japanese
Da Ma & Aiko Morita (Hiroshima University)………57
PART III BOOK REVIEWS
Tomohiko Shirahata and Koji Suda (eds.) (2017)
Monographs on Second Language Acquisition Research 1:
The Acquisition of Noun Phrases and Phonetics/Phonology
Keisuke Kume (University of York)………79
Tomohiko Shirahata and Koji Suda (eds.) (2018)
Monographs on Second Language Acquisition Research 2:
New Perspectives on the Acquisition of Lexicon and Morphology
Tokiko Okuma (Mie University)………83
Second Language Vol.18 (October 31, 2019)
Part Ⅰ CONTRIBUTIONS FROM J-SLA AUTUMN SEMINAR 2018
Introduction
Neal Snape (Gunma Prefectural Women's University) ………4
The Acquisition of Articles (DPs): The Story So Far
Neal Snape (Gunma Prefectural Women's University) ………7
(Bare) Plural DPs and L2 Acquisition: From Generics to Mass/Count Distinction and Plurality
Kook-Hee Gil (University of Sheffield) ………25
The Count-Mass Distinction and English Articles
Mutsumi Ogawa (Nihon University)………47
Accounting for Article Interpretation in L2 English by L1 Japanese Child Learners
Kazumi Yamada (Kwansei Gakuin University)………71
Articles and Telicity: The Grammar of Early and Intermediate L2 Learners of English
Takayuki Kimura & Shigenori Wakabayashi (Chuo University)………89
Second Language Vol.17 (December 22, 2018)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
The Bilingual Mental Lexicon in Sentence Processing
Holger HOPP (Technische Universität Braunschweig) ………5
Part Ⅱ ARTICLE
Illicit Object Drop by Japanese-speaking Learners of English: Further Evidence against the L1 Transfer Account
Koichi OTAKI (Kanazawa Gakuin University) ………31
Part Ⅲ DISCUSSION ARTICLE
Multiple Causes for the Variabilities in L2 Use of 3rd Person Singular-s in the Light of Distributed Morphology
Shigenori WAKABAYASHI (Chuo University),
Tomohiro HOKARI (Atomi University),
Takayuki AKIMOTO (Kogakuin University),
Takayuki KIMURA (Chuo University)………………51
Second Language Vol.16 (December 22, 2017)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Lexical Facility: Bringing Size and Speed Together
Michael Harrington (University of Queensland) ………5
Moving Generative SLA from Knowledge of Constraints to Production Data in Educational Settings
Alan Juffs (University of Pittsburgh) ………19
Linguistic Theory and Second Language Classroom Research: The Effectiveness of Explicit Instruction
Makiko Hirakawa (Chuo University) ………39
Second Language Vol.15 (October 1, 2016)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Missing the Trees for the Forest: Morphology in Second Language Acquisition
Donna LARDIERE (Georgetown University) ………5
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
The Role of Universal Semantic Features in L2 English Article Choice by L1 Japanese Speakers
Keisuke KUME (Nanzan University) ……………… 31
Control and Raising Constructions in Early L2 English Acquisition
Noriko YOSHIMURA (University of Shizuoka), Mineharu NAKAYAMA (The Ohio State University)
Atsushi FUJIMORI (Shizuoka University), Hiroya SHIMIZU (Shizuoka High School) …… 53
Second Language Vol.14 (November 1, 2015)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Native vs. Non-native Processing of Discontinuous Dependencies
Claudia FELSER (University of Potsdam) ………………………………………………5
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Matching Strategies of Kanji Readings in Korean and Japanese by Korean Learners of Japanese
Sungmi JUNG (University of Tsukuba) ………………………………………………… 23
Null Arguments in Thai Learners' L2 Grammar
Naparat MEECHANYAKUL & Pornsiri SINGHAPREECHA (Thammasat University)…… 41
Second Language Vol.13 (December 1, 2014)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Connecting interaction-based research with other disciplines
Susan GASS (Michigan State University) …………………………………… 5
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Japanese EFL learners' access to English homographic words: A psycholinguistic study using priming experiments
Kohei MIKI (Kwansei Gakuin University)……………………………………19
The Acquisition of Nominative Case Marking in L2 Japanese: A Corpus Study
Miyuki NOJI (Jyoetsu University of Education) ………………………… 39
Second Language Vol.12 (May 1, 2013)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Reflective Pronouns in Second Language Acquisition
William O'Grady (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) …………………………5
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
A Processability Theory (PT)-based Analysis of the Acquisition of Japanese Morphology and Syntax:
A case of an Intensive Adult Learner
Junko IWASAKI (Edith Cowan University) …………………………………… 21
What do Timed Grammaticality Judgement Test Reveal within the Framework of Implicit and Explicit Knowledge?
Kazuyuki SHITE (Tokyo University of Social Welfare) ……………… 43
Does Preemption Help Adult Second Language Learners Learn Verb Transitivity?
Takaaki SUZUKI & Takehiko YAGI (Kyoto Sangyo University) …… 61
Why Do We Need a Linguistic Theory to Describe Learners' Behaviors?
Shigenori WAKABAYASHI (Chuo University) …………………………81
Second Language Vol.11 (December 25, 2012)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
L2 knowledge at the Mapping of Syntax and Discourse
Roumyana SLABAKOVA (University of Iowa and IKERBASQUE) ………… 3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Processing Relative Clauses and Working Memory in L2 Japanese
Akiko KASHIWAGI-WOOD & Mineharu NAKAYAMA (The Ohio State University)……27
The effect of prosodic boundary in understanding English sentences by Japanese EFL learners
Chie NAKAMURA (Keio University) ……………………………………………………47
Acquisition of Goals for Wh-Movement by Japanese L2 Learners of English
Hideki YOKOTA & Andrew RADFORD (Kanazawa Gakuin University & University of Essex)……59
Second Language Vol.10 (June 10, 2011)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Thinking in a Mind with Two Languages
Vivian COOK (Newcastle University) ……………………………………………………3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Do English learners of Japanese produce isolated nouns with Standard Japanese lexical accent?
Becky TAYLOR (Nagoya Univeristy)……………………………………………………15
Prosody and comprehension in Oral Reading by L2 Japanese learners
Seth GOSS & Mineharu NAKAYAMA (The Ohio State University) ……… 33
Past Tense Morphology in Chinese-Japanese Interlanguage: Evidence for Prosodic Transfer
Mari UMEDA & Yoko ISSE (Fukuoka University) ……………………………… 51
L2 Intonation: A study of L1 transfer in Japanese intonation by English-speaking learners
Chiharu TSURUTANI (Griffith University)……………………………………… 79
Second Language Vol.9 (December 1, 2010)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Implicit learning and SLA
John WILLIAMS (University of Cambridge) ………………………………………3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
On the acquisition of English locative verbs by Japanese L2 learners: A brief sketch on the issue of markedness and transfer
Yoshiharu ABE (Hosei Univeristy)……………………………………………………19
Effects of Syllable Duration and Pause on Word Identification by Native and Non-native English speakers
Tamami KATAYAMA (Prefectural University of Hiroshima)……………… 49
On the Resetting of the Subject Parameter by Japanese Learners of English: A Survey of Junior High School Students
Hiroyuki NAWATA & Keiko TSUBOKURA (Shimane University) ……… 63
Learning Verb System in Second Language: the Influence of Lexical Knowledge of L1 in Learning the Relationships between the Meanings of Verbs in L2
Noburo SAJI, Yuki KAJITA & Mutsumi IMAI (Keio University) …………83
Sensitivity to Morphosyntactic Violations in English as a Second Langauge
Mikako SATO & Claudia FELSER (University of Essex)………………………101
Second Language Vol.8 (September 1, 2009)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Changing Perspectives on Universal Grammar and the Critical Period Hypothesis
Lydia WHITE (McGill University) ………………………………………………………………3
Japanese translation of the introduction of White. L. (this volume) ……………23
Part Ⅱ ARTICLE
The Effect of Shadowing with Two Different Difficulties of Texts on Listening Comprehension and Metacognitive Strategies
Yo HAMADA (Yokote Seiryo Gakuin Junior and Senior High School)……………27
Second Language Vol.7 (May 1, 2008)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Revisiting the Origins of Modern Study of Second-Language Acquisition : Contributions from the Japanese Context, 1956-1959
Margaret THOMAS ………………………………………… 3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Phonological recoding in naming English nonwords and words by Japanese ESL readers
Megumi YAMADA, Jun-ichi ABE ……………… 25
Effects of Sentence Processing Strategy Proximity on the Comprehension of Second Languages
Hiroko YAMASHITA ………………………………………… 43
Second Language Vol.6 (May 1, 2007)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Optionality at the syntax-discourse interface in near-native L2 speakers
Antonella SORACE (University of Edinburgh)……………………………………3
Japanese translation of the introduction of Sorace, A. (this volume) ………………………… 16
Part Ⅱ ARTICLE
Japanese speakers' sensitivity to third person singular-s in English: Arguments based on ERP data
Shigenori WAKABAYASHI (Chuo University), Kazuhiko FUKUDA (Fukushima University),
Masanori BANNAI (Fukushima National College of Technology), Shoichi ASAOKA (Waseda University)…19
Part Ⅲ BOOK REVIEW
Harumi OISHI (2006). No-kagaku kara no dainigengo shutoku
Koji SUDA (Sendai National College of Technology) ……………………………………………………49
Second Language Vol.5 (May 1, 2006)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
What's left in early L2 Architecture
Bonnie D. SCHWARTZ (University of Hawai'i) …………………………3
Japanese translation of the introduction of Schwartz., B.D. (this volume) ……………………… 27
Filtered input and obscured Full Access in phonological acquisition
John MATTHEWS (Shizuoka University) …………………………………29
Japanese translation of the introduction of Matthews, J. (this volume) ………………………… 57
Part Ⅱ ARTICLE
UG-constrained wh-movement in Japanese learners' English questions
Andrew RADFORD (University of Essex) & Hideki YOKOTA (Gifu University of Medical Science)…………61
Second Language Vol.4 (May 1, 2005)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Japanese Introduction to Hawkins, R. (this volume)
Tomohiko SHIRAHATA (Shizuoka University) …………… 3
Explaining Full and Partial Success in the Acquisition of Second Language Grammatical Properties
Roger HAWKINS (University of Essex) ……………………… 7
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
The Acquisition of no in Japanese noun phrases by L2 children
Tomohiko SHIRAHATA (Shizuoka University) & Mitsuko HISANO (Shizuoka University)……29
Background and Vocabulary Knowledge as a Factor for Text Comprehension in Second Language
Hideko SHIBASAKI (University of Tokyo) ……………………51
Overgeneralisation in Second Language Acquisition of Transitivity Alternations
Keiko MATSUNAGA (University of Essex)……………………75
L2 Acquisition of Surface Unaccusativity in English
Chieko KURIBARA …………………………………………………… 111
Second Language Vol.3 (May 1, 2004)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Critical Period Hypothesis on Language Acquisition
Tomohiko SHIRAHATA (Shizuoka University) ……………………………………………3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Acquisition of Yo-on (Japanese contracted sounds) in L1 and L2 phonology
Chiharu TSURUTANI (Griffith University)…………………………………………………27
The L2 Acquisition of English Locatives by Korean Speakers
Gerald BULLOCK (University of Hawai'i at Manoa) …………………………………49
Misanalysis of Subjects in Japanese English Interlanguage
Chieko KURIBARA (Kansai University) ……………………………………………………69
Part Ⅲ BOOK REVIEWS
Makiko HIRAKAWA (2003). Unaccusativity in Second Language Japanese and English
Hiroyuki OSHITA (Ohio University) ……………………………………………………99
Yukiko A. HATASA (Ed.)(2003). An investigation to Second Language Acquisition Research in Japanese: In Honor of Seiichi Makino
Tomohiko SHIRAHATA (Shizuoka University) …………………………………101
Second Language Vol.2 (May 1, 2003)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
Parsing in Second Language Acquisition: A Study of Gap-Processing
Kazue KANNO (University of Hawaii)……………………………………………………………3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
Knowledge of Deep versus Surface Unaccusativity in Second Language Japanese
Makiko HIRAKAWA (Tokyo International University) …………………………………23
Asymmetry of Subjects and Objects in Japanese Speakers' L2 English
Shigenori WAKABAYASHI (Gunma Prefectural Women's University) & Rumiko NEGISHI (High School of
Takasaki City University of Economics) ………………………………………………………53
Second Language Vol.1 (May 1, 2002)
Part Ⅰ SPECIAL CONTRIBUTION
A Linguistic Approach to the Study of Language Acquisition
William O'GRADY………………………………………… 3
Part Ⅱ ARTICLES
The Effect of Explicit Instruction on Modality Use in L2 Academic Writing
Akemi FU……………………………………………………20
Uneasiness with the Easiest : On the Subject-Verb Order in L2 English
Hiroyuki OSHITA………………………………………… 45
The Acquisition of Japanese Binding Form, Zibun by English-Speaking Children
Tomohiko SHIRAHATA……………………………………62