关键词:
Linguistics
Foreign language education
Language
摘要:
This dissertation examines Japanese lexicalization patterns of motion events by comparing written production data collected from three native speaker groups: English, Spanish, and Japanese. Then, the author investigates how advanced-level English-speaking learners of Japanese acquire Japanese lexicalization patterns of motion events by comparing the learners’ data and those of Japanese native speakers. Based on Talmy’s (1985, 2000) dichotomous typology of lexicalization patterns of motion events, English is categorized as a Satellite-framed language (S-framed language) that expresses path/trajectory of moving entity with what Talmy calls Satellite and encodes manner of motion with a manner verb in the main verb position. On the other hand, Japanese is classified as a Verb-framed language (V-framed language) that expresses moving entity’s path/trajectory of motion with its main verb and encodes manner of motion outside the main verb or not at all. From the existing studies, three hypotheses are developed: 1) English native speakers (ENSs) employ more manner verbs in the main verb position than Japanese native speakers (JNSs) do to express manner of motion while JNSs express manner of motion with adjuncts and compounds. 2) JNSs express manner of motion more than other V-framed language speakers, such as Spanish native speakers (SNSs), because Japanese language has more linguistic choices to express manner of motion. 3) Describing boundary-crossing motion events and using a combination of a manner verb and goal postpositions に ni and へ e are still challenging even for advanced-level English-speaking learners of Japanese (JFLs) who are at an advanced-level. The results suggest that ENSs employ only manner verbs in the main verb position to express manner of motion even though English has an option to express manner of motion with adjuncts. On the other hand, JNSs express manner of motion in various ways: compounds, adjuncts, and mimetics as well as manner verbs. However