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Hirama, Kanako.

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Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: The case of apologies by Japanese-first-language learners of English.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: The case of apologies by Japanese-first-language learners of English./
作者:	Hirama, Kanako.
出版者:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2011,
面頁冊數:	140 p.
附註:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 74-02.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International74-02.
標題:	Bilingual education. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=MR83967
ISBN:	9780494839676

Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: The case of apologies by Japanese-first-language learners of English.
Hirama, Kanako.

Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: The case of apologies by Japanese-first-language learners of English. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2011 - 140 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 74-02.

Thesis (M.A.)--McGill University (Canada), 2011.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

It is said that Japanese tend to overuse I'm sorry, and a number of studies have confirmed this. Some studies attribute it to Japanese culture; however, does Japanese language have any influence on that? This study, therefore, investigates the uses of the English apologetic phrases, namely, I'm sorry and excuse me by Japanese-L1 learners of English, comparing them with some counterparts in Japanese, sumimasen and gomen (gomennasai). This study also takes the length of residence in English-speaking countries (LOR) into consideration. The data were collected from three different groups: Japanese in Japan whose LOR is less than a year (JJ), Japanese in Montreal whose LOR is over a year (JMtl), and native speakers of English (NSE) in Montreal. Questionnaires and follow-up interviews were administered to answer the research questions. The results showed that JJ group used I'm sorry more often than NSE group. One of the reasons of the overuse of I'm sorry was transfer of Japanese apologetic expressions. However, there were some cases when they said sorry less often than NSE group and JMtl group, and that was probably attributed to their unfamiliarity with the sorry-to-bother-you type of expressions. It was also found that the JJ group sometimes had difficulty using excuse me appropriately, and the reason could be insufficient input of excuse me. Overall, the study showed that Japanese learners' use of these expressions becomes closer to that of the NSE group the longer they stay in an English-speaking country. Keywords: crosslinguistic influence, transfer, apologies, Japanese, pragmatics.

ISBN: 9780494839676Subjects--Topical Terms:

2122778
Bilingual education.

Crosslinguistic influence on pragmatics: The case of apologies by Japanese-first-language learners of English.
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