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Effects of second language learning on the first language: a longitudinal case study of Japanese learners Hayashi, Choji
Abstract
The intent of this study was to examine L2 (English) influence on L1 (Japanese). The lexical, syntactic, and pragmatic influences of L2 on L1 were investigated both in learners' speaking styles and writing styles. Changes in their Japanese writing quality was also examined over an extended period of time and compared with changes of their English writing quality. Additionally, the relationship between learners' attitudes toward cultural awareness and fluctuation of learners' L1 quality was examined in both their Japanese speech and writing. Two male and two female Japanese learners studying at a university level in Canada were the subjects of the study. The results of a descriptive analysis revealed that the learners' L1 was influenced by longitudinal exposure to L2 in lexical, syntactic and pragmatic dimensions of both speaking and writing lexically, syntactically and pragmatically. However, pragmatic transfer from L2 to L1 was not as conspicuous as lexical and syntactic transfer. The results also showed the relationship between changes of subjects' L1 and their attitudes toward the target culture.
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Effects of second language learning on the first language: a longitudinal case study of Japanese learners
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University of British Columbia
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1994
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The intent of this study was to examine L2 (English) influence
on L1 (Japanese). The lexical, syntactic, and pragmatic
influences of L2 on L1 were investigated both in learners'
speaking styles and writing styles. Changes in their Japanese
writing quality was also examined over an extended period of
time and compared with changes of their English writing
quality. Additionally, the relationship between learners'
attitudes toward cultural awareness and fluctuation of
learners' L1 quality was examined in both their Japanese
speech and writing. Two male and two female Japanese learners
studying at a university level in Canada were the subjects of
the study. The results of a descriptive analysis revealed that
the learners' L1 was influenced by longitudinal exposure to L2
in lexical, syntactic and pragmatic dimensions of both
speaking and writing lexically, syntactically and
pragmatically. However, pragmatic transfer from L2 to L1 was
not as conspicuous as lexical and syntactic transfer. The
results also showed the relationship between changes of
subjects' L1 and their attitudes toward the target culture.
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eng
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2009-03-02
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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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For non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.
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10.14288/1.0078126
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University of British Columbia
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1994-11
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Graduate
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