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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/43795

Korean students' attitude toward role language in Japanese

日本語

2008-12-30

長崎外国語大学・長崎外国語短期大学

長崎外大論叢

12

49-58

Kinsui(2003) defines a locution or speech pattern which has some peculiar association with some character, for example, man or woman, as role language. Non-Japanese residing in Japan and using Japanese as a second language will acquire the knowledge of Japanese role language. In this paper, an attitude-survey concerning role language of Japanese was done towards both Koreans learning Japanese and Japanese. Three conclusions are drawn from this survey: (1) Korean examinees try to understand the meaning of clear linguistic form at the end of the sentence as role language and use it as a linguistic marker; (2) Level of Japanese proficiency and duration of stay of examinees have nothing to do with the acquisition of role language; (3) Image of their dialects of Korean examinees influences their image of Japanese dialects because of the similarity of territorial circumstances.

学術雑誌論文

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