This paper examines the acquisition of spatial demonstratives in Korean learners of Japanese , KL and Chinese learners of Japanese , CL. The study showed the following results: , 1 Both KL and CL learn spatial demonstrative usages that translate direc...
This paper examines the acquisition of spatial demonstratives in Korean learners of Japanese , KL and Chinese learners of Japanese , CL. The study showed the following results: , 1 Both KL and CL learn spatial demonstrative usages that translate directly in their own languages easier, but CL experience great difficulties when they face a discrepancy. , 2 When relating to a question, used by the other interlocutor, both KL and CL, having different demonstrative systems in their languages, tend to use demonstratives of the so-type instead of ko and a types, and a-type instead of so-type. , 3 If we try to arrange spatial demonstratives from easier to harder to acquire we will get ko=a>so for KL and ko>so≥a for CL, which shows that KL encounter greatest difference with spatial demonstratives of the so-type and CL with demonstratives of the a-type. , 4 An overall comparison shows that KL tend to use more a-type demonstratives, while CL use more demonstratives of the ko-type. Besides, as they improve, KL tend to use less so-type demonstratives, while CL use more. , 5 From a second-language acquisition point of you the study showed that even if experiencing certain first-language interference both KL and CL actively accumulate skill in the second language while encountering the same troubles on the way, or developing learner-specific incomplete systems.