Combining Clauses by Native and Non-native Speakers of Japanese

This study explores how native and non-native speakers (L1 English intermediate) of Japanese combine clauses in spoken language, examines how clause-combining is presented in Japanese textbooks, and makes suggestions to teaching. It was found that native speakers tend to combine clauses but non-nati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yuji, Abe
Other Authors: Ono, Tsuyoshi (East Asian Studies)
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10048/510