研究者情報 | 神奈川大学

ナカムラ　ジェニス Nakamura Janice 中村　ジェニス所属神奈川大学外国語学部英語英文学科神奈川大学大学院人文学研究科欧米言語文化専攻（言語教育・応用言語学コース）職種准教授
言語種別	英語
発行・発表の年月	2019/09
形態種別	学術雑誌
査読	査読あり
標題	Receptive bilingual children's use of language in interaction
執筆形態	単著
掲載誌名	Studies in Language Sciences
掲載区分	国内
巻・号・頁	18,pp.46-66
概要	This paper examines receptive bilingualism in two bilingual children who reportedly speak Japanese to their Italian-speaking and English-speaking fathers. Analysis of audio recordings of parent-child interactions revealed that the two children produced some utterances in their weaker language, that is, Italian or English. However, while the children spoke Japanese spontaneously and independently, many of their utterances in the weaker language were either rote-learned phrases, imitations of their parents' utterances, or polar responses. These results show how receptive bilingualism does not imply zero production of the weaker language but highly limited language use in interaction. Qualitative and interactional aspects of language use need to be considered to determine receptive bilingualism in children.