A Study of Verb Forms of Five Japanese Transitive and Intransitive Verb Pairs in Parent-Child Discourse

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  • 親子談話における自他対応動詞5対の使用頻度の比較

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This study focuses on five Japanese transitive and intransitive verb pairs (hairu “enter,” ireru “put in,” noru “get on,” noseru “put on,” kowareru /kowasu “break,” and aku /akeru “open,”) and compares the frequency of verb forms that contain six morphemes (-ru (non-past), -ta (past), -te (imperative), -chau (perfective), -nai (negative), and -teiru (continuous)) in spontaneous speech data of children age 1-3 years old their mothers. Although there was no significant difference in the overall frequency of user between intransitive and transitive verbs, intransitive verbs were used significantly more frequently with four morphemes (-ru, -ta, -nai, and -teiru). This trend was observed for both children and mothers, suggesting that children's verb use is influenced by input from their mothers.

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  • CRID
    1390858441645744640
  • DOI
    10.24701/mathling.33.4_265
  • ISSN
    24330302
    04534611
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
  • Abstract License Flag
    Allowed

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