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MATTHEWS, John
 
Organization
Faculty of Letters Professor
Other responsible organization
English Studies Course of Graduate School of Letters, Master's Program
English Studies Course of Graduate School of Letters, Doctoral Program
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Degree

  • 文学修士 ( マギル大学 )

Education

  • 1998.3
     

    McGill University\nGraduate and Post-doctoral Studies   Linguistics   doctor course   finished without a degree

  • 1991.12
     

    McGill University\nGraduate and Post-doctoral Studies   Linguistics   master course   completed

  • 1987.5
     

    University of Rochester   Major: French Language, Literature, & Linguistics\nMinor: Biological Sciences: Neuroscience   graduated

  • 1983.6
     

    Old Saybrook Senior High School   graduated

Research History

  • 2024.4 - 2024.8

    Julius-Maximilians Universität Würzburg   Lehrstuhl für Englische Sprachwissenschaft   Visiting Professor

  • 2013.4 - 2023.3

    Tokyo University of Foreign Studies - Visiting Professor

  • 2016.7 - 2017.3

    University of Arizona - Visiting Scientist

  • 2008.4 -  

    中央大学文学部教授

  • 2006.4 - 2008.3

    静岡大学国際交流センター准教授

  • 2000.4 - 2006.3

    静岡大学教育学部助教授

  • 1995.4 - 1998.3

    北海学園大学人文学部助教授

  • 1997.7 - 1997.8

    放送大学客員講師

  • 1996.4 - 1997.3

    北海道大学言語文化部客員講師

  • 1989.9 - 1994.12

    マギル大学言語学部リサーチアシスタント

  • 1989.7 - 1994.12

    マギル大学言語学部ティーチングアシスタント

  • 1993.9 - 1994.5

    マギル大学言語学部講師

  • 1991.9 - 1994.5

    マギル大学言語学部コースインストラクター

  • 1986.9 - 1987.6

    ロチェスター大学心理学・言語学リサーチアシスタント

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Professional Memberships

  • 2020.4 - Now

    Japan Society for Language Sciences (JSLS)

  • 2006.4 - Now

    Acoustical Society of America

  • 2003.4 - Now

    Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA_

  • 1996.1 - Now

    Canadian Linguistics Association(CLA)

  • Linguistic Society of America(LSA)

Research Interests

  • Speech Perception, Speech Processing

  • Phonetics, Phonology, Linguistic Theory

Research Areas

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Experimental psychology  / Experimental psycholinguistics

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics  / Second Language Acquisition

  • Humanities & Social Sciences / Linguistics  / Linguistics

Papers

  • Current state of second language studies in Japan Invited

    Matthews, J, S. Wakabayashi

    Journal of Second Language Studies   6 ( 2 )   207 - 209   2023.12

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  • An investigation of subject-orientation in the processing of Japanese reflexive zibun by native Japanese and Chinese-speaking learners Reviewed

    Hirakawa, M, Umeda, M, Snape, N, J. Matthews

    Journal of Second Language Studies   6 ( 2 )   348 - 377   2023.7

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  • Prosodic transfer in the receptive modality: Recognizing morphology within L2 prosody Reviewed

    Matthews, John

    Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism   9 ( 6 )   862 - 866   2019.2

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  • Acquiring antecedents for reflexives when both L1 and L2 permit long-distance binding Reviewed

    Umeda, M, Takeda, K, Hirakawa, M, Fukuda, M, Hirakawa, Y, Matthews, J, N. Snape

    Journal of the European Second Language Association   1 ( 1 )   38 - 48   2017.3

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  • Phonological processing under conditions of reduced input: Do child returnees suffer L2 phonological attrition? Reviewed

    Matthews, John

    Studies in Language Sciences: Journal of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences   15   47 - 70   2016.10

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  • Phonemic category formation and suppressed sensitivity to extraneous acoustic cues. Reviewed

    Matthews, John, Kawasaki, Takako, Tanaka, Kuniyoshi

    Journal of the Acoustical Society of America   139 ( 4 )   2014   2016.9

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  • Filtered input and obscured Full Access in phonological acquisition

    Matthews, John

    Second Language   5   29 - 56   2006.5

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    Other Link: https://jlc.jst.go.jp/DN/JALC/10009214773?from=CiNii

  • Aligning bits at the bottom of the prosodic hierarchy

    Matthews, John

    The Promising Age 28:Essays in honour of Katsuya Tanahashi   2005.3

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  • When intake exceeds input:Language specific perceptual illusions induced by L1 prosodic constraints Reviewed

    Matthews, John, Brown, Cynthia

    International Journal of Bilingualism   8 ( 1 )   2004.1

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  • Constisuency constraints and Japanese consonant clusters

    Matthews, John

    MIT Working Papers in Linguistics   41   2002.2

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  • Description,explanation,and prediction in the study of phonological deficts in aphasia Reviewed

    Matthews, John

    Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics   1999.3

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  • Qualitative and quantitative differences in the discrimination of second language Speech sounds Reviewed

    Brown, Cynthia, Matthews, John

    Proceedings of the 22th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development   2   1998.3

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  • The influence of prononciation training on the perception of second language contrasts Reviewed

    Matthews, John

    New Sounds 97:Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second-Language Speech   1997.12

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  • The effects of pronunciation training on the development of second language phonemic categories

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    Studies in Culture   9   1997.12

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  • The evolution of language: Achievement or accident?

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    Studies in Culture   6   31 - 52   1996.3

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  • Segmental deficts in aphasia:The regression hypothesis in light of current phonological theory

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    Proceedings of the 19th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development   2   1995.3

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  • The acquisition of segmental structure

    Brown, Cynthia, Matthews, John

    McGill Working Papers in Linguistics   9   1993.5

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  • Phonoligical theory and segmental breakdown in aphasia

    Matthews, John

    McGill Working Papers in Linguistics   8   1993.1

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  • Understanding literal and non-literal language with a common language mechanism:A unified model of linguistic performance Reviewed

    Matthews, John

    Les Actes des 5iemes Journees de linguistique   1992.4

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Books

  • Journal of Second Language Studies

    Matthews, J, S. Wakabayashi( Role: Joint editor)

    John Benjamins Publishers  2023.12 

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  • Sounds of language, sounds of speech: The linguistics of speaking in English but hearing in Japanese

    Matthews, John( Role: Sole author)

    Kaitakusha Publishers  2021.1 

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  • Proceedings of PacSLRF 2016

    Hirakawa, M, Matthews, J, Otaki, K, Snape, N, M. Umeda( Role: Joint editor)

    The Japan Second Language Association  2017.9 

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  • Activation inhibition of acoustic cues in the process of constructing phonological categories: The acquisition of English fricatives by Japanese native speakers

    Kawasaki, T, Matthews, J, K. Tanaka( Role: Joint author)

    Kuroshio Publishing  2017.8 

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  • Focus on Phonological Acquisition

    Brown, C. & J. Matthews (筆者), S.J.Hannahs & M.Young-Scholten (編者)( Role: Joint author)

    John Benjamins  1997.5 

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Presentations

  • Universality and cross-linguistic influences on the acquisition of unconscious linguistic knowledge Invited

    Fukuta, J, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Williams, J, Xue, Y, Yuan, B, S. Wakabayashi

    Research based on Experiments with Artificial Language (REAL) Symposium  2024.3 

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  • Do innate principles of grammar guide learners in acquiring asymmetrical extraction from adjuncts and arguments in semi-artificial languages?

    Fukuta, J, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Williams, J, Xue, Y, Yuan, B, S. Wakabayashi

    2023 Cambridge Language Sciences Annual Symposium  2023.11 

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  • Mechanisms Underlying Second Language Knowledge and Use: Insights from English Sentential Subjects and Verb Inflection

    Wakabayashi, S, Akimoto, T, Otaki, K, Kimura, T, Hokari, T, Matthews, J, T. Yamazaki-Hasegawa

    23rd Annual Japan Second Language Association International Conference  2023.10 

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  • The Functional Category T in Japanese Learners’ Morpho-Syntactic Knowledge of L2 English

    Wakabayashi, S, Akimoto, T, Hokari, T, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Otaki, K, T. Yamazaki-Hasegawa

    Pacific Second Language Research Forum (PacSLRF2023)  2023.7 

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  • Ln Phonology and the Elaboration of a Single Unitary Multilingual Grammar Invited

    John Matthews

    Pacific Second Language Research Forum (PacSLRF2023)  2023.7 

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  • Bilingual processing of binding relations in the non-dominant language: The case of Japanese heritage language speakers in Hawaii

    Matthews, J, Hirakawa, M, Suzuki, K, Umeda, M, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, N. Snape

    Japan Society of Language Sciences (JSLS2023)  2023.7 

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  • Processing past tense marking: A self-paced reading study with Japanese learners of English

    Yamazaki, T, Kimura, T, Hokari, T, Akimoto, T, Matthews, J, Otaki, K, S. Wakabayashi

    22nd International Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA2022)  2022.10 

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  • The blocking effect in the acquisition of Chinese reflexive ziji by L1-Japanese learners

    Umeda, M, Hirakawa, M, Suzuki, K, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, Matthews, J, N. Snape

    23rd annual meeting of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS)  2022.9 

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  • Asymmetries between 1st Person and 2nd/3rd Person: Learner (In)Sensitivity to Non-target-like Use of 3ps -s

    Wakabayashi, S, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Akimoto, T, Hokari, T, Yamazaki, T, K. Otaki

    31st European Second Language Association Annual Conference (EuroSLA 31)  2022.8 

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  • The blocking effect in the interpretation of Chinese reflexives by L1 Japanese learners

    Umeda, M, Hirakawa, M, Suzuki, K, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, Matthews, J, N. Snape

    31st European Second Language Association Annual Conference (EuroSLA 31)  2022.8 

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  • Why L2 phonology is different: Sounds of language and sounds of speech in SLA Invited

    John Matthews

    Early Summer Workshop of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA)  2022.6 

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  • Re-examination of the interpretation of L2 Japanese reflexives by Chinese L1 learners: Empathy, logophoricity, and the blocking effect

    Umeda, M, Hirakawa, M, Suzuki, K, Fukuda, M, Takeda, K, Matthews, J, N. Snape

    GASLA 16 — Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition  2022.5 

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  • Category expansion, contraction, and drift during the development of novel L2 speech sounds

    Matthews, J, Kawasaki, T, K. Tanaka

    Annual meeting of the Acoustical Society of America  2021.11 

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  • Offline judgment and online processing in interpreting floating numeral quantifiers among native speakers of Japanese

    Hirakawa, M, Matthews, J, Suzuki, K, Umeda, M, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, N. Snape

    3rd International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics (ICTEAP-3)  2021.11 

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  • Japanese learners’ processing of English past tense marking: A self-paced reading study

    Yamazaki, T, Hokari, T, Akimoto, T, Matthews, J, Shigenori, Wakabayashi, S, Otaki, K, T. Kimura

    21st annual conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA21)  2021.10 

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  • Processing the interpretation of long distance and local anaphora with subject and object antecedents in Japanese

    Matthews, J, Hirakawa, M, Suzuki, K, Umeda, M, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, N. Snape

    Conference on the Acquisition and Processing of Reference and Anaphora Resolution (APRAR 2021)  2021.5 

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  • L2 learners’ sensitivity to the overuse and underuse of English 3rd person singular -s

    Wakabayashi, S, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Akimoto, T, Hokari, T, Yamazaki, T, K. Otaki

    20th Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Association (J-SLA2020)  2021.3 

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  • Asymmetry between person and number features in L2 subject–verb agreement

    Wakabayashi, S, Kimura, T, Matthews, J, Akimoto, T, Hokari, T, Yamazaki, T, K. Otaki

    Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD)  2020.11 

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  • An investigation of long-distance bias in real-time processing of Japanese reflexive zibun by native and non-native speakers

    Umeda, M, Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, J. Matthews

    Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference (GALA2019)  2019.9 

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  • Japanese and Thai L2 acquisition of English tense and aspect agreement

    Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, J. Matthews

    Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference (GALA2019)  2019.9 

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  • Reconstruction of the Perceptual Map for Fricatives in L2 Acquisition

    Kawasaki, T, Tanaka, K, Takeuchi, M, J. Matthews

    36th Annual Meeting of the Japan Cognitive Science Society  2019.9 

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  • Phonetic drift in fricatives

    Matthews, J, Kawasaki, T, Tanaka, K, M. Takeuchi

    9th International Symposium on The Acquisition of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2019)  2019.8 

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  • Implicit linguistic competence & explicit language teaching. Plenary panel discussion on Effectiveness of Explicit Instruction in Advancing Acquisition of Implicit Language Competence Invited

    John Matthews

    Annual Conference of the Japan Second Language Acquisition, J-SLA2019  2019.6 

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  • Tense/aspect-agreement violations in Japanese L2 English

    Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, J. Matthews

    English Linguistic Society of Japan International Forum (ELSJ2019)  2019.5 

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  • Native and non-native processing of Japanese zibun: An investigation of subject-orientation

    Umeda, M, Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, J. Matthews

    15th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (GASLA XV)  2019.3 

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  • Second language speech through first language phonology: How the L1 obscures the L2 Invited

    John Matthews

    Investigating Linguistic Knowledge and Behavior among L2 Learners Colloquium  2019.3 

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  • Measuring L2 performance to infer the knowledge that learners have acquired: Applying quantitative techniques in theoretically grounded second language research Invited

    John Matthews

    Investigating Linguistic Knowledge and Behavior among L2 Learners Colloquium  2019.3 

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  • Real-time processing of locality and animacy conditions for the Japanese reflexive zibun-zisin by native and non-native speakers Invited

    Umeda, M, Hirakawa, M, Snape, N, J. Matthews

    Symposium on Second Language Acquisition in Honour of Lydia White  2018.8 

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  • Establishing antecedent reference for L2 reflexive pronouns among L1 Chinese learners of Japanese: An eye tracking study

    Matthews, J, Hirakawa, M, Takeda, K, Umeda, M, Fukuda, M, Snape, N, K. Suzuki

    2nd International Symposium on Bilingual Processing in Adults and Children (ISBPAC-TU)  2018.5 

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  • Establishing reference with reflexive pronouns in the course of spoken language recognition

    Matthews, J, Hirakawa, M, Takeda, K, Fukuda, M, Umeda, M, Snape, N, Y. Hirakawa

    MAPLL-TCP 2017  2017.7 

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  • Processing anaphoric reference during comprehension Invited

    John Matthews

    The English Literary Society of Japan  2017.5 

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  • Heritage language reversal: Phonological processing in L2 English by child returnees

    Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, Hirakawa, Y, Hosoi, H

    Workshop on Heritage Language Acquisition at UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø.  2016.9 

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  • Heritage language reversal: Phonological processing in L2 English by child returnees.

    Snape, N, Hirakawa, M, Hirakawa, Y, Hosoi, H, J. Matthews

    Workshop on Heritage Language Acquisition: UiT, the Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø  2016.9 

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  • Incorporating pragmatic information in the interpretation of L2 Japanese reflexives by Chinese L1 learners.

    Umeda, M, Takeda, K, Hirakawa, M, Fukuda, M, Hirakawa, Y, Matthews., J, N. Snape

    EuroSLA 26, Jyväskylä, Finland  2016.8 

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  • Phonemic category formation and suppressed sensitivity to extraneous acoustic cues.

    Matthews, J, Kawasaki, T, K. Tanaka

    171st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America  2016.5 

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  • Phonemic category formation and suppressed sensitivity to extraneous acoustic cues.

    Kawasaki, T, K. Tanaka

    171st meeting of the Acoustical Society of America  2016.5 

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  • Representational decay in L2 speech processing:Acoustic deterioration or phonetic suppression? Invited

    University of Hawaii Language Acquisition Reading Group (LARG)  2016.2 

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  • 音韻カテゴリの形成過程における音響手がかりの利用と抑制

    日本認知科学会  2015.9 

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  • Elaborating initially impoverished representations

    the Fishbow symposium on Lexixal Representation and Representational Change at the 15th biennial Intarnational Conference on Infant Studies  2006.6 

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  • How filtered input and obscured Full Access in phonological acquisition

    Matthews, J, Brown, C

    the annual meeting of the Japan Second Language Association/Kwansei Gakuin University  2005.3 

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  • Constituency constraints and Japanese consonant clusters

    John Matthews

    3rd Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics Conference/Massachusetts Institute of Technology  2001.5 

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  • When intake exceeds input:Language specific perceptual illusions induced by L1 prosodic constraints

    Matthews, J, C. Brown

    3rd International Symposium on Bilingualsm/University of the West of England  2001.4 

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  • Qualitative and quantitative differnces in the discrimination of second language speech sounds across three language groups

    Brown,C

    the 22nd Boston University conference on Language Developement  1997.11 

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  • Accounting for variable performance in the production of phonemic paraphasias

    the 6th Auunal Conference of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association  1997.10 

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  • The influence of prononciation training on the perception of second language contrasts

    New Sounds 97:Third International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second-Language Speech/Universitat Klagenfurt,Austria  1997.9 

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  • Description,explanation,and prediction in the study of phonological deficits in aphasia

    The 5th International Congress of the International Society of Applied Psycholinguistics/Universidade do Porto  1997.6 

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  • Explaining native language influence:How the native grammar may hinder or facilitate the acquisition of non-native phonemic contrasts

    Brown,C

    The 2nd annual Pacific Second Language Research Forum:Wellington,New Zealand  1996.2 

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  • Semgental deficitis in aphasia:The regression hypothesis in light of current phonological theory

    The 19th annual Boston University Conference on Language Development  1994.11 

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  • The elaboration of segmental structure in first language acquisition:Evidence from the phonological discrimination of English phonemes

    Brown,C

    The 17th annual Bostion University Conference on Language Development  1992.10 

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  • A unfield model of literal and non-literal language comprehension

    the 5ieme Journees de linguistique,Quebec City  1991.3 

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Research Projects

  • Theoretical and Empirical Research on Linguistic Knowledge and Performance among Second / Third Language Learners and Heritage Language Speakers

    Grant number:23K21952  2024.4 - 2026.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Chuo University

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    Grant amount: \5070000 ( Direct Cost: \3900000 、 Indirect Cost: \1170000 )

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  • Theoretical and Empirical Research on Linguistic Knowledge and Performance among Second / Third Language Learners and Heritage Speakers

    Grant number:22H00680  2022.4 - 2026.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Chuo University

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    Grant amount: \14820000 ( Direct Cost: \11400000 、 Indirect Cost: \3420000 )

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  • 第二言語習得における知覚的距離の制約と音韻文法の変化

    Grant number:22K00826  2022.4 - 2025.3

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  基盤研究(C)  法政大学

    川崎 貴子, Matthews John, 田中 邦佳

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    Grant amount: \3380000 ( Direct Cost: \2600000 、 Indirect Cost: \780000 )

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  • Modified phonological processing and restructured perceptual space during the course of second language acquisition

    Grant number:18K00848  2018.4 - 2022.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Hosei University

    Kawasaki Takako

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    Grant amount: \3510000 ( Direct Cost: \2700000 、 Indirect Cost: \810000 )

    This study investigated how a learner’s native language phoneme inventory affects the perception and production of second language speech sounds. We sought to determine whether the addition of novel phonemes through L2 acquisition causes a restructuring of the perceptual map, thereby altering the perceptual space and the mapping of acoustic features to segmental categories, including native language phonemes. Perceptual experiments with L1 Chinese- and L1 Japanese-speakers showed that native language inventories dictate L2 perceptual confusion and further suggested that learning an L2 leads to restructuring of the perceptual map. In addition, spectrographic analysis of acoustic features in the production of L2 sounds that are similar to L1 segments showed that the precise acoustic features change depending on a learner’s stage of acquisition.

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  • 日本語母語話者による英語の主語・動詞・時制に関わる文法規則の習得と使用

    Grant number:18H00696  2018.4 - 2022.3

    日本学術振興会  科学研究費助成事業  基盤研究(B)  中央大学

    若林 茂則, 穂苅 友洋, 大滝 宏一, 秋本 隆之, Matthews John, 山崎 妙, 澁谷 真由美

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    Grant amount: \16120000 ( Direct Cost: \12400000 、 Indirect Cost: \3720000 )

    本研究では、一つの視点(機能範疇T)から、第二言語学習者の心的文法を記述することによって、形態と統語、素性と語彙と形態統語操作、インターフェースと心的処理の関係を明らかにし、モデル化による包括的説明を提案する。特に分散形態論の枠組みで、心的辞書構築、語彙項目・素性配分、形態統語操作、言語モジュール外の心的処理を記述するモデルを提案する。英語の機能範疇Tとその素性の習得には、複数の形態統語現象が関わっており、第二言語学習者は、これらの規則違反に対する敏感度、違反文容認度、文産出の点で、母語話者とは異なる可能性がある。コーパス並びに心理言語学実験による実証的データに基づき、理論的研究を通して、素性再配置、列挙、インターフェース、解釈不可能性などの仮説の妥当性を検証し、母語、インプットの影響、学習可能性について、知識・処理・記憶に基づく原理的説明を試みる。2019年度は、2018年度から進めてきた文献研究に加えて、i)時制節における明示的主語の義務的使用、ii)助動詞・動詞屈折による時制の表示、iii)助動詞・動詞屈折による主語の人称・数の表示、iv)否定節および疑問節における助動詞の使用、v)動詞、目的語、否定辞・頻度副詞の位置関係の「規則」に関して、心理言語学実験によるデータの収集・分析を開始した。英国ヨーク大学およびシェフィールド大学で、英語母語話者からのデータ収集を行なった。また、台湾の国立高雄師範大学および日本の大学で、英語学習者からのデータ収集を行なった。データ収集では、Superlabを用い自己ペース読解速度測定を行った。同時に、英語学習者に対しては熟達度測定のためにOxford Quick Placement Testを実施している。コーパスデータ分析のために、2月に研修を目的とした合宿を実施した。

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  • Theoretical and Empirical Research on Sentence Processing and Comprehension among Heritage Language Speakers and Second Language Learners

    Grant number:17H02365  2017.4 - 2021.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Chuo University

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    Grant amount: \17030000 ( Direct Cost: \13100000 、 Indirect Cost: \3930000 )

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  • Mapping of phonetic cues and phonological categories: the role of metalinguistic knowledge

    Grant number:26370711  2014.4 - 2018.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Hosei University

    KAWASAKI Takako

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    Grant amount: \4420000 ( Direct Cost: \3400000 、 Indirect Cost: \1020000 )

    We have investigated how L2 learners build new phonological categories by assembling novel weightings of acoustic cues and mapping them onto new segmental representations. The series of experimental studies we have conducted has shown that the use of particular acoustic cues changes over the course of L2 acquisition. We have also shown that resulting refinements in selective attention improve L2 perceptual accuracy, although the precise effect of such selective attention differs across phonological categories.

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  • An empirical and theoretical study of cross-linguistic effects in the heritage language and second language acquisition processes

    Grant number:26284081  2014.4 - 2017.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) 

    Hirakawa Makiko, O'GRADY William, DEEN Kamil Ud, THOMAS Margaret, TANAKA Nozomi, JIANG Yinshi, KOYAMA Sayaka, SHIODA Koki, SUZUKI Kazunori

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    Grant amount: \16250000 ( Direct Cost: \12500000 、 Indirect Cost: \3750000 )

    Focusing on the Japanese, English, Chinese, and Tagalog languages, our research project has explored similarities and differences in linguistic knowledge and language processing among heritage language speakers, native speakers, and second language learners through various empirical methodologies. In particular, we have examined the production and comprehension of relative clauses in Chinese, Japanese and Tagalog, the interpretation of reflexive pronouns in Japanese through a look-while-listening eye tracking experiment (Eye Link 1000, SR Research, Inc.), and the second language acquisition of English articles and multiple adjective ordering, and found evidence of both cross-linguistic effects as well as universal properties.

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  • Theoretical and Experimental Research on Grammatical Development and Attrition in the Process of Second Language Acquisition

    Grant number:22320109  2010.4 - 2014.3

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)  Bunkyo University

    HIRAKAWA MAKIKO, FUKUDA Michiko, NARITA Naoko, OKAMOTO Noriko, HIRAKAWA Yahiro, MATTHEWS John, HOSOI Hironobu, SNAPE Neal

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    Grant amount: \17030000 ( Direct Cost: \13100000 、 Indirect Cost: \3930000 )

    The purpose of the investigation was to conduct research on the following issues: The influence of a second language on one's first language (L1); the maintenance and/or the loss of proficiency in the L1 and the acquisition, maintenance and possible loss of proficiency in the second language (L2). We have investigated the causes of change (if any change has taken place) and proposed the type of education a child or a language learner needs for further language development. The main findings are the following:
    (1) Regarding the L1 loss of foreign children who reside in Japan, some children showed gain while others showed loss in their cognitive ability. Chinese children generally observed development in L2 Japanese but there was a variation among Filipino children. (2) Japanese returnees showed no loss in their listening abilities and grammar in L2 English. (3) Japanese and Spanish learners of English and English and Chinese learners of Japanese observed some L1 effects in their L2.

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  • A Dual-Model in L2 Phonological Acquisition

    Grant number:23520709  2011 - 2013

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science  Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research  Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)  Hosei University

    KAWASAKI Takako, MATTHEWS John

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    Grant amount: \3380000 ( Direct Cost: \2600000 、 Indirect Cost: \780000 )

    Our previous research has revealed that L2 learners use acoustic cues that are not phonologically relevant for segmental perception in their L1. As a result, we have proposed a model for phonological perception we term the Category Activation Threshold Model. This model maintains that sensitivity to acoustic details not used for categorical distinction is actively suppressed in the course of mapping acoustic cues to phonological categories.

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