Creation of a Database of Japanese Compositions written by Learners of Japanese

本研究的目的是建立一个日语学习者的日语作文数据库。我们认为，这种数据库将是有用的研究人员在这些领域的语言学，第二语言教育，第二语言习得。该数据库是基于CHILDES的CHAT格式的修改后的数据库。由于CHAT格式是为了研究儿童的第一语言习得而开发的，因此我们必须对其进行修改以适应我们的研究目的。我们已制定了详细的输入手册和关键字列表，这些关键字应用于描述错误原因。作文中的每个句子后面都有一个纠错层和错误分析层。错误分析是用自然语言描述的，使用上面提到的关键字。我们还开发了数据库格式检查程序和检索工具。一些这样完成的作文文件可在以下网址获得：http：//cookie.lang.nagoya-u.acjp/pub/

The purpose of this research Is to create a database of Japanese composition written by learners of Japanese. We assume that this kind of database will be useful to researchers In such fields as linguistics, second-language education, and second-language acquisition. The database was created based on the modified CHAT format of CHILDES.As the CHAT format was developed to study children's acquisition of their first language, we had to modify it to suit the purpose of our study. We have developed a detailed input manual and a list of keywords which should be used in describing the cause of errrors. Each sentence in a composition is followed by an error correction tier and error analysis tier. Error analysis Is described In natural language using keywords mentioned above. A format check program and search tool for our database have also been developed.Some files of compositions thus completed are available at the following location :http : //cookie.lang.nagoya-u.acjp/pub/