research of dictionary and teaching materials of Japanese as a foreign language

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We conducted a research on morphology, syntax, semantics and stylistics of Japanese as a Foreign Language by contrast with other languages. Part of the results are reported in monographs by, Ito, Nakazawa, Sakahara and Yamanaka, and the rest has materialized in the following projects.・ Compiled a Concordance from the LIT Text Corpus of Modern Japanese which we had computerized in the years 1994 - 1999, printed and bound it for general use. (Ueda reports on the corpus development and compilation.)・ Tape-recorded daily conversations in Japanese, produced their transcripts. and tagged them according to the criteria we had established for the purpose of compiling a sizable databank of spoken Japanese. We also examined some of the characteristics of Japanese oral discourse on the basis of this material. (Ohori reports on the project.)・ Put together a Multilingual Dictionary (Japanese-English-Chinese-German-French) for learners of Japanese. The dictionary, as of now, contains about 1200 entries, affording a detailed description of valency for each included verb, thrir frequency and examples of use in sentence forms. (Koda reports on this project.)