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对语言学、第二语言教育和第二语言习得等领域的研究人员有用。数据库是根据CHILDES修改后的CHAT格式创建的。由于CHAT格式是为了研究儿童的第一语言习得而开发的，我们不得不对其进行修改，以适应我们的研究目的。我们制定了一份详细的输入手册和一份用于描述错误原因的关键字列表。作文中的每个句子后面都有一个错误纠正层和错误分析层。使用上述关键字以自然语言描述错误分析。我们还开发了数据库格式检查程序和搜索工具。这样完成的一些作品文件可在以下位置获得：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/