Integrated Study of Japanese Discourse: Enhancing Communicative Skills of Learners of Japanese as a Second Language

本研究调查了日语语篇中的语法规律，旨在为日语学习者和其他语言使用者制定日语教学大纲。为了达到这一目的，我们从以下几个角度对我们自建和购买的语料库中的书面语和口语进行了分析：1)讨论提纲，2)指称，3)连接语，4)话语标记语，5)语法范畴在语篇中的表现，6)体裁。在上述观点中，1、2、3、6取得了实质性成果，大部分已作为学术论文发表。描述了相似形式之间的复杂差异。我们的分析对以日语为第二语言的学习者和教师以及日语研究者具有一定的参考价值。最后，本项目的报告被总结为一个提纲。之所以选择连接词作为报告的一个主要主题，是因为已经取得了扎实的成果，但迄今尚未完全发表。教学大纲中每一项都有讨论和丰富的例证。它已经得到了初级版本用户的高度赞赏。

The study investigated grammatical regularities in the discourse of Japanese language in the purpose of developing a syllabus of Japanese language for learners of Japanese to the speakers of other languages. To accomplish this goal, both written and spoken language collected from corpuses which were purchased and built by ourselves was analyzed.The data were analyzed from the following viewpoint; 1) Outline of Discouse, 2.)References, 3)Connectives, 4)Discourse Markers, 5)Manifestation of Grammatical Categories in the Discourse, 6)Genres. Among the above viewpoints, substantial results were obtained from 1, 2, 3 and 6, and most of them were already published as academic articles. Complex differences among similar forms were described. Our analysis were relevant for learners and teachers of Japanese as a second language, as well as researchers of Japanese.Finally, the report of the project was summarized as a syllabus. Connectives were chosen as a major topic of the report because solid results has been obtained, yet, has not fully published so far. The syllabus contains discussion and abundant examples for each items. It was already much appreciated by the users of the primary version.