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Naming action in Japanese: Effects of semantic similarity and grammatical class (2008)
Journal Article
Iwasaki, N., Vinson, D. P., Vigliocco, G., Watanabe, M., & Arciuli, J. (2008). Naming action in Japanese: Effects of semantic similarity and grammatical class. Language and cognitive processes, 23(6), 889-930. https://doi.org/10.1080/01690960801916196

This study investigated whether the semantic similarity and grammatical class of distracter words affects the naming of pictured actions (verbs) in Japanese. Three experiments used the picture-word interference paradigm with partici-
pants naming p... Read More about Naming action in Japanese: Effects of semantic similarity and grammatical class.

What do English speakers know about gera-gera and yota-yota?: A cross-linguistic investigation of mimetic words for laughing and walking (2007)
Journal Article
Iwasaki, N., Vinson, D. P., & Vigliocco, G. (2007). What do English speakers know about gera-gera and yota-yota?: A cross-linguistic investigation of mimetic words for laughing and walking. Sekai no Nihongo kyōiku, 17, 53-78

The relation between word form and meaning is considered arbitrary; however, Japanese mimetic words, giseigo and gitaigo , are exceptions. For giseigo (words mimicking voices), there is a direct resemblance(‘iconicity’) between the sound of the word... Read More about What do English speakers know about gera-gera and yota-yota?: A cross-linguistic investigation of mimetic words for laughing and walking.

Japanese Children’s Acquisition of the Accusative Case: Evidence for an Interim Stage Preceding Morphological Case Acquisition (2007)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N. (2007). Japanese Children’s Acquisition of the Accusative Case: Evidence for an Interim Stage Preceding Morphological Case Acquisition. In H. Shirai, & G. Kagakukai (Eds.), Studies in language sciences; 6 (77-94). Kuroshio Shuppan

This study investigates the acquisition of the accusative marker o and case-marker drop among 2- to 3-year old Japanese children. Experiment 1 tested children’s comprehension of ga, o, and case-marker drop (indicated as ‘Ø’ below) in Wh-questions and... Read More about Japanese Children’s Acquisition of the Accusative Case: Evidence for an Interim Stage Preceding Morphological Case Acquisition.

How does it hurt, kiri-kiri or siku-siku? Japanese mimetic words of pain perceived by Japanese speakers and English speakers (2007)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N., Vinson, D. P., & Vigliocco, G. (2007). How does it hurt, kiri-kiri or siku-siku? Japanese mimetic words of pain perceived by Japanese speakers and English speakers. In M. Minami (Ed.), Applying theory and research to learning Japanese as a foreign language (2-19). Cambridge Scholars Publishing

This study examines the extent to which English speakers with no prior experience of learning Japanese can infer the meanings of Japanese mimetic words of pain. In so doing, we uncover both cross-linguistically shared (possibly universal) and languag... Read More about How does it hurt, kiri-kiri or siku-siku? Japanese mimetic words of pain perceived by Japanese speakers and English speakers.

Case Particle Errors in Japanese: Is the Nominative ga a Default Case Marker in Sentence Production? (2007)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N. (2007). Case Particle Errors in Japanese: Is the Nominative ga a Default Case Marker in Sentence Production?. In C. T. Schütze, & V. S. Ferreira (Eds.), The State of the Art in Speech Error Research: Proceedings of the LSA Institute Workshop (205-219). MIT

This study examines experimentally induced case particle errors in Japanese. It was found that the nominative ga was the preferred particle for sentence-initial NPs and was the most frequently overused particle for argument NPs, providing some suppor... Read More about Case Particle Errors in Japanese: Is the Nominative ga a Default Case Marker in Sentence Production?.

Focus on functions in Japanese language classrooms: An output-based approach to teaching appropriate particle use for the purpose of speaking (2006)
Journal Article
Iwasaki, N., & Sadler, M. (2006). Focus on functions in Japanese language classrooms: An output-based approach to teaching appropriate particle use for the purpose of speaking. BATJ journal, 7, 17-31

In this paper, we propose to use structured output practice to teach grammar with a particular focus on the pragmatic functions of forms, underscoring the importance of grammar in effective communication. We discuss the teaching of particles (ga, o,... Read More about Focus on functions in Japanese language classrooms: An output-based approach to teaching appropriate particle use for the purpose of speaking.

Iconicity and viewpoint in determining Word order in Japanese dative construction (2005)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N., & Sadler, M. (2005). Iconicity and viewpoint in determining Word order in Japanese dative construction. In M. Ettlinger, N. Fleisher, & M. Park-Doob (Eds.), Proceedings of the thirtieth annual meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society, February 13-16, 2004 : general session and parasession on conceptual structure and cognition in grammatical theory (468-480). Berkeley Linguistics Society

日本語能力簡易試験(SPOT)の得点とACTFL口頭能力測定(OPI)のレベルの関係について[Simple Performance-Oriented Test (SPOT) vs. Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)] (2002)
Journal Article
Iwasaki, N. (2002). 日本語能力簡易試験(SPOT)の得点とACTFL口頭能力測定(OPI)のレベルの関係について[Simple Performance-Oriented Test (SPOT) vs. Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI)]. Nihongo kyōiku = 日本語教育 [Journal of Japanese Language Teaching], 114, 100-105

Lemma Structure in Language Learning. Comments on Representation and Realization (2001)
Book Chapter
Iwasaki, N., & McKee, C. (2001). Lemma Structure in Language Learning. Comments on Representation and Realization. In J. Weissenborn, & B. Hoehle (Eds.), Approaches to Bootstrapping. Phonological, Lexical, Syntactic and Neurophysiological Aspects of Early Language Acquisition. Volume 1 (125-144). John Benjamins