Presentation 2018-06-17
Elucidation of the Functions of the Synonymous Onomatopoeia of "shikkari" , "chanto", and "kichinto"
Jingxin Zhang,
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Abstract(in English) Understanding the functions of synonymous onomatopoeia can be a major problem in learning Japanese language for Japanese learners. In this research, considering about their high similarities, differences among the meanings and functions of three most frequently used synonymous onomatopoeia: "shikkari", "chanto", and "kichinto", have been clarified by analyzing the usage frequency, genre preferences, as well as Co-occurrence words based on the "Balanced corpus of Contemporary written Japanese (BCCWJ)”. Three conclusions can be obtained through the present corpus-based analysis. Firstly, objective of distinguishing these three words through the corpus usage frequency cannot be achieved. Secondly, we can distinguish them in terms of the genre preferences. Finally, while taking both of the Co-occurrence and genre preferences into account, it can be shown as follows: "shikkari" is mainly used in the case where tasks are completed beyond what we have expected through high physical load; "chanto" basically means that tasks are completed although they were considered an obvious thing to do owning to the low cognitive load; while "kichinto" is mostly used in public or formal situations, where tasks are completed as expected in spite of the difficulties and high load. This study is supposed to improve the handling of synonymous onomatopoeia needed in the practical Japanese language education.
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Keyword(in English) Shikkari / Chanto / Kichinto / Synonymous Onomatopoeia / Proper use / Semantic description
Paper # TL2018-9
Date of Issue 2018-06-10 (TL)

Conference Information
Committee TL
Conference Date 2018/6/17(1days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Kobe Gakuin University (Port Island Campus)
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Topics (in English) "Cognition in Passage of Time and their Expression","Language Education, Language and Education,"Language and Thought"
Chair Hiroshi Sano(Tokyo Univ. of Foreign Studies)
Vice Chair Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.)
Secretary Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Kazuhiro Takeuchi(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.)
Assistant Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) / Akinori Takada(Ferris Univ.) / Akio Ishikawa(KDDI Research)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Thought and Language
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Elucidation of the Functions of the Synonymous Onomatopoeia of "shikkari" , "chanto", and "kichinto"
Sub Title (in English) From the perspective of Japanese education
Keyword(1) Shikkari
Keyword(2) Chanto
Keyword(3) Kichinto
Keyword(4) Synonymous Onomatopoeia
Keyword(5) Proper use
Keyword(6) Semantic description
1st Author's Name Jingxin Zhang
1st Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Univ)
Date 2018-06-17
Paper # TL2018-9
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) TL-99
Page pp.pp.47-52(TL),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-06-10 (TL)