Takayuki Kimura
List of John Benjamins publications in which Takayuki Kimura is involved.
2026 Misanalyses in the (de)learning of passives in Japanese-English interlanguage Pedagogical Linguistics: Online-First Articles | Article
This study examines the (de)learning of (indirect) passives by Japanese-speaking learners of English (JLEs). While English allows only direct passives derived via NP-movement, Japanese permits both direct and indirect passives, the latter lacking active voice counterparts. Previous research… read more
2025 More evidence on the unergative–unaccusative distinction in second language grammars Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism 15:3, pp. 404–423 | Article
This study presents new evidence for the structural unergative–unaccusative distinction, in second language (L2) grammars, focusing on elementary-level Japanese-speaking learners of English (JLEs). The underlying distinction of unergatives–unaccusatives is often obscured on the surface strings… read more
2024 Chapter 13. UG-as-Guide in selection and reassembly of an uninterpretable feature in L2 acquisition of wh -questions: Evidence from islands and scope Current Perspectives on Generative SLA - Processing, Influence, and Interfaces: Selected proceedings of the 16th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference, Velnić, Marta, Anne Dahl and Kjersti Faldet Listhaug (eds.), pp. 316–348 | Chapter
This study explores Universal Grammar (UG) in second language (L2) acquisition, focusing on uninterpretable features. We present the UG-as-Guide (UGG) model, which contends that UG plays a pivotal role in eliminating UG-incompatible properties. We investigated L2 English wh-questions in… read more
2022 Explaining the difficulty with L2 acquisition of scope interpretation by speakers of a scope-rigid language Generative SLA in the Age of Minimalism: Features, interfaces, and beyond, Leal, Tania, Elena Shimanskaya and Casilde A. Isabelli (eds.), pp. 41–66 | Chapter
This study explores the L2 acquisition of quantifier scope in English, a notably difficult property to acquire by speakers of a scope-rigid language like Japanese. This study examines the knowledge of universal quantifiers in English that Japanese Learners of English (JLEs) have, focusing on the… read more