Akihiro Ito
List of John Benjamins publications in which Akihiro Ito is involved.
2006 The Generalization of Instruction on Genitive Relative Clause in the Acquisition of English as a Foreign Language ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 151, pp. 99–113 | Article
This study examines the generalization of instruction in foreign language learning. A group of Japanese learners of English served as participants and received special instruction in the structure of genitive relative clauses. The participants were given a pre-test on combining two sentences into… read more
2005 Japanese EFL Learners' Sensitivity To Configurational Distinction In English Relative Clause Comprehension ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 147/148, pp. 45–61 | Article
A variety of studies have reported that the order of Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy can be a valid predictor of difficulty of relative clauses, but it is unclear whether the difficulty of relative clauses should be attributed to the grammatical function of noun phrases (grammatical relation)… read more
2005 A corpus-based validation study of the universal processing hypothesis in English relative clause formation ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 149/150, pp. 77–91 | Article
The present study focuses on spoken and written data in the British National Corpus (BNC). Based on a review of recent studies on English relative clauses, we formulated a Universal Processing Hypothesis (OS >OO>SS> SO) as target hypothesis to be validated using a corpus data approach. A computer… read more
2001 Japanese EFL Learners' Sensitivity to Configurational Distinction in English Relativization ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 131/132, pp. 11–33 | Article
The present study investigated what determined the difficulty of English relative clauses. Grammatical relation, configuration and thematic role in relative clause structures were selected as variables determining the English relative clause difficulty. The results indicated that Japanese learners… read more
2001 Japanese EFL Learners' Processing in English Relativization ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 133/134, pp. 325–345 | Article
The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effects of branching type (Factor 1) and grammatical function of noun phrase (NP) (factor 2) of English relative clauses on interlanguage performance among Japanese learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). The sentence combining test… read more
2000 Tests as a Second Language Research Method: Their Types, Reliability, Validity, and Variable Research Results ITL - International Journal of Applied Linguistics 127/128, pp. 1–36 | Article
In second language acquisition (SLA) research various tests are employed for theory building. However, what tests should be administered to participants in a research setting? In order to address the issue, this study was conducted to examine the reliability, validity of tests themselves, and the… read more