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Adachi, Takanori – Foreign Language Annals, 2003
Sought to determine optimal conditions for learning accurate word usage in Japanese from limited exposure to exemplars. Results indicate that having varied type exemplars that show clear distinctions among semantically similar words promotes accuracy of usage, as measured by learners' ability to extend a word's core meaning to more abstract or…
Descriptors: Japanese, Language Usage, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning