「国際語としての英語」におけるコロケーションの方向性

抄録

The purpose of this paper is to examine the possibility that the notion of collocation competence will change from the one which only native speakers of English can establish or confirm to the one which all the educated English speakers can accept and share. To this purpose, a survey was conducted to ascertain whether some native speakers of English, advanced EFL learners in Asian countries and Japanese returnees would accept unclear answers produced by 130 Japanese university students. The main result was that advanced EFL learners in Asian countries and Japanese returnees had a wider acceptance of collocations than did native speakers of English. This finding would indicate that we should contribute to the promotion of acceptable English collocations which can be understood and shared by all the educated speakers of any variety.