抄録
We report on the result of our survey on how learners conceptualize stylistic differences among synonymous adverbs. We presented 38 adverbs grouped into 13 synonymous groups to non-native learners of Japanese and asked if they thought those words are appropriate for use in term papers in questionnaires and follow-up interviews. Colloquial expressions such as "anmari" and "yappari" are properly understood as colloquial but learners often did not have a clear understanding of the stylistic characteristics of words such as "totemo" and "takusan", to which they are typically exposed at an early stage of their learning.
