A comparison of association words of "teineina" and "cortes"

-Based on the questionnarie of Japanese native speakers and Mexican Spanish native speakers-

Abstract

This thesis aims to clarify the recognition of the native speakers, Japanese and Spanish, with regard to the word "teineina" and "cortes" in how each vocabulary network. This survey was conducted with the questionnaire, which designed to investigate their assumption patterns of Japanese native speakers and Mexican-Spanish native speakers with "teineina/cortes". The result showed the both similarity and difference. The former revealed that "reigitadashii" ranks higher and the words meaning personal grace and attribute were frequently assumed, while the latter suggested that Japanese interviewees have wide-ranging assumption patterns and Mexican interviewees often assumed the word meaning familiarity such as "amigable".