L2 Acquisition of Sino-Japanese Sahen Verbs by Chinese Speakers:

Focusing on Homomorphic Synonyms

Abstract

This study, based on a questionnaire survey, investigates the acquisition of Sino-Japanese sahen verbs that share both form and meaning with their Chinese counterparts among Chinese-speaking learners of Japanese. The participants consisted of 21 Chinese-speaking Japanese learners and 5 native Japanese speakers. The results indicate that, overall, the learners demonstrated a relatively low level of mastery of these Sino-Japanese sahen verbs.