Developing a Measure of Proper Name Familiarity for Japanese University Students

Christopher Nicklin - In this study, an instrument for measuring proper name (PN) familiarity was developed for a psycholinguistic experiment…

How L1 loanwords can create a false sense of familiarity with L2 vocabulary meaning and usage

Marie-Emilie Masson - Almost 50% of high-frequency English (L2) words have Japanese cognates in the form of loanwords, and depending…