2023, Vol., No.76

The Japanese Language Association of Korea 2023 KCI Impact Factor : 1.0

pISSN : 1229-7275
https://journal.kci.go.kr/jlak

This paper overviews recent research trends in Japanese phonetics and phonological studies by analyzing 62 research papers that were published in 18 academic journals registered in Korea from 2021 to 2022. A total of 62 papers were classified into “phonetic education,” “phonological studies,” and “comparative studies.” In addition, “phonetic education” was subcategorized into “research of segment ,” “prosody,” “learning strategies and teaching methods,” “notation,” “textbook analysis,” and “other” and their research achievements were introduced. The research trend in this field showed a decrease in the proportion of studies on Japanese phonetic education compared to the past (44.7% > 34.9%). It is noteworthy that research on phonological studies for Sino-Japanese (23.8%) have a high proportion in Japanese phonetics and phonological studies. Recently, various electronic language data have been utilized, and the processing and analysis of electronic data using AI is expected in the future.

The purpose of this paper examines research articles, published in Korean academic journals in 2021 and 2022, on Japanese grammar and explores their current trends, clarifies special features, and provides insight into the prospect of future studies on Japanese grammar. The research journals subject to this paper are as follows. (Academic journals Japanese Language Research Association and University Research Institute published from 2021 to 2022.) ・Japan studies ・Journal of Japanese Studies ・Journal of Japanese Language and Literature ・Japanese Cultural Studies ・Journal of the Society of Japanese Language and Literature, Japanology ・Japanese Studies Journal of the Center for Japanese Studies ・Journal of Japanese Studies (JAST) ・Journal of Japanese Culture ・Journal of Japanese language education association ・Korean Journal of Japanese Language and Literature ・The Japanese Language Association of Korea ・The Korean Journal of Japanology ・The Journal of Japanese Language and Literature ・Journal of japanese Language and Culture (JLC) ・The Japanese Modern Association of Korea ・Comparative Japanese studies ・The Korea Journal Japanese Education

This paper outlines the research results related to lexicology over the two years of 2021 and 2022 and forecasts future research. A total of 133 papers were classified into comparative study (36), Japanese language education(26), meaning and usage(25), word types(20), socio-cultural research(12), word formation(6), social styles(3) and others(5). However, in recent studies, there have been many studies related to various fields, enough to indicate the trend with the keywords of ‘Big Data’, ‘AI’ and ‘Convergence’. In addition, with the emergence of new words using foreign words and mixed words in the social disaster of the COVID-19 pandemic, many studies on word types have been conducted. For the time being, studies that reflect recent research trends will form the mainstream. It should not be overlooked that conventional research over the medium and long term is very important and should be continuously conducted in the future. At the same time, recent research - research that collects materials using big data, research that utilizes video, audio, image, etc., research that tries to utilize research results from the perspective of social change, cultural comparison and education - is also expected.