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The Acquisition of Japanese Sound‐Symbolic Words by Chinese JFL (Japanese as a Foreign Language) Learners

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Participants who took the multiple-choice test demonstrated independent learning of phonomimes and phenomimes.
The analysis involved 141 Chinese JFL learners using structural equation modeling to evaluate word acquisition.
Earlier studies suggested a sequential learning process, but this study supports parallel acquisition of sound-symbolic words.
Findings indicate that learners approach each word type as a separate lexical category, rather than relying on semantic connections.

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Study shows parallel acquisition of phonomimes and phenomimes in Chinese JFL learners, suggesting distinct lexical categories.

Feng et al. (2025) studied this question.

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