@article{oai:kuis.repo.nii.ac.jp:00000393,
 author = {ニコリッチ細中, ネベンカ and ニコリッチホソナカ, ネベンカ and Nikolic Hosonaka, Nevenka},
 journal = {言語科学研究 : 神田外語大学大学院紀要},
 month = {Mar},
 note = {P(論文), This paper is a progress report on the preliminary stages of a larger project that aims to find out if Japanese children's concepts of old men would change through exposure to the images of old men in Western folktales. It is the old men's characterization that differs most in the two cultures, as seen in traditional folktales. Research showed both Japanese adults' and the 2-3^<rd> graders' familiarity with the folktales representative of the Japanese culture. Their concepts of old men were compared with those of the non-Japanese 2-3^<rd> graders in the USA, Sweden, Korea and former Yugoslavia. The children in these countries and in Japan seem to have the same opinion of their own grandfathers. In case of anthropomorphism, the opinions differed in showing a clear influence of the traditional folktales on the way children think. Japanese children differed most from their international peers in their perceptions of the old men's bravery and feelings of love towards the opposite sex. The implications of this research take into account contemporary changes in policies and practices of English language education in elementary schools.},
 pages = {17--40},
 title = {Uncovering Cultural Prototypes : Old Men in Japanese Folktales and Culture},
 volume = {10},
 year = {2004}
}