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This paper examines the acquisition of spatial demonstratives in Korean learners of Japanese (KL) and Chinese learners of Japanese (CL). The study showed the following results: (1) Both KL and CL learn spatial demonstrative usages that translate directly in their own languages easier, but CL experience great difficulties when they face a discrepancy. (2) When relating to a question, used by the other interlocutor, both KL and CL, having different demonstrative systems in their languages, tend　to use demonstratives of the so‐type　instead of ko and a types,
and a‐type instead of so‐type. (3) If we try to arrange spatial demonstratives from easier to harder to acquire we will get ko=a＞so for KL and ko＞so≧a for CL, which shows that KL encounter greatest difference with spatial demonstratives of the so‐type and CL with demonstratives of the a‐type. (4) An overall comparison shows that KL tend to use more a‐type demonstratives, while CL use more demonstratives of the ko‐type. Besides, as they improve, KL tend to use less sotype demonstratives, while CL use more. (5) From a second‐language acquisition point of you the study showed that even if experiencing certain first‐language
interference both KL and CL actively accumulate skill in the second language while encountering the same troubles on the way,　or　developing learner‐specific incomplete systems.