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An experimental study on the relationship between the utterance-level prosodic features and the paralinguistic meaning of utterance.

Research Project

Project/Area Number 08451106
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 言語学・音声学
Research InstitutionThe National Language Research Institute

Principal Investigator

MAEKAWA Kikuo  National Language Research Inst., Dept.Language Behavior, Head of 2nd Res.Section, 言語行動研究部, 室長 (20173693)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KIRITANI Shigeru  Univ.Tokyo, School of medicine, Professor, 医学系研究科, 教授 (90010032)
YOSHIOKA Yasuo  National Language Research Inst., Dept.Language Change, Dept.Head, 言語変化研究部, 部長 (90200948)
Project Period (FY) 1996 – 1997
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1997)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000)
Fiscal Year 1997: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
KeywordsPoliteness / Intonation / Kumamoto Japanese / Paired-comparison / Particle / ANOVA / パラ言語 / 韻律 / 無アクセント方言
Research Abstract

In this study, we attempted preliminary investigation on the relationship between the prosodic features of an utterance and the paralinguistic information conveyed by the utterance.
Kumamoto Japanese (KP) is known to have highly developed morphological system of honorific. KP is also known to have relatively 'free' intonation system among Japanese dialects, because KP is an accentless dialect, which, by definition, has no specification of pitch at the level of lexicon.
In KP,consequently, both the choice of intonation contours and the choice of phrase-final particles can influence the level of politeness of an utterance
A perception experiment was conducted in order to clarify the relationship between the morphological factors (particles) and the prosodic factors (intonation contours) in the expression of politeness in KP.Combination of three politeness-related particles and six different intonation contours resulted in eighteen speech stimuli. The relative politeness of the stimuli was measured by means of paired-comparison procedure by university students and middle-aged speakers of KP.
The results showed that morphology and prosody contributed, roughly speaking, in nearly the same level : morphologically expressed politeness could not overwhelm prosodically expressed politeness and vice versa. Also, two-way ANOVA revealed that there was no statistical interaction between particle and intonation. This means that the two linguistic devices functioned as independent information channels in the transmission of politeness at least in KP.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1997 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1996 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (16 results)

All Other

All Publications (16 results)

  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "発話の丁寧さに関与する語彙的要因と韻律的要因の関係" 日本方言研究会第64回研究発表会発表原稿集. 1. 67-74 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "発話の丁寧さに対する語彙的要因と韻律的要因の寄与" 国語学. 190. 12-23 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "音声によるパラ言語情報の伝達:言語学の立場から" 日本音響学会講演論文集(平成9年秋季研究発表大会). 1. 381-384 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "音声による情報伝達のメカニズム" 日本語学. 16-11. 95-105 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "韻律によるパラ言語情報の表出に関する準備的考察" 人工知能学会研究会資料(SIG-SLUD). 96-02. 31-36 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Maekawa, K.& Y.Yoshioka: "Contribution of Lexical and Prosodic factors to the politeness of utterance" Kokugogaku. 190. 12-23 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Maekawa, K.: "Mechanism of information transmission by speech" Nihongogaku. 16 (11). 95-105 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Maekawa, K.: "Preliminary investigation on the prosodic manifestation of paralinguistic information" Technical Rep.of JSAI (SLUD). 96-2. 31-36 (1996)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Maekawa, K.& Y.Yoshida: "Lexical and prosodic factors in the determination of perceived politeness of utterance : A case study in Kumamoto Japanese" Proc.64^<th> Meet.Dialectol.Soc.Jap.67-74 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Maekawa, K.: "Transmission of paralinguistic information by speech" Proc.Autumn Meet.Acoust.Soc.Jap.1. 81-384 (1997)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1997 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "発話の丁寧さに関与する語彙的要因と韻律的要因の関係" 日本方言研究会第64回研究発表会発表原稿集. 1. 67-74 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "発話の丁寧さの対する語彙的要因と韻律的要因の寄与" 国語学. 190. 12-23 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "音声によるパラ言語情報の伝達:言語学の立場から" 日本音響学会講演論文集(平成9年秋季研究発表大会). 1. 381-384 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 前川 喜久雄: "音声による情報伝達のメカニズム" 日本語学. 16-11. 95-105 (1997)

    • Related Report
      1997 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 前川喜久雄: "韻律によるパラ言語情報の表出に関する準備的考察" 人工知能学会研究会資料SIG-SLUD. 9602. 31-36 (1996)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 前川喜久雄: "発話の丁寧さに関与する語彙的要因と韻律的要因" 日本方言研究会第64回研究発表会発表原稿集. (1997)

    • Related Report
      1996 Annual Research Report

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