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The Acquisition Mechanism of Perception and Pronunciation of Plosives by East-Asian Learners of Japanese : A Study of Interlanguage

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15520333
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Japanese language education
Research InstitutionMie University

Principal Investigator

FUKUOKA Masako  Mie University, Center for International Education and Research, Associate Professor, 国際交流センター, 助教授 (70346005)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2005
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2005)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
KeywordsJapanese Language Teaching / Phonology / Plosives / Second Language(L2)Acquisition / Interlanguage / Chinese Language(Beijing-dialect, Shanghai-dialect) / Korean Language(Seoul-dialect) / Categorical Perception / 範疇知覚 / 韓国語(ソウル) / 習得 / 中国:韓国 / 韓国語
Research Abstract

Based on the following three investigations, four papers and five oral presentations at academic conferences were prepared to show research results (1) through (5) below.
Longitudinal study on perception and pronunciation of plosives by Korean learners of Japanese (July 2003--February 2004) ; Interlingual investigation on the categorical perception of plosives using the synthesized variations of voice onset time (VOT) at Tianjin Foreign Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University, of China, and Kyung Hee University, of Korea (February--March 2004) ; Research on plosives and accents at Kyung Hee University (September 2004) and Tongji University, in Shanghai (January 2005).
(1) It is commonly difficult for East-Asian learners of Japanese to acquire perception and pronunciation of plosives. As for learners from Korea (Seoul-dialect speakers), where less research has been performed from the standpoints of perception and pronunciation, they experience a severe problem in … More pronunciation. This reveals the possibility that they understand the voiced plosives of Japanese words to be lax in pronunciation, much like the word initials of Korean. In perception, they hear voiceless plosives in the word initials of Japanese that appear to be similar to the forced sounds of Korean. Based on these data, the mechanism of acquisition containing the major factors of confusion in the learning of Japanese was successfully clarified.
(2) Acoustic-phonetic analysis of the Beijing-dialect, the Shanghai-dialect, and the Seoul-dialect of Korean speakers revealed that the acquisition of perception and pronunciation differ. Shanghai-dialect speakers acquired both perception and pronunciation first ; Beijing-dialect speakers had the most difficulty. In perception, Beijing- and Shanghai- dialect speakers misheard voiceless plosives in the middle of words as voiced plosives, but Korean speakers misheard voiceless plosives in word initials as voiced plosives. In regards to pronunciation, it was difficult for all speakers to pronounce voiced plosives in word initials. Shanghai-dialect and Korean speakers, who had voiced plosives in their native languages, pronounced them as the voiceless unaspirated sounds and as the lax word initials of their native languages, respectively.
(3) In the acquisition by Korean learners of perception and pronunciation of plosives, there was also first language (L1) interference related to accents. As a result of an examination using fundamental frequency, it was revealed that a word including a voiceless plosive at its initial was pronounced in the high-low pitch pattern. A word including a voiced plosive at its initial, however, was pronounced in the middle-high pitch pattern, with the first mora low in pitch and the subsequent mora rising.
(4) When the categorical perception of Japanese plosives by Beijing-dialect, Shanghai-dialect, and Korean speakers studying Japanese was examined by means of synthesized variations with different voice onset times (VOT), it was found that the categorical perception of Beijing- and Shanghai-dialect speakers was similar to that of native speakers of Japanese when a plosive was included in a word initial. However, Korean speakers corresponded to native speakers of Japanese when a plosive was in the middle of a word. These results revealed different categorical perceptions among languages.
(5) The process of shaping an interlanguage in the acquisition of plosives was examined through the developmental processes, such as including interference and approximation. As a result, it was found that the Ontogeny Model for second language (L2) acquisition developed by Mayor (1997) could not be applied to all situations, and it was believed to have contributed to the construction of the interlanguage theory. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2005 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2004 Annual Research Report
  • 2003 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (20 results)

All 2006 2005 2004 2003 Other

All Journal Article (19 results) Publications (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 母語干渉と習得プロセス-破裂音習得から見た中間言語構築-2006

    • Author(s)
      福 岡 昌 子
    • Journal Title

      三重大学国際交流センター紀要 創刊号通巻 第8号

      Pages: 15-28

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Interference and Developmental Process : Creating an Interlanguage Through Acquisition of Plosives2006

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Center for International Students Mie University

      Pages: 15-28

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 母語干渉と習得プロセス-破裂音習得から見た中間言語構築-2006

    • Author(s)
      福岡昌子
    • Journal Title

      三重大学国際交流センター紀要 創刊号通巻第8号

      Pages: 15-28

    • NAID

      120000949351

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人学習者の日本語破裂音の縦断的習得研究-知覚-2005

    • Author(s)
      福岡 昌子
    • Journal Title

      三重大学留学生センター紀要 第7号

      Pages: 25-34

    • NAID

      120000947514

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary 2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本語破裂音の発音習得における共通性と相違性 -北京・上海・ソウル方言話者2005

    • Author(s)
      福 岡 昌 子
    • Journal Title

      2005年度日本音声学会全国大会予稿集

      Pages: 161-166

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人日本語学習者の破裂音習得-知覚と生成のメカニズム-2005

    • Author(s)
      福 岡 昌 子
    • Journal Title

      2005年度日本語教育学会秋季大会予稿集

      Pages: 151-156

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 北京・上海・ソウル方言話者の日本語破裂音の範疇知覚について2005

    • Author(s)
      福 岡 昌 子
    • Journal Title

      日本言語学会第131回大会予稿集

      Pages: 174-179

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] A Longitudinal Study of the Acquisition of Japanese Plosives by Korean Learners of Japanese in Perception2005

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of Center for International Students Mie University

      Pages: 25-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Common Features and Divergent Features in the Learning Process : Pronunciation of Japanese Plosives by Speakers of Beijing, Shanghai, and Seoul Dialects.2005

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 19^<th> General Meeting of the PSJ (The Phonetic Society of Japan)

      Pages: 161-166

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Plosive Acquisition Study of Korean Learners of Japanese-The Mechanism of Perception and Pronunciation-2005

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      Autumn Annual Meeting 2005, The Society for Teaching Japanese

      Pages: 151-156

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] About the Category Perception of the Japanese Plosive of Beijing/Shanghai/Seoul Dialect speaker2005

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      The Linguistic Society of Japan The 131^<th> Meeting

      Pages: 174-179

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 日本語破裂音の発音習得における共通性と相違性-北京・上海・ソウル方言話者2005

    • Author(s)
      福岡昌子
    • Journal Title

      2005年度日本音声学会全国大会予稿集

      Pages: 161-166

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人日本語学習者の破裂音習得-知覚と生成のメカニズム-2005

    • Author(s)
      福岡昌子
    • Journal Title

      2005年度日本音声学会全国大会予稿集

      Pages: 151-156

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 北京・上海・ソウル方言話者の日本語破裂音の範疇知覚について2005

    • Author(s)
      福岡昌子
    • Journal Title

      日本言語学会第131回大会予稿集

      Pages: 174-179

    • Related Report
      2005 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人日本語学習者の破裂音習得-知覚と生成-2004

    • Author(s)
      福岡 昌子
    • Journal Title

      JSLS2004 言語科学学会第6回年次国際大会

      Pages: 254-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Plosive Acquisition Study of Korean Students of Japanese-Perception and Pronunciation-2004

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      The 6th Annual International Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences

      Pages: 254-255

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] 韓国人日本語学習者の破裂音習得-知覚と生成-2004

    • Author(s)
      福岡 昌子
    • Journal Title

      『JSLS 2004』言語科学学会第6回年次国際大会

      Pages: 254-255

    • Related Report
      2004 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] 日本語破裂音の知覚習得における共通性と相違性(中間報告)-中国語話者と韓国語話者-2003

    • Author(s)
      福岡 昌子
    • Journal Title

      2003年度第17回に本音声学会全国大会予稿集

      Pages: 207-212

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Journal Article] Common Features and Dissimilar Features in the Learning Process : the Perception of Japanese Plosives by Korean and Chinese Speakers (the interim report)2003

    • Author(s)
      Fukuoka Masako
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 17^<th> General Meeting of the PSJ (The Phonetic Society of Japan)

      Pages: 207-212

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2005 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 福岡昌子: "日本語破裂音の知覚習得における共通性と相違性(中間報告) -中国語話者と韓国語話者-"2003年度第17回日本音声学会全国大会予稿集. 207-212 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report

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