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The mechanism of the acquisition of rhythm at the lexical level

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K02826
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Japanese language education
Research InstitutionWaseda University

Principal Investigator

KINOSHITA NAOKO  早稲田大学, 日本語教育研究センター, 准教授 (40364715)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Sheppard Chris  早稲田大学, 理工学術院, 准教授 (60350386)
Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Keywords言語リズム / リズム学習 / PVI / リピート / リスニングスパンテスト / 学習スタイル / メンタルレキシコン / 頻度 / リズム / リピート課題 / 発音 / 縦断調査 / 語リズム / 反復生成課題 / 学習メカニズム / リズムパターン / 学習者要因 / インプット / リズム自動評定 / 第二言語習得 / 知覚と生成
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This project set out to develop a theory of acquisition of second language lexical rhythm through the longitudinal investigation and description of learner production.
27 Chinese beginning learners of Japanese provided information on their working memory through the listening span test and their perceptual learning styles at the onset of the study and then the lexical rhythm production of high-frequency words, low-frequency words, and non-words was measured at three different times over the period of a year by both a picture description task and a repetition task. The production was recorded, extracted into Praat, segmented, and then nPVI calculated, and the lexical rhythm was analyzed.
The results demonstrated that known words and non-words exhibited different productive rhythm patterns, and so it is likely that lexical rhythm is acquired on a word-by-word basis, rather than a series of universal rules.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は,言語産出モデル(Levelt 1999)で明らかになっていなかった点、すなわち日本語学習者のリズム情報が,MENTAL LEXICONにどのように保持されているかが確認できたことである。日本語のリズムに関わる情報は文字上に表れるため,英語の場合と異なることが予測されたが,その点が示唆される結果となった。
社会的意義については、円滑なコミュニケーションの下支えとなる点を挙げたい。日本語学習者の多くは、日本語のリズムでの発音、聞き分けが難しいことが知られている(戸田2003)。本研究の成果をもとにリズム学習の質を高めていくことは、円滑なコミュニケーションにつながると考える。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (27 results)

All 2019 2018 2017 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (3 results) Journal Article (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results) Book (3 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] 復旦大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research]

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] 復旦大学(中国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The creation of a new vowel category by adult learners after adaptive phonetic training.2019

    • Author(s)
      Grenon, I., Kubota, M., & Sheppard, C.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Phonetics,

      Volume: 72 Pages: 17-34

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.wocn.2018.10.005

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Is ability grouping beneficial or detrimental to Japanese ESP students’ English language proficiency development2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C., Manalo, E., and Henning, M.
    • Journal Title

      English for Specific Purposes

      Volume: 49 Pages: 39-48

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.esp.2017.10.002

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report 2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Second language pronunciation rhythm development, word knowledge, and measurement2018

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N. & Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      The 10th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 音声の専門家による発音評価について2018

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N. & Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Developing learner autonomy in second language pronunciation for academic purposes2018

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N. & Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      The 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) at Higher Education Institutions
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Discrimination training for learning sound contrasts2018

    • Author(s)
      Grenon, I. Sheppard, C., & Archibald, J.
    • Organizer
      The 2nd International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAph2018)
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The effect of discrimination training on Japanese listeners’ perception of the English vowels as in ‘ship’ and ‘sheep’2018

    • Author(s)
      Grenon, I., Sheppard, C., & Archibald, J.
    • Organizer
      The 18th Japanese Second Language Association
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Developing critical thinking skills through EFL.2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      The Japan Association of College English Teachers Critical Thinking Special Interest Group
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Ability grouping in second language education: The mediating effect of proficiency2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Focus on Language 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Curriculum reform and materials development of an ESP lecture course.2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      The 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP) at Higher Education Institutions
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The effect of discrimination training on Japanese listeners’ perception of the English coda consonants as in ‘rose’ and ‘roads’.2018

    • Author(s)
      Grenon, I., Sheppard, C., & Archibald, J.
    • Organizer
      The 10th Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT) Conference
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] インターネットツールによる日本語発音学習法の問題点とその解決に向けて2018

    • Author(s)
      木下直子・中川千恵子
    • Organizer
      The International Conference on Japanese Language Education 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Developing learner autonomy in second language pronunciation for academic purposes2018

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N. and Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Oral presentation at the 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Curriculum reform and materials development of an ESP lecture course2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Oral presentation at the 3rd International Conference for Language for Specific Purposes (LSP)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Ability grouping in second language education: The mediating effect of proficiency2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Oral presentation at Focus on Language
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Language input and the acquisition of Japanese lexical rhythm2017

    • Author(s)
      KINOSHITA, Naoko., SHEPPARD, Chris.
    • Organizer
      ronunciation in Second Language Learning & Teaching (PSLLT) 9th Annual Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      University of Utah
    • Year and Date
      2017-09-01
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Language input and the acquisition of Japanese lexical rhythm2017

    • Author(s)
      Kinoshita, N., Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Poster presented at Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Critical Thinking, Processing Capacity, and Second Language Production2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C., Kinoshita, N. and Manalo, E.
    • Organizer
      Oral presentation at the 23rd International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Linguistics (ISTAL)
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] The acoustic properties of non-native vowels and the evaluation of the goodness of pronunciation2017

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C.
    • Organizer
      Poster presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] ひとりでも学べる日本語の発音2019

    • Author(s)
      木下直子・中川千恵子
    • Total Pages
      90
    • Publisher
      ひつじ書房
    • ISBN
      9784894768512
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] 「気持ちを伝える音声のWeb教材」『ICT×日本語教育』2019

    • Author(s)
      木下直子・中川千恵子
    • Publisher
      ひつじ書房
    • ISBN
      9784894769441
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Book] The effects of awareness-raising through stimulated recall on the repeated performance of the same task and on a new task of the same type, Learning Language through Task Repetition2018

    • Author(s)
      Sheppard, C. & Ellis, R.
    • Publisher
      John Benjamins Publishing Company
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] つたえるはつおん

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] つたえるはつおん

    • URL

      http://www.japanese-pronunciation.com/

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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