Neighborhood density effects in English and Japanese word recognition by Japanese native listeners

• Project/Area Number: 18720110
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Daito Bunka University
• Principal Investigator: YONEYAMA Kiyoko Daito Bunka University, 外国語学部, 准教授 (60365856)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
• Keywords: 音声語彙認識 / 語彙隣接語効果 / 外国語理解 / 心内辞書 / 音声語量認識 / 語負隣接語効果 / 語彙間の隣接効果 / 第二言語

Research Abstract

本研究は日本語母国語話者の外国語における心内辞書の影響をさらに明らかにするために、6つの実験を実施した。これらの実験結果を基にImai et al.(2006)のスペイン語母国語話者の第二言語(英語)の語彙理解に関する研究と研究代表者が平成16年・17年に科学研究費(若手研究(B))で行った日本語母国語話者の第二言語(英語)の語彙理解における研究の2つの相違点について検討を行った。その結果、上述の2つの相違点は、刺激語の違いと日本人実験参加者の英語力(英語初級・英語上級)に基づく可能性が高いことが明らかになった。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] How we hear what is hardly there: Mechanisms underlying Compensation for /t/-reduction in speech comprehension (2008)
  • Author(s): Holger Mitterer, Kiyoko Yoneyama, Mirjam Ernestus
  • Journal Title: Journal of Memory and Language 59-1 Pages: 133-152
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] How we hear what is hardly there : Mechanisms underlying Compensation for /t/-reduction in speech comprehension (2008)
  • Author(s): Holger Mitterer, Kiyoko Yoneyama, Mirjam Ernestus
  • Journal Title: Journal of Memory and Language 59-1 Pages: 133-152
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Neighborhood density and lexical competition in Japanese: An experimental approach (2007)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Lexicon Forum No. 3 Pages: 67-93
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Neighborhood density and lexical competition in Japanese: An experiment al approach (2007)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko, Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Lexicon Forum 3 Pages: 67-93
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Phonological Neighborhoods and Phonetic Similarity 1-212 (2007)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko, Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Japanese Word Recognition (Contributions Towards Research and Education of Language), Institute for the Research and Education of Language、Daito Bunka University Vol.14 Pages: 1-212
• [Journal Article] The recognition of Japanese-accented and unaccented English words by Japanese listeners (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of SPEECH PROSODY 2006 (CD-ROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effects of probabilistic phonotactics, neighborhood density and word frequency in English by Japanese listeners (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 2006 KAKS-KASELL International Conference on English and Linguistics Pages: 281-292
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Probabilistic phonotactics and neighborhood density in Japanese : Evidence from non-word experiments (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 9th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference (CD-ROM)
• [Journal Article] Probabilistic phonotactics and neighborhood density in Japanese: Evidence from non-word experiments
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the 9th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference (CD ROM)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] The recognition of Japanese-accented and unaccented English words by Japanese listeners (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Organizer: SPEECH PROSODY 2006
  • Place of Presentation: Dresden, Germany
• [Presentation] Probabilistic phonotactics and neighborhood density in Japanese: Evidence from non-word experiments (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Organizer: The 9th Western Pacific Acoustics Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
• [Presentation] Effects of probabilistic phonotactics, neighborhood density and word frequency in English by Japanese listeners (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Organizer: The 2006 KAKS-KASELL International Conference on English and Linguistics
  • Place of Presentation: Busan, Korea
• [Presentation] Recognizing English words by Japanese speakers (2006)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Organizer: The fourth joint meeting of the Acoustical Society of America and the Acoustical Society of Japan
  • Place of Presentation: Honolulu, Hawaii
• [Book] Phonological Neighborhoods and Phonetic Similarity in Japanese Word Recognition (Contributions Towards Research and Education of Language, Vol. 14), Institute for the Research and Education of Language (2007)
  • Author(s): Kiyoko Yoneyama
  • Publisher: Daito Bunka University