| Project/Area Number |
22520412
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Showa University of Music |
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Principal Investigator |
ERICKSON Donna 昭和音楽大学, 音楽学部, 非常勤講師 (80331586)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MORI Youko 同志社大学, 言語文化センター, 嘱託講師 (50441192)
SHIBUYA Yoshiho 金沢医科大学, 一般教育機構, 教授 (90154260)
末光 厚夫 北陸先端科学技術大学院大学, 情報科学研究科, 助教 (20422199)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
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| Keywords | 音声学 articulation / rhythm / intonation / acoustics / American English / Japanese English / 英語のリズム / 日本人学び者 / 調音 / 音響 / 顎 / 音声学 |
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| Research Abstract |
Natural sounding prosody (rhythm and intonation) is extremely important for communication in a second language. Based on electromagnetic articulographic recordings (EMA) conducted at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST, Ishikawa Prefecture) for intermediate level Japanese speakers of English and American speakers of English, it was reported that the phonological metrical structure (rhythm/stress patterns) of an English utterance match the patterns of jaw movement, as well as the corresponding resonance frequency patterns of the vocal tract, specifically the first formant (F1) patterns; however, the Japanese speakers’ patterns of jaw opening/F1 did not always show consistent matches with the rhythm pattern of the utterance. The findings about articulation of rhythm are currently being applied towardimproving teaching of American English rhythm to Japanese learners of English.
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