A Preliminary investigation of voicing in stop consonants

• Project/Area Number: 23652099
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Japanese linguistics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: IWAI Yasuo 大阪大学, 日本語日本文化教育センター, 教授 (30273741)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥390,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥90,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: VOT / 破裂音の有声性 / 日本語音声教育 / 日本語学習者音声 / 破裂音の有声／無声

Research Abstract

The aim of this preliminary investigation is to clarify the voicing contrast of stop consonants, by using learners' perception. The result of experiments shows that the learners perceive the voicing contrast of Japanese stops in many ways. This displays not only VOT, but also other characteristics of stops have some effect on perception of learners.