An Analysis of Spectral Information in Japanese Accent

• Project/Area Number: 23720212
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: SUGIYAMA Yukiko 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 講師 (70525112)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2012
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2012)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
• Keywords: 日本語 / アクセント / スペクトル情報 / フォルマント / 単語韻律 / 音響相関物 / acoustic correlates / 囁き声 / ピッチアクセント / secondary cues / 韻律

Research Abstract

This research investigated whether acoustic correlates, other than F0, exist for Tokyo Japanese. Stimuli words were created by removing F0 and replacing its harmonics with white noise. Listeners' accuracy at identifying these words exceeded what was expec

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Do formant frequencies correlate with Japanese accent? (2013)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama and Tsuyoshi Moriyama
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of Meeting on Acoustics Volume: Vol. 19
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Hearing pitch despite its absence in "whispered" speech、World Wide Press Room (2011)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Journal Title: The 162nd Acoustical Society of America Meeting
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Should the use of the particle to be avoided as a following particle? (2011)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Journal Title: Reports of The Keio Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies Volume: 42 Pages: 61-73
• [Presentation] Do formant frequencies correlate with Japanese accent? (2013)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: 21st International Congress on Acoustics/ 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: モントリオール、 パラデコングレ(カナダ)
  • Year and Date: 2013-06-06
• [Presentation] Do formant frequencies correlate with Japanese accent? (2013)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: 21st International Congress on Acoustics/ 165th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: モントリオール(カナダ)
• [Presentation] 擬似的なささやきごえにおける、アクセント最小対の聞き取り (2012)
  • Author(s): 杉山由希子
  • Organizer: 東京音声研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-07-14
• [Presentation] 日本語ピッチアクセントの2次的な手がかりを求めて (2012)
  • Author(s): 杉山由希子
  • Organizer: 第325回日本音声学会研究例会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
  • Year and Date: 2012-06-09
• [Presentation] Perceiving pitch accent in the absence of F0 (2012)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: 38th Annual Meeting of Berkeley Linguistic Society
  • Place of Presentation: カリフォルニア大学バークレー校(アメリカ合衆国)
  • Year and Date: 2012-02-11
• [Presentation] Perceiving pitch accent in the absence of F0 (2012)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: The 38th annual meeting of the Berkeley linguistics society
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ合衆国、バークレー
• [Presentation] The perception of Japanese pitch accent in "whispered" speech (2011)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: 162th Annual Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: サンディエゴ、タウン&カントリーホテル(アメリカ合衆国)
  • Year and Date: 2011-11-04
• [Presentation] The perception of Japanese pitch accent in "whispered" speech (2011)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Organizer: 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ合衆国、サンディエゴ
• [Presentation] 日本語ピッチアクセントの2次的な手がかりを求めて
  • Author(s): 杉山由希子
  • Organizer: 日本音声学会第325会研究例会
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
• [Book] The Production and Perception of Japanese Pitch Accent (2012)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Total Pages: 123
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• [Book] The production and perception of Japanese pitch accent (2012)
  • Author(s): Yukiko Sugiyama
  • Total Pages: 123
  • Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing