A Comparative Analysis of American English Flaps and Japanese Flaps
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24520544
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
ANIYA Sosei 広島大学, 総合科学研究科, 教授 (60202652)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000)
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| Keywords | 英語弾音 / 日本語ラ行弾音 / 音響対照分析 / English flaps / Japanese flaps / contrastive analysis / 米・日の弾音比較 / 国際研究者交流、米国 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The present study conducted a contrastive acoustic analysis of American English flaps and Japanese flaps. The major findings of the study include the following three points, which have not been recognized in previous studues: (1)The Japanese flap gets devoiced; (2) the American English flap is similar to the Japanese flap in occlusion duration and devoicing, and (3) the American English flap and the Japanese flap are dissimilar to the American English lateral liquid, which is longer in duration than the first two, and it rarely gets devoice.
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Research Products
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