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Acoustic features for naturalness of Japanese spoken by non-native speakers

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370464
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Linguistics
Research InstitutionShokei University (2015-2016)
Aichi Shukutoku University (2014)

Principal Investigator

Yamakawa Kimiko  尚絅大学, 文化言語学部, 准教授 (80455196)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 天野 成昭  愛知淑徳大学, 人間情報学部, 教授 (90396119)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,550,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,050,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Keywords自然性 / 日本語 / 相対時間長 / 相対基本周波数 / 相対VOA / 相対強度 / 日本語音声 / 音響特徴量 / 相対対数基本周波数
Outline of Final Research Achievements

To clarify acoustic features related to speech naturalness of non-native speakers of Japanese, Japanese native speakers rated naturalness of Japanese words spoken by Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Thai, Vietnamese, and French speakers. Multiple regression analysis showed that absolute value of standardized partial regression coefficients is large for relative fundamental frequency,relative duration or relative VOA (Voice Onset Asynchrony).This result suggests that speech naturalness of non-native speakers relates to these acoustic features.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (2 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 1 results,  Open Access: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (17 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 8 results)

  • [Journal Article] Discrimination of Japanese fricatives and affricates by production boundaries in time and spectral domains: A case study of a female native speaker2015

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
    • Journal Title

      Acoustical Science and Technology

      Volume: 36 Issue: 4 Pages: 296-301

    • DOI

      10.1250/ast.36.296

    • NAID

      130005086488

    • ISSN
      0369-4232, 1346-3969, 1347-5177
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] Development of Japanese read-sentence database for non-native speakers of Japanese2015

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko YAMAKAWA, Shigeaki AMANO, Mariko KONDO
    • Journal Title

      愛知淑徳大学論集-人間情報学部篇

      Volume: 5 Pages: 9-14

    • NAID

      120005574185

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] 母音の無声化が促音・非促音の知覚範疇境界に及ぼす影響2016

    • Author(s)
      天野成昭,山川仁子
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会聴覚研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      九州大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Japanese singleton and geminate stops mispronounced by non-native speakers2016

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano, Mariko Kondo
    • Organizer
      5th Joint Meeting : Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Duration of Japanese singleton and geminate stops with devoiced vowel in various speaking rates2016

    • Author(s)
      Shigeaki Amano, Kimiko Yamakawa, Mariko Kondo
    • Organizer
      5th Joint Meeting : Acoustical Society of America and Acoustical Society of Japan
    • Place of Presentation
      Honolulu, Hawaii
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-28
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 非日本語母語話者が発声した日本語音声の自然性に関わる音響特徴2016

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,天野成昭,近藤眞理子
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2016年秋季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 母音の無声化を伴う促音・非促音の時間的特徴2016

    • Author(s)
      天野成昭,山川仁子,近藤眞理子
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2016年秋季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-14
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Acoustic feature representing the unnaturalness of Japanese spoken by non‐native speakers2016

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
    • Organizer
      8th International Conference on Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Aarhus, Denmark
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Mispronunciation of singleton and geminate stops by non-native speakers of Japanese2016

    • Author(s)
      Shigeaki Amano, Kimiko Yamakawa
    • Organizer
      8th International Conference on Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      Aarhus, Denmark
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-10
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Acoustic feature representing the unnaturalness of Japanese spoken by non-native speakers2016

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
    • Organizer
      8th International Conference on Second-Language Speech
    • Place of Presentation
      Aarhus University, Denmark
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本語破擦音・摩擦音を表すハングル表記の音声知覚実験による適正評価2016

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,天野成昭
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会2016年春季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      桐蔭横浜大学
    • Year and Date
      2016-03-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 非日本語母語話者が発声した日本語音声の自然性評価2015

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,天野成昭,近藤眞理子
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会聴覚研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      熊本県立大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-19
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Acoustic features of Japanese words spoken by Japanese natives and non-natives2015

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
    • Organizer
      18th International congress of phonetic sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Glasgow, UK
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Perception boundary between /s/ and /ts/ in Japanese at various speaking rates2015

    • Author(s)
      Shigeaki Amano, Kimiko Yamakawa
    • Organizer
      18th International congress of phonetic sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Glasgow, UK
    • Year and Date
      2015-08-10
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Japanese native speakers’ perception of Hangul characters pronounced by Korean native speakers2015

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko Yamakawa, Shigeaki Amano
    • Organizer
      14th European Congress of Psychology
    • Place of Presentation
      Milan, Italy
    • Year and Date
      2015-07-07
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 発声速度に依存した促音の音響的および生理学的特徴2015

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,榊原健一,今川博,後藤多嘉緒,山内彰人,牧勝弘,天野成昭
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会聴覚研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海道医療大学札幌サテライトキャンパス(北海道・札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-03-02
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日本語「ツ・ス・チュ・シュ」の明確な発声に最適なハングル表記2014

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,天野成昭
    • Organizer
      韓国日本語学会第30回国際学術発表大会
    • Place of Presentation
      京畿道富川市(韓国)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-20
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Development of Japanese read-word database for non-native speakers of Japanese2014

    • Author(s)
      Kimiko YAMAKAWA, Shigeaki AMANO, Mariko KONDO
    • Organizer
      Oriental COCOSDA 2014
    • Place of Presentation
      プーケット(タイ)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 韓国語・タイ語・ベトナム語・中国語の母語話者による日本語音声の特徴2014

    • Author(s)
      山川仁子,天野成昭
    • Organizer
      日本音響学会秋季研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      北海学園大学(北海道・札幌市)
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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