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A Study of Cross-Language Comparison of Phonetic Characteristics of English as a Lingua Franca in Asia

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26370715
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Research Field Foreign language education
Research InstitutionNagoya Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

SHIMIZU KATSUMASA  名古屋学院大学, 外国語学部, 名誉教授 (10083792)

Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords国際共通語 / 英語 / アジア諸言語 / 閉鎖子音 / VOT / 学習モデル / VOT / 同化移入
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The present study is concerned with examining the phonetic characteristics of six Asian languages and English as a lingua franca (ELF),and further clarifying the cross-linguistics comparisons of the characteristics in these languages. Measurements of voice onset time (VOT) of stops and formant frequencies of vowels in these languages were made. The results of acoustic analysis showed that the acoustic distance between these languages and ELF is important in learning ELF pronunciation, though the variation among them exists in their phonetic characteristics. The ELF learners of these languages try to approximate the distance of VOT and formant frequencies of these languages to those of ELF. From these observations, it can be said that the perceptual assimilation model is more functional than other learning models in the acquisition of L2 pronunciation.

Report

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

    (11 results)

All 2017 2016 2015 2014

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] 日本人学習者による英語母音の習得についての考察2016

    • Author(s)
      清水 克正
    • Journal Title

      JACET中部支部紀要

      Volume: 第14号 Pages: 51-62

    • NAID

      40021444244

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 閉鎖子音のVOTをめぐる最近の研究動向2016

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Journal Title

      現在音韻論の動向:日本音韻論学会の歩みと展望

      Volume: 巻不明

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] A Study on the Acquisition of Voicing Contrasts of Stops in English and Japanese by Korean Speakers2015

    • Author(s)
      Katsumasa Shimizu
    • Journal Title

      Variability in Speech Sounds

      Volume: - Pages: 83-84

    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] 英語閉鎖子音の習得におけるVOTの言語間比較 -アジア5言語話者を中心にしてー2015

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Journal Title

      応用英語音声学研究

      Volume: 1 Pages: 1-15

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] 辞典項目(音声記号、音声学、音声表記、単音、音声、音価、音数律)2014

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Journal Title

      日本語大事典

      Volume: 上、下 Pages: 276-278

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 閉鎖子音のVOTについての考察:言語間比較と普遍性2017

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Organizer
      第12回音韻論フェスタ
    • Place of Presentation
      立命館大学朱雀キャンパス(京都市、京都)
    • Year and Date
      2017-03-08
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] A Phonetic Study on the Voicing Contrasts of Stops in English by Chinese Speakers2016

    • Author(s)
      Katsumasa Shimizu
    • Organizer
      2016 International Conferecne on English for Specific Purposes
    • Place of Presentation
      Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology(台南、台湾)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-27
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 英語・日本語における母音の学習についての音響音声学的な考察2016

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会中部支部
    • Place of Presentation
      名城大学天白キャンパス(愛知県・名古屋市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-02-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Study on the Acquisition of Voicing Contrasts of Stops in English and Japanese by Korean Speakers2015

    • Author(s)
      Katsumasa Shimizu
    • Organizer
      2015 International Conference on Speech Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Ewha Womans University(Seoul, Korea)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-20
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] アジアにおける3言語話者の英語閉鎖子音のVOTに関する考察2015

    • Author(s)
      清水克正
    • Organizer
      大学英語教育学会中部支部
    • Place of Presentation
      名古屋工業大学(愛知県名古屋市昭和区御器所町)
    • Year and Date
      2015-02-28
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A study on cross-linguistic influence of stop voicing in Japanese acquired as an L3 by Korean, Chinese and Thai speakers2014

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu, Katsumasa
    • Organizer
      Societas Linguistica Europaea SLE2014 - 47th Annual Meeting
    • Place of Presentation
      Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland
    • Year and Date
      2014-09-11 – 2014-09-14
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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