2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study on the Acoustic Structure and Perception of Syllables in Tone Languages
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19K00549
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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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| Review Section |
Basic Section 02060:Linguistics-related
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| Research Institution | Kyoto Tachibana University (2021-2022)
Kyoto University (2019-2020) |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
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| Keywords | 声調言語 / 音節構造 / 音響分析 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, acoustic-phonetic analysis and perceptual experiments were conducted on the syllable structures of so-called tone languages such as Thai and Chinese. Through these approaches, the acoustic characteristics of the syllable structure of tone languages were re-examined. Consonants and vowels that affect syllable structure were analyzed down to their distinctive features. The syllable structure of tone languages was re-examined in terms of the acoustic aspects of discriminative features. The results were applied to help native speakers of Japanese acquire tone languages and syllables that they have difficulty articulating and listening to.
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| Free Research Field |
音響音声学、応用言語学など
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
学術的意義としては、声調の種類を多く持つ声調言語の母語話者が、母語以外の声調の知覚や認識、弁別において、必ずしも他言語の声調の弁別に対して有利なわけではないことが示唆された。また、音響分析や知覚実験を通じて、声調言語の記述の枠組みを再検討することができた。社会的意義としては、日本語母語話者の声調言語の習得に役立つ知見が得られたことである。中国語やタイ語などのいわゆる声調言語を母語とする国々との交流は今後さらに深まっていくものと想定されるので、日本人学習者の声調言語の習得の支援につながる研究成果は社会的意義も大きいと言うことができる。
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