2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of International Intelligibility and Comprehensibility of Englishes
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20520486
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Foreign language education
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| Research Institution | Fukushima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
CHIBA Reiko 亜細亜大学, 国際関係学部, 教授 (10227332)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
MAHONEY Sean 福島大学, 行政政策学類, 助教 (50292454)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2011
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| Keywords | 国際語としての英語 / 音声の理解度 / 意味の理解度 / 音声学的逸脱 / 受容態度 / 発話速度 / 訛り / 流暢さ |
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| Research Abstract |
The increasing importance of English as a global lingua franca has aroused interest among researchers in investigating the intelligibility and comprehensibility of various Englishes. This study investigated factors that may impede or enhance a variety of listeners' understanding of Japanese students' English, as well as that of other English varieties. A series of surveys found that some nonnative deviations in pronunciation greatly reduced intelligibility across a range of L1 listeners ; however many others were understood when sufficient contextual information was provided. Other findings include that students tended to favor more comprehensible and less accented English, and that a slower speaking-rate enhanced comprehensibility of unfamiliar English.
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