2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A Study of English Prosody Produced by Native Speakers of Japanese in Consideration of Communicative Ability
| Project/Area Number |
22520505
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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 |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Prefectural University of Hiroshima |
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Principal Investigator |
JOTO Akiyo 県立広島大学, 人間文化学部, 教授 (60196665)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YUZAWA Nobuo 宇都宮大学, 国際学部, 教授 (00220525)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 英語プロソディー / イントネーション / 音調核 / アクセント / フォーカス / 区切り / 日本語話者 / 明瞭性 |
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| Research Abstract |
This study examined the prosodic features of English produced by native speakers of Japanese, analyzing the ratings of the intelligibility levels of Japanese English productions by native speakers of English and the acoustic data of English and Japanese speakers’ productions. The prosodic characteristics varied across the length of sentences, the position of the focus in a sentence, the kind of tone, and the kind of focus. The present study revealed some difficulties that Japanese learners have in producing intelligible intonation including chunking, and also provided some useful suggestions for the teaching of English intonation to Japanese learners.
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Research Products
(12 results)
