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2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Analysis of accent and intonation in the Northern Kanto Area

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 22720182
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Japanese linguistics
Research InstitutionUtsunomiya Kyowa University

Principal Investigator

TAKAMARU Keiichi  宇都宮共和大学, シティライフ学部, 専任講師 (60383121)

Project Period (FY) 2010 – 2011
Keywords方言 / 無アクセント / イントネーション
Research Abstract

This research recorded spontaneous conversational speech in Tochigi prefecture which is a part of the northern Kanto accentless area, and analyzed pitch patterns of the speech, examined current aspects of accent and intonation. It is said that phrase-final and sentence-final rising(shiriagari-cho) is a characteristic feature of accentless dialects. However, I confirmed that a tendency of the occurrence position of final rising is almost same as standard Japanese and the frequency of final rising is not higher than standard Japanese. According to auditory tests by using manipulated speech, it is revealed that the difference between shiriagari-cho in accentless dialects and rising intonation of standard Japanese is degree of rising. In addition, I investigated about word accent and accent of the preceding section of "jane?" which is used as demand of agreement. More than 90% of younger people in the region use the standard accent system. On the other hand, more than 80% of them flattened the preceding section of "jane?" The transition of the usage of accent in recent years in the region became clear by this research.

  • Research Products

    (5 results)

All 2012 2011

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results) Presentation (1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 無アクセント方言の尻上がり調の聴取における地域差2012

    • Author(s)
      高丸圭一
    • Journal Title

      明海日本語

      Volume: Vol.17 Pages: 43-52

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 栃木方言の尻上がり調における句末上昇-聴取実験による上昇調との比較-2012

    • Author(s)
      高丸圭一
    • Journal Title

      宇都宮共和大学論叢

      Volume: 第12号 Pages: 29-44

  • [Journal Article] 栃木方言における尻上がり調の出現位置-老年層と若年層の女性話者の比較-2011

    • Author(s)
      高丸圭一
    • Journal Title

      明海日本語

      Volume: Vol.16 Pages: 89-91

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] The Occurrence and Pitch Patterns of Phrase-final Rising in Tochigi Japanese2011

    • Author(s)
      Keiichi Takamaru
    • Organizer
      Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences
    • Place of Presentation
      Hong Kong, China
    • Year and Date
      20110800
  • [Book] 明海大学学位論文,無アクセント地域の方言イントネーションに関する研究2012

    • Author(s)
      高丸圭一
    • Total Pages
      154

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Published: 2013-07-31  

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