2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Acoustical analyses of the rhythm in English learner speech based on the measurement of the duration structure and its application to education
Project/Area Number |
25770148
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Linguistics
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Research Institution | Kyoto University (2015-2017) Osaka University (2013-2014) |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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Keywords | 英語音声 / リズム / 時間構造 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
To refine the method of the acoustical measurement for the durational structure of rhythm units in English speech so that any type of English speech can be handled, multi-faced analyses regarding the phoneme composition of a rhythm unit, the position of a rhythm unit in a sentence, and an existence of a semantic emphasis for a rhythm unit were conducted, in addition, subdivided rules to increase the accuracy of the measurement were constructed. Moreover, as its application to education, to confirm that the difference between learner speech and native speech calculated by the refined measurement method of the rhythm unit can more accurately display the rhythm defect of the learner speech, its relationship with the subjective evaluation score showing the learner proficiency of the rhythm given by English language teachers was analyzed.
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Free Research Field |
音声科学,音響学,音声学,応用言語学,音声言語情報処理
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