Phonetc Core Features of Japanese influenced English in Lingua Franca Communisation

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26370580
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: English linguistics
• Research Institution: Chukyo University
• Principal Investigator: Tsuzuki Masako 中京大学, 国際教養学部, 教授 (00227448)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 奉 鉉京 信州大学, 学術研究院総合人間科学系, 准教授 (50434593) ; 西尾 由里 岐阜薬科大学, 薬学部, 教授 (20455059) ; 山添 直樹 名城大学, その他部局等, その他 (00555641)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: インテリジャビリティ / 日本人英語 / リンガフランカ / 英語母語話者 / 韓国語母語話者 / 子音 / 曖昧母音

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through analyses of the transcription of Japanese EFL speakers’ speech by English naive speakers and Korean native speakers, we have identified those features that would impede intelligibility: (1) mispronunciation and/or weakening of word-initial plosives, fricatives & affricates; (2) mispronunciation of schwa vowels; (3) absence of compound stress; and (4) improper segmentation of words, phrases and sentences. These findings will contribute effective learning and teaching, especially the prioritization of phonological instructions.

Free Research Field

英語学