2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Identification of Lingua Franca Core Features of Japanese Accents of English
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23520597
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
English linguistics
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| Research Institution | Chukyo University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NISHIO Yuri 岐阜薬科大学, 薬学部, 教授 (20455059)
BONG Hyun Kyung 信州大学, 全学教育機構, 准教授 (50434593)
YAMAZOE Naoki 名城大学, 大学教育開発センター, 講師 (00555641)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | インテリジャビリティ / 日本人英語 / 英語母語話者 / リンガフランカ / 中心特性 / 分節音 / 強勢アクセント / 国際英語 |
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| Research Abstract |
Through analyses of the transcription of Japanese EFL speakers' speech by English native speakers, we have identified those features that would impede intelligibility: (1) mispronunciation of liquids (2)mispronunciation and/or weakening of plosives, fricatives & affricates; (3)vowel length alternation; (4)misplacement or absence of word and phrase stress; (5)improper segmentation of words, phrases and sentences. It has also been found out that, among those features, (a)unaspirated plosives at the beginning of words, (b)absence of compound stress are the features that would most severely hinder communication with even English native speakers well-exposed to Japanese accents. These findings will contribute effective teaching, especially the prioritization of phonological instructions.
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