2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effects of sensitivity to Japanese pitch accents by Japanese learners on communication ability
| Project/Area Number |
23652116
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Japanese language education
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| Research Institution | Nagoya University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAMAOKA Katsuo 名古屋大学, 国際言語文化研究科, 教授 (70227263)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
SAIRO Nobuhiro 九州大学, 留学生センター, 講師 (20600125)
SUGIMUR Yasushi 名古屋大学, 大学院・国際言語文化研究科, 准教授 (60324373)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2012
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| Keywords | 日本語教育学 / 第二言語習得 / ピッチ・アクセント / 語彙力 / 中国人日本語学習者 / 韓国人日本語学習者 / 声調 |
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| Research Abstract |
The Chinese language has tone accent while the Korean language does not have lexical accent. The accent sensitivity test were conducted to native Chinese and Korean speakers learning Japanese. Lexical knowledge of Chinese students affected accuracy of Japanese pitch accent. Native Chinese speakers were better in perceiving Japanese pitch accents than native Korean speakers. The present study provided evident that Sensitivity to Japanese pitch accents is influenced by lexical knowledge with phonological characteristics of students’ first language.
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Research Products
(7 results)
