scholarly journals Listening training in Japanese pitch accent for native speakers of Japanese: Relationship with sound sensitivity

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 285-288
Author(s):  
Kanae Amino
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Sound Sensitivity ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent

Production and reproduction of Japanese pitch-accent by German, Italian, Vietnam, and Swahili speakers

2016 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
pp. 3338-3338
Author(s):  
Ryoko Hayashi ◽  
Kazuhiro Isomura ◽  
Makiko Matsuda ◽  
Natsuya Yoshida ◽  
Motoko Ueyama
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent

Native and nonnative processing of Japanese pitch accent

2011 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 623-641 ◽  
Author(s):  
XIANGHUA WU ◽  
JUNG-YUEH TU ◽  
YUE WANG
Keyword(s):  
Left Hemisphere ◽  
Right Hemisphere ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Lexical Tone ◽  
Language Experience ◽  
Tone Language ◽  
Hemisphere Dominance ◽  
Nonnative Listeners ◽  
Prosodic Processing ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent

ABSTRACTThe theoretical framework of this study is based on the prevalent debate of whether prosodic processing is influenced by higher level linguistic-specific circuits or reflects lower level encoding of physical properties. Using the dichotic listening technique, the study investigates the hemispheric processing of Japanese pitch accent by native Japanese listeners and two groups of nonnative listeners with no prior pitch accent experience but differing in their native language experience with linguistic pitch: native listeners of Mandarin (a tone language with higher linguistic functional use of pitch) and native listeners of English (a stress language with lower functional use of pitch). The overall results reveal that, for both native and nonnative listeners, the processing of Japanese pitch accent is less lateralized (compared to lexical tone processing, which has been found to be a left hemisphere property). However, detailed analysis with individual pitch accents across groups shows a right hemisphere preference for processing the high–accent–low (H*L) pattern, a left hemisphere preference for LH*, and no hemisphere dominance for LH, indicating a significant reliance on the acoustic cues. These patterns are particularly prominent with the English listeners who are least experienced with linguistic pitch. Together, the findings suggest an interplay of linguistic and acoustic aspects in the processing of Japanese pitch accent by native and nonnative listeners.

scholarly journals A Japanese pitch accent practice program and L1 influence on pitch accent acquisition

2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeff Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
First Language ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Significant Interaction Effect ◽  
L1 Influence ◽  
Participant Group ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent ◽  
Mixed Design Anova

Recent research has demonstrated that learners of Japanese struggle producing correct Japanese pitch accent. The goal of the present study was to investigate the effect learners’ first language (L1) may have on accent acquisition following the introduction and use of a digital Japanese Pitch Accent Learning and Practice (PALP) program in two Japanese courses. The PALP program visually and aurally presents learners with pitch patterns and requires learners to select the correct pitch accent pattern for new vocabulary. Participants’ pitch accent abilities were assessed at the beginning and end of their courses. A mixed design ANOVA was conducted to analyze the effect of learners’ L1 on pitch accent acquisition. Results evince a significant interaction effect between participant group (treatment/control) and L1 (Chinese/English), F(1, 24) = 10.09, p < .01 (η2 = .30). Specifically, English L1 participants in the treatment group considerably outperformed the control group English L1 participants. However, the Chinese L1 participants in both groups performed at approximately equal levels. These results suggest the existence of an L1 influence on pitch accent acquisition.

Mora-based pre-low raising in Japanese pitch accent

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Albert Lee ◽  
Yi Xu ◽  
Santitham Prom-on
Keyword(s):  
Pitch Accent ◽  
Japanese Pitch Accent

scholarly journals Linguistic correlates of comprehensibility in second language Japanese speech

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazuya Saito ◽  
Yuka Akiyama
Keyword(s):  
Second Language ◽  
Mixed Models ◽  
Native Speakers ◽  
Speech Rate ◽  
Pitch Accent ◽  
English Studies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lexical Variation ◽  
Actual Usage ◽  
Picture Description

This study examined phonological, temporal, lexical and grammatical correlates of native speakers’ perception of second language (L2) comprehensibility (i.e., ease of understanding). L2 learners of Japanese with various proficiency levels engaged in oral picture description tasks which were judged by native speaking raters for comprehensibility, and then submitted to pronunciation, fluency, and lexicogrammar analyses. According to correlation analyses and linear mixed-models, the native speaking judges’ comprehensibility ratings were significantly linked not only with actual usage of words in context (lexical appropriateness) but also with the surface details of words (pitch accent, speech rate, lexical variation). Similar to previous L2 English studies (e.g., Isaacs & Trofimovich, 2012), the influence of segmental and morphological errors in the comprehensibility of L2 Japanese speech appeared to be minor.

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