English Vowel Spaces Produced by Japanese Speakers : The Smaller Point Vowels' and the Greater Schwas'
Journal of psycholinguistic research Volume 39 Issue 5
Page 375-391
published_at 2009-12-31
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| Title ( eng ) |
English Vowel Spaces Produced by Japanese Speakers : The Smaller Point Vowels' and the Greater Schwas'
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| Creator |
Tomita Kaoru
Takatsuka Shigenobu
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| Source Title |
Journal of psycholinguistic research
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| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Start Page | 375 |
| End Page | 391 |
| Abstract |
This study investigated how Japanese-speaking learners of English pronounce the three point vowels /i/, /u/, and /a/ appearing in the first and second monosyllabic words of English noun phrases, and the schwa /ə/ appearing in English disyllabic words. First and second formant (F1 and F2) values were measured for four Japanese speakers and two American English speakers. The hypothesis that the area encompassed by the point vowels in the F1-F2 vowel space tends to be smaller for the Japanese speakers than for the English speakers was verified. The hypothesis that the area formed by the three schwas in chicken, spoonful, and Tarzan is greater for the Japanese speakers than for the English speakers and its related hypothesis were largely upheld. Implications for further research are briefly discussed.
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| Keywords |
First formant values
Japanese speakers
Point vowels
Schwas
Second formant values
Vowel quality
Vowel spaces
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| Language |
eng
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| Resource Type | journal article |
| Publisher |
Springer
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| Date of Issued | 2009-12-31 |
| Rights |
Copyright (c) Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2009
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| Publish Type | Author’s Original |
| Access Rights | open access |
| Source Identifier |
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
[ISSN] 0090-6905
[DOI] 10.1007/s10936-009-9144-0
[NCID] AA00244521
[DOI] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-009-9144-0
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