A Contrastive Study of Chinese Japanese Learners’ Pronunciation of Plosives in Japanese
Abstract
This is a contrastive study. The aim of this study was to discover the reason why learners misunderstand ‘ashi-ta’ as ‘ashi-da’ from the acoustic perspective. This paper adopts the method of phonetic experiment. By comparing the VOT of consonants [p], [t], [k], [b], [d] and [g] between Japanese beginners and Japanese native speakers, this paper analyzes the acquisition of Japanese plosives by Chinese Japanese learners, and explores the problems of Chinese Japanese learners in the perception of voiced plosives.The comparison suggsets that Chinese Japanese beginners can not distinguish the opposition of Japanese voiceless stops, and the pronunciation of similar [p], [k] and [t] in Chinese and Japanese is affected by the negative transfer of mother tongue.
References
- Flege,J.E. Second language speech learning: Theory, findings, and problems[J]. Speech Perception and Linguistic Experience: Issues in Cross-Language Research,1995.
- Flege,J.E.,2005.Origins and development of the speech learning model[R]. Paper presented at the Forst ASA Workshop on L2 Speech Learning,2005.
- masako fukuoka. Chinese (Beijing and Shanghai dialects) and Korean (Seoul dialects) Japanese language learners: similarity and difference in perception and production [J]. International center, mie university - bulletin, 2011 (6) : 11-29.
- suzuki yoshiaki. Japanese language education, 1985 (55) : 59-70.
- Hu Li. Japanese Language Learner’s Inquiry Obtained State’s Pursuit - Example of Sensing “Pa/Ba” [J]. Japanese Language Learner Research, 2020(01):61-70.DOI:10.13508/ j.cnki.jsr.2020.01.012.
- katsumasa shimizu. Voiceless features of closed consonants in Japanese English [J]. Japanese journal of the phonetic society of Japan,1999,3 (2) : 4-6.
- Maruyama H. Why Thai learners of Japanese language misheard ‘nan-nichi’as ‘nan-ji’?: A Contrastive study of Thai and Japanese Speech Sounds[J]. jsn Journal, 2021, 11(2): 117-130.
- fumiko yamamoto. The relationship between listening ability and perception of pop sounds in Japanese discourse: a comparative study of speakers of northern Chinese and shanghainese dialects [J]. Japanese journal of the phonetic society of Japan, 8(3) : 67-79.
- Jakobson,R. Typological studies and their contribution to historical comparative linguistics[J]. Selected Writing, 1958:523-531.
- Lisker, L. & Abramson, A.S. Crosslanguage Study ofVoicing in Initial Stops [J]. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America,1964,35(11): 1889-1890.