Abstract
This study examined the perception of short and long vowels in Arabic and Japanese by native Japanese (NJ) and nonnative learners of Japanese (NNJ). Ten Japanese vowels (5 short, 5 long) were given as response categories. As expected, the NJ listeners categorized the Japanese vowels more accurately than did the NNJ listeners (91 vs. 83%). Further, the NJ listeners tended to identify Japanese long vowels correctly more often than short vowels (93 vs. 88%), but the NNJ listeners did not show this pattern (82 vs. 84%). Both NJ and NNJ listeners assimilated short Arabic vowels to a wide range of Japanese vowels.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology |
| Editors | Marija Tabain, Janet Fletcher, David Grayden, John Hajek, Andy Butcher |
| Place of Publication | Canberra |
| Publisher | Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA) |
| Pages | 126-129 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780958194631 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (13th : 2010) - Melbourne Duration: 14 Dec 2010 → 16 Dec 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (13th : 2010) |
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| City | Melbourne |
| Period | 14/12/10 → 16/12/10 |
Keywords
- cross-language speech perception
- vowel length
- Arabic
- Japanese
Cite this
Tsukada, K. (2010). Vowel length categorization in Arabic and Japanese: comparison of native Japanese and non-native learners' perception. In M. Tabain, J. Fletcher, D. Grayden, J. Hajek, & A. Butcher (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (pp. 126-129). Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association (ASSTA).