Title
Analysis on L2 learners' perception errors between geminate and singleton of Japanese consonants using loudness related parameters
Abstract
For better understanding of the identification difficulties in Japanese geminate/singleton consonants for second language (L2) learners, a perceptual factor is newly introduced to supply the insufficiencies of conventional explanations solely using acoustic duration differences. To systematically explain speech-rate related serious errors of geminate/singleton identification in fast/slow speech, loudness related parameters are used to reflect perceptual characteristics on duration. Correlation analyses have shown that these parameters can provide reasonable explanation for error characteristics obtained in the perceptual experiment on Japanese geminate/singleton consonants by Korean learners. A new possibility is suggested to design L2 teaching materials for Japanese geminate/singleton consonants with different phonetic contexts based on expected difficulties resulting from their loudness differences.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ICSDA.2015.7357889
2015 International Conference Oriental COCOSDA held jointly with 2015 Conference on Asian Spoken Language Research and Evaluation (O-COCOSDA/CASLRE)
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
geminate consonant,phoneme identification,duration perception,loudness,second language learning
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Yanlong Zhang1196.04
Mee Sonu202.03
Hiroaki Kato33718.25
Yoshinori Sagisaka4550112.31