Abstract
Aiming at effective perceptual training of second language learning, we carried out training experiments on Japanese geminate consonants. Native Korean learners were trained to identify geminate and singleton stop of Japanese. Since Korean language has no phonemic contrast between long and short consonants, learners have tried to learn their differences based on their categorical perception through training. To test the training efficiency and find generalization of temporal discrimination, we investigated the perceptual training with a word embedded in sentences and single/multiple speaking rate. Training experiments showed the superiority with a word embedded in sentences and multiple speaking rates. These results suggest that perceptual training which was trained by multiple speaking rates could be effective to perceive temporal discrimination of length contrast of Japanese. However, under the training stimuli was single speaking rate condition, perceptual training have generalized to the limited extent. These results suggest that context factors including speaking rate would affect to identify the length contrast of Japanese to L2 learners.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010 |
| Pages | 1850-1853 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Spoken Language Processing for All, INTERSPEECH 2010 - Makuhari, Chiba Duration: 2010 Sep 26 → 2010 Sep 30 |
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| Other | 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association: Spoken Language Processing for All, INTERSPEECH 2010 |
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| City | Makuhari, Chiba |
| Period | 10/9/26 → 10/9/30 |
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Keywords
- Perceptual training
- Singleton/geminate consonants
- Speaking rate variation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Language and Linguistics
- Speech and Hearing
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The effect of a word embedded in a sentence and speaking rate variation on the perceptual training of geminate and singleton consonant distinction. / Sonu, Mee; Tajima, Keiichi; Kato, Hiroaki; Sagisaka, Yoshinori.
Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association, INTERSPEECH 2010. 2010. p. 1850-1853.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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