An Empirical Investigation into the Contrasting Language Rhythms of English and Japanese

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The author's teaching of English to Japanese students brought to light contrasts between Japanese and English that seemed similar to those discussed by Washizu (1987) and Yamamoto (1996). The main hypothesis is that English has a basically uneven rhythm in contrast to Japanese which has a basically even rhythm and this difference has a disadvantageous effect on the Japanese pronunciation of English. An initial research was carried out to test this hypothetical difference in language rhythm. The results of this test were inconclusive, but showed that pitch changes probably played a more important part in the perception of stress than originally supposed. Therefore this research acted as a pilot study by which the definition of the problem might be reconsidered as a basis for further testing.
兵庫県立大学の論文
2004-02-27