A Comparison of Vowel Productions between Adolescents, Middle-Aged, and the Elderly : the Case of Miyazaki Residents (Part 2)

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概要

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• This is third in a series of studies on vowel shifts in Japanese to be conducted in the next few years. Based upon Todaka's (2005a) preliminary study, we tentatively hypothesize that there is a tendency among adolescents to articulate vowels farther forward in the mouth. In this study, we focused on the differences in vowel productions between adolescents, middle-aged, and the elderly. We found that the adolescents produced the /u/ and /i/ farther forward and the /e/ and /o/ farther upward. This tendency was observed much more clearly among female adolescents, which indicates that women are leading the adoption of the new form. However, some discrepancies between the findings of the present and of the previous studies were found. Though much more data needs to be gathered, there might be geographical differences between adolescents residing in various cities.

• 宮崎公立大学の論文

著者

• 戸高 裕一

  宮崎公立大学人文学部

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