A Communicative Approach and Dialect Exposure Enhance Pitch Accent Awareness by Learners of Japanese
- Vance Schaefer
(University of Mississippi)
- Isabelle Darcy (Indiana University)
Abstract
Japanese pronunciation is deceptively simple. Vowels are limited to five, and consonants generally pose little difficulty for L1 English speakers except for a few novel sounds such as /tsɯ/ or [ɾ]. Thus, the L1 English speaker commonly comes away with the impression that Japanese pronunciation is quite simple. Yet, there are subtle differences such as the /t/ being less aspirated in Japanese than its English counterpart or Japanese featuring /ɯ/ rather than /u/. Additionally, words in Japanese are distinguished by their pitch-accent pattern.
How to Cite:
Schaefer, V. & Darcy, I., (2014) “A Communicative Approach and Dialect Exposure Enhance Pitch Accent Awareness by Learners of Japanese”, Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Proceedings 6(1).
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