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英語話者と日本語話者はどのように英語の音節を認識・生成するのか。音節区分（syllabification）をもとに音節の性質と構造の、普遍性と言語個別性を明らかにする試み（英文書）。
本研究の目的は、英語話者と日本語話者がどのように英語の音節を認識・生成するかを調べることである。この問題を探る有効な方法に、音節区分（syllabification）がある。語をどのように音節に分けるかを調べるのである。本研究はこの方法を用いて、音節の性質と構造の、普遍性と言語個別性を明らかにしようとした。具体的には、母音間に1～3個の子音を持つ2音節からなる語の音節区分において、強勢母音の位置・長さ、母音間子音の種類、母音間子音群の音韻配列制約、形態知識がどのように影響するかを検討した。さらに、課題（oral taskとwritten task）と材料（英単語と無意味語）の種類の影響も調べた。また、本研究は、英単語の音節数を数える訓練（syllable-counting training）を通して、日本人英語学習者の英語音節を認識・生成する能力がどのように変化するかも検討した。（日本語要旨より）
About this book
This book explores how native speakers of English and Japanese recognize and produce English syllables by examining the way they divide English words and nonwords into syllabic units and the way Japanese learners of English count the number of syllables in English words. Through nine psycholinguistic experiments, including a variety of phonological and morphological factors, this volume provides new insights into the nature and structure of syllables and how Japanese speakers improve their ability to deal with English syllables.
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by English speakers
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Experiment 1
2.2.1. Stimuli
2.2.2. Participants
2.2.3. Procedure
2.3. Results and discussion
2.3.1. English words in oral and written tasks
2.3.2. Nonwords
Chapter 3 Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Experiment 2
3.2.1. Participants and method
3.3. Results and discussion
3.3.1. English words in oral and written tasks
3.3.2. Nonwords
3.3.3. Analyses of “Other” responses in the oral task
Chapter 4 Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers who had been trained to recognize English syllables
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Syllable-recognition training
4.2.1. Participants and method
4.2.2 Results
4.3. Experiment 3
4.3.1. Method and prediction
4.4. Results
4.4.1. English words in oral and written tasks
4.4.2. Nonwords
4.4.3. Analyses of “Other” responses in the oral task
4.5. Discussion
Chapter 5 Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by English speakers
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Experiment 4
5.2.1. Stimuli
5.2.2. Participants
5.2.3. Procedure
5.3. Results and discussion
5.3.1. English words in oral tasks
5.3.2. Nonwords
5.3.3. English words in written tasks
Chapter 6 Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Experiment 5
6.2.1. Participants and method
6.3. Results and discussion
6.3.1. English words in oral tasks
6.3.2. Nonwords
6.3.3. English words in written tasks
Chapter 7 Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers trained to recognize English syllables
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Syllable-recognition training
7.2.1. Participants and method
7.2.2. Results
7.3. Experiment 6
7.3.1. Participants and method
7.3.2. Results and discussion
7.3.2.1. English words in oral tasks
7.3.2.2. Nonwords
7.3.2.3. English words in written tasks
Chapter 8 Syllabification of VCCV words by English-speaking children
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Experiment 7
8.2.1. Method
8.2.2. Results
8.3. Discussion
Chapter 9 Syllabification of VCCCV words by English-speaking children, English-speaking adults, and Japanese-speaking adults
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Experiment 8
9.2.1. Method
9.2.2. Results
9.3. Discussion
Chapter 10 Training Japanese learners of English to recognize and produce English syllables
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Experiment 9
10.2.1. Method
10.2.1.1. Procedure
10.2.1.2. Syllable-counting training
10.3. Results
10.3.1. Overall performance
10.3.2. How do Japanese students recognize syllables and what effect does the training have on their syllable identification?
10.3.2.1. Do Japanese students recognize more syllables or less syllables than are present?
10.3.2.2. Which words are difficult to identify?
10.3.2.3. How many syllables do Japanese students recognize in each type of word?
10.3.3. Segmentation of English syllables on the text
10.3.4. Song performance
10.4. Discussion
Chapter 11 General discussion
11.1. Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords
11.2. Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords
11.3. Syllabification of VCCV words by English-speaking children and syllabification of VCCCV words
11.4. Training Japanese learners of English through syllable-counting tasks
Chapter 12 Conclusion
【著者紹介】
Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Kyoto Women’s University, Japan. His research focuses on phonetics, laboratory phonology, and psycholinguistics in conjunction with second language acquisition and learning. His publications include Kotoba to Shinri (Language and Psychology) (Kurosio, 2005), Kotoba to Ninchi no Shikumi (Explorations into the Mechanism of Language and Cognition) (co-author, Sanseido, 2007), “Syllabification of intervocalic consonants by English and Japanese speakers” (Language and Speech, 45, 2002), “Syllabification of English consonant clusters by speakers of English and Japanese” (Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan, 10, 2006), and “Grammatical class and rhythmic context: English stress assignment by Japanese students” (JACET Journal, 44, 2007).
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Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ ｗｈｏ ｈａｄ ｂｅｅｎ ｔｒａｉｎｅｄ ｔｏ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｚｅ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｙｌｌａｂｌｅｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ａｎｄ ｎｏｎｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｓｐｅａｋｅｒｓ ｔｒａｉｎｅｄ ｔｏ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｚｅ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｙｌｌａｂｌｅｓ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ‐ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ
Ｓｙｌｌａｂｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎ ｏｆ ＶＣＣＣＶ ｗｏｒｄｓ ｂｙ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ‐ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ ｃｈｉｌｄｒｅｎ，Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ‐ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ ａｄｕｌｔｓ，ａｎｄ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ‐ｓｐｅａｋｉｎｇ ａｄｕｌｔｓ
Ｔｒａｉｎｉｎｇ Ｊａｐａｎｅｓｅ ｌｅａｒｎｅｒｓ ｏｆ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｔｏ ｒｅｃｏｇｎｉｚｅ ａｎｄ ｐｒｏｄｕｃｅ Ｅｎｇｌｉｓｈ ｓｙｌｌａｂｌｅｓ
Ｇｅｎｅｒａｌ ｄｉｓｃｕｓｓｉｏｎ
