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L1 Swedish prominent syllable perception in Japanese words

Bäckström, Hanna LU (2024) JAPK12 20241
Japanese Studies
Division of Chinese Studies and Japanese Studies
Abstract
This thesis investigates the perception of prominent syllables in Japanese words by native Swedish speakers. The study explores factors such as word type, pitch placement, and sentence structure that influence L1 Swedish speakers' accuracy in identifying the prominent syllable in Japanese words. The study also highlights the influence of linguistic context and individual variation on the perception of prominent syllables, and attempts to shed light on the complex interplay between native language phonological systems and the perception of foreign language prosody, in this instance, between Swedish and Japanese. The results implicate a varying degree of success among L1 Swedish speakers' ability to identify syllable prominence in Japanese... (More)
This thesis investigates the perception of prominent syllables in Japanese words by native Swedish speakers. The study explores factors such as word type, pitch placement, and sentence structure that influence L1 Swedish speakers' accuracy in identifying the prominent syllable in Japanese words. The study also highlights the influence of linguistic context and individual variation on the perception of prominent syllables, and attempts to shed light on the complex interplay between native language phonological systems and the perception of foreign language prosody, in this instance, between Swedish and Japanese. The results implicate a varying degree of success among L1 Swedish speakers' ability to identify syllable prominence in Japanese words, with pitch- and word placement drastically determining the accuracy of said identification. (Less)
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author
Bäckström, Hanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
JAPK12 20241
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Japanese, Swedish, prosodic transfer, cross-linguistic transfer, positive transfer, interference, pitch-accent, phonology, intonation
language
English
id
9164089
date added to LUP
2024-08-30 09:07:08
date last changed
2024-08-30 09:07:08
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  abstract     = {{This thesis investigates the perception of prominent syllables in Japanese words by native Swedish speakers. The study explores factors such as word type, pitch placement, and sentence structure that influence L1 Swedish speakers' accuracy in identifying the prominent syllable in Japanese words. The study also highlights the influence of linguistic context and individual variation on the perception of prominent syllables, and attempts to shed light on the complex interplay between native language phonological systems and the perception of foreign language prosody, in this instance, between Swedish and Japanese. The results implicate a varying degree of success among L1 Swedish speakers' ability to identify syllable prominence in Japanese words, with pitch- and word placement drastically determining the accuracy of said identification.}},
  author       = {{Bäckström, Hanna}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{L1 Swedish prominent syllable perception in Japanese words}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}