Speech Characteristics of Japanese Speakers Affecting American and Japanese Listener Evaluations

The study examines what pronunciation features (i.e., segmental and suprasegmental features, as well as other acoustic properties such as speech rate, intensity, pitch, and pitch range) affect the intelligibility of Japanese learners of English, when judged by native-speaking (NS; American) and non-...

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Main Authors: Atsuko Kashiwagi, Michael Snyder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2010-05-01
Series:Studies in Applied Linguistics & TESOL
Online Access:https://journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/SALT/article/view/1433