Essays about: "Japanese pitch accent"

Found 2 essays containing the words Japanese pitch accent.

1. 1. Accentual change in the lexical form of Japanese i-adjectives : Comparison over time with attention to rentaikei and shuushikei

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska

   Author : Thea Johansson; [2020]
   Keywords : Japanese pitch accent; Adjective; Shuushikei; Rentaikei; Accentual change; Perceptual acceptability; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This study investigates the seemingly increasing spread of accentedness within Japanese i-adjectives in lexical final form, shuushikei, and adnominal form, rentaikei, by conducting an online survey containing Likert scale questions. Once the data had been collected, the informants were separated into age groups and their results compared between each other. READ MORE

3. 2. L2 intonation by Swedish learners of Japanese:Analysis of pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Japanska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Natsumi Goto; [2020]
   Keywords : L2 Japanese intonation; Swedish learners of Japanese; L2 errors at the phrasal and sentence levels; pitch accent.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the L2 intonation of Swedish learners of Japanese with a focus on pitch accent and prosodic phrasing errors. Previous studies have attempted to predict L2 learners’ difficulties and errors, such as Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH) by Lado (1957) and Markedness Differential Hypothesis (MDH) by Eckman (1977; 1985). READ MORE