A Study on Phonetic Characteristics of Voicing of Stop Consonants in Japanese and English(<Feature Articles>Contrasting English and Japanese Phonetics)

DOI Web Site 1 Citations

Bibliographic Information

Other Title
  • 日英語における閉鎖子音の有声性・無声性の音声的特徴(<特集>日英対照音声学)
  • 日英語における閉鎖子音の有声性・無声性の音声的特徴
  • ニチエイゴ ニ オケル ヘイサ シイン ノ ユウセイセイ ムセイセイ ノ オンセイテキ トクチョウ

Search this article

Description

The present study is concerned with the voicing contrasts of stop consonants in Japanese and English, and examines phonetic characteristics of their contrasts. The examination is mainly based on the acoustic analysis of initial stops in the two languages. Based on the analysis, it can be said that Japanese and English use several acoustic features such as voice onset time (VOT), Fo and its curve, and the onset of the first formant frequency for distinguishing voicing contrasts. Phonetic differences of the voicing contrasts in the two languages can be represented by the selection of the laryngeal features /VOICE, ASPIRATED, TENSE/, and the implementation of these selected features.

Journal

Citations (1)*help

See more

Keywords

Details 詳細情報について

Report a problem

Back to top