Perception of Japanese Accentual Pitch Fall by Seoul and Gyeongsang Dialect Speakers: Focusing on the Discreteness of Perception

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  • ソウル方言話者と慶尚道方言話者による日本語アクセント核のピッチ知覚 : 知覚の離散性に注目して
  • ソウル ホウゲンワシャ ト ケイナオ ミチ ホウゲンワシャ ニ ヨル ニホンゴ アクセントカク ノ ピッチ チカク : チカク ノ リサンセイ ニ チュウモク シテ

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Previous studies suggest that Korean learners of Japanese perceived Japanese pitch-accents differently compared to the L1 dialect. This study examines such differences in terms of the discreteness of pitch perception. Participants included Seoul and Gyeongsang dialect speakers as well as Japanese native speakers completed an AXB identification task based on nonsense words' continua (CVCVCV and CVRCV), in which the contours of accentual pitch fall varied gradually from one mora to the next. The results showed a remarkable difference between the responses of the Gyeongsang and Seoul dialect speakers: the former were discrete to the same extent as the Japanese native speakers, whereas the latter were more continuous. This suggests that Seoul dialect speakers are less sensitive at detecting Japanese accents and such insensitivity could make Japanese accent acquisition more difficult for them.

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