声调偏误对学习者日语发音自然度的影响

Effects of Accentual Mistakes on the Naturalness of Learners'Spoken Japanese

迄今为止的日语声调习得研究探明了学习者在各类语料中的偏误倾向。然而,在日语教育实践中,依然存在对声调偏误指导的消极态度。其中,又以对平板型与尾高型之间偏误的轻视为最。为此,本研究以由学习者发音的540句日语短句为对象,考察了36名日语母语者对6类声调偏误的自然度评价。研究结果表明,尽管头高型与平板、尾高型之间的偏误对学习者的发音自然度产生了更为显著的负面影响,但平板型与尾高型之间的偏误亦会明显降低母语者对学习者日语发音的评价。在日语教育实践中,需要针对此类声调偏误开展外显性指导。

Previous studies have focused on the frequency and types of recurrent accentual mistakes made by Japanese learn ers.However,in the practical teaching session,there remains a debate as to whether it is crucial to give instruction on accentual mistakes.Particularly,errors that mistake the unaccented pattern for the final-accented pattern have been frequently over looked.To explore this issue,the present study investigates native Japanese speakers1 evaluations of six types of accentual mis takes on a five-point rating scale of naturalness using five hundred and forty sentences produced by non-native Japanese leam-ers.The results revealed that,contrary to expectations,although mistaking the initial-accented pattern for the unaccented and the final-accented pattern led to significantly lower ratings,mistaking the unaccented pattern for the final-accented pattern also lowered the naturalness significantly.Overall,these results indicate the necessity of giving explicit instruction on the error of mistaking the unaccented pattern for the final-accented pattern.