The Thirty-Eighth General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
Date:

Saturday, September 28 − Sunday, September 29, 2024

Host:

The Phonetic Society of Japan

Venue:

Tokyo Itabashi Campus, Daito Bunka University
1-9-1 Takashimadaira, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 175-8571(Tel. 03-5399-7329 Faculty of Foreign Languages)(https://www.daito.ac.jp/access/itabashi.html)

Organizer:

Kiyoko YONEYAMA (Daito Bunka University)

Day 1: Saturday, September 28
Venue

Rooms 3-0101, 3-0103/4, 3-0111

12:30 −Registration (In front of Room 3-0111)

14:00 − 14:20

Greetings by Isao UEDA (PSJ President) (Room 3-0111)
Greetings by Susumu TAKAHASHI (President of Daito Bunka University)
General AssemblyAwarding Ceremony
Break

14:20 − 17:40

Research Presentations and Workshop (Rooms 3-0101, 3-0103/4, 3-0111)

18:00 − 20:00

Conference Party (Cafeteria/Seikyo)

13:00 − 14:00

Day 2: Sunday, September 29
Venue

Rooms 3-0101, 3-0103/4, 3-0111

9:30 −Registration (In front of Room 3-0111)

10:00 − 11:30

Special Lecture (Remote Presentation) (Room 3-0111)
Talk: Richard WRIGHT (University of Washington)“How lexical and pragmatic information affect pronunciation variation”
Introduction: Mariko KONDO
Chair: Takehiko MAKINO※Both PSJ members and non-members are welcome to participate for free. The special
lecture is supported by 2024 JSPS KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

11:30 − 12:30

Break

12:30 − 13:30

Research Presentations (Poster: Rooms 3-0108, 3-0109)

13:30 − 13:45

Break

13:45 − 15:25

Research Presentations (Oral: Rooms 3-0101, 3-0103/4, 3-0111)

1Workshop Program (Day 1, September 28) 15:40 − 17:40
Phonetic typology of liquids: a cross-linguistic perspective
Seunghun J. LEE (Organizer; International Christian University)
Keita KURABE (Chair; Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for
Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa)
Venue CRoom 3-0111

Naoki UETA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Research Institute for Languages
and Cultures of Asia and Africa), Kyosuke YAMAMOTO (Tokyo University ofForeign Studies), Priyankoo SARMAH (IIT Guwahati), Seunghun J. LEE(International Christian University & IIT Guwahati), Viyazonuo TERHIIJA (IITGuwahati), Wendy LALHMINGHLUI (IIT Guwahati), Maho MORIMOTO (ChuoUniversity), Daisuke SHINAGAWA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, ResearchInstitute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa)

Research Presentation Program(Day 1, Sep 28, 14:20 − 17:20; Day 2, Sep 29, 12:30 − 15:25)※

Underlined presenters are eligible for Outstanding Presentation Award. Winners and the dates for theawarding ceremony will be announced on the PSJ website. Winners will be notified via e-mail.

Oral Presentations (Sep 28) 14:20 − 15:25, 15:40 − 17:20
Venue A（Room 3-0101）
Chairs: Miki IKOMA, Toshio MATSUURA
A1
14:20 − 14:50
A2
14:55 − 15:25

Speaker’s intention and phonological features: The case of the expression “tabenai?”
Shuang SUN（Kwansei Gakuin University）
The relationship between ‘Oso-Sagari’ and speech impression in spontaneous speech
Xuejun YE（University of Tsukuba Graduate School）
Chairs: Takako IGETA, Takuya KIMURA

A3
15:40 − 16:10
A4
16:15 − 16:45

Acquisition of Korean vowels by Japanese L2 learners
Seokyung PARK（Aichi University）
Investigating L2 Japanese word-initial stop production by L1 Korean learners
Minn KIM（University of Tsukuba），Kakeru YAZAWA（University of Tsukuba）

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Venue B（Room 3-0103/4）
Chairs: Yoko UCHIDA, Hiroaki HATANO
B1

Prosodic features of exclamation point implying ‘command’ and ‘strong emotion’

14:20 − 14:50

Kazuaki ICHIZAKI（Matsuyama University）

B2

Comparisons between the measures of English rhythm

14:55 − 15:25

Takayuki KONISHI（Kobe University）
Chairs: Junko SUGIMOTO, Nobuaki MINEMATSU
Evaluation of epentheses and vowel substitutions in Japanese primary school pupils’

B3

English speech

15:40 − 16:10

Manato NISHIOKA （ Doshisha University Graduate School ）， Tsuneo KATO
（Doshisha University），Mariko SUGAHARA（Doshisha University）

B4

Quantitative analysis of English vowels produced by Japanese junior high students

16:15 − 16:45
B5

Tsuneo KATO（Doshisha University），Mariko SUGAHARA（Doshisha University）
Prosodic characteristics of Japanese junior high students’ English speech

16:50 − 17:20

Mariko SUGAHARA（Doshisha University），Tsuneo KATO（Doshisha University）

Poster Presentations (Sep 29) 12:30 − 13:30
Poster Venue（Rooms 3-0108, 3-0109）
Chairs: Seiya FUNATSU, Rei YASUDA
P1

Acoustic characteristics of fricative sounds by native Vietnamese learners of JapaneseTram Ngoc NGHIEM（Hosei University Graduate School）
The production and phonetic standard of accent reduction in Chinese learners of JapaneseP2

Bingqing ZHAO（Waseda University Graduate School, Liaoning Vocational College ofLight Industry）
The effect of post-stop fo on the perception of Japanese stops and its stability within

P3

individuals
Hi-Gyung BYUN（Akita International University）
VOT variation in word-initial stops in Japanese and Portuguese spoken by Brazilians livingin Japan

P4

Marina WENSE DIAS VIEIRA DA SILVA（Nagoya University Graduate School），
Zhiyan WANG （ Nagoya University Graduate School ）， Akira UTSUGI （ NagoyaUniversity）
Phonetic realization of English stress by Japanese learners: Analysis of vowel formants

P5Keiichi TAJIMA（Hosei University），Mafuyu KITAHARA（Sophia University），Kiyoko YONEYAMA（Daito Bunka University）

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P6Realizations of /uːl/ by Japanese learners of English
Daiki MORITA（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies Graduate School）
Japanese transcription of Italian geminate liquids

P7Yuji KUWAMOTO （ Kotoura Town Office, Tottori ）， Maho MORIMOTO （ ChuoUniversity）
Paralinguistic information in German: Pitch accent and phonetic features of the particle

P8‘schon’Miki IKOMA（Waseda University），Sarah Magdalena ZOBEL（Humboldt Universityof Berlin），Takayuki KONISHI（Kobe University）
Japanese learners’ perception of the English NURSE vowel

P9Junko SUGIMOTO（University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo），Yoko UCHIDA（AoyamaGakuin University）

P10

Acoustic and EGG analyses of Japanese unaspirated sounds
Chi CHU（Kobe University）

Oral Presentations (Sep 29) 13:45 − 15:25
Venue A（Room 3-0101）
Chairs: Kyoko TAKEUCHI, Makiko MATSUDA
Corpus-based investigation of English speakers’ production of Japanese lexicallyA6
13:45 − 14:15(un)accented words
Kakeru YAZAWA（University of Tsukuba），Hiroaki HATANO（University ofTsukuba）
Realization of pitch accent in wh-construction in Japanese revisited

A7
14:20 − 14:50

Honoka ENDOH （ International Christian University ）， Rina FURUSAWA（ International Christian University ）， Shigeto KAMANO （ Stony BrookUniversity ）， Shigeto KAWAHARA （ Keio University ）， Jason SHAW （ YaleUniversity）
Misheard word prediction: Combining word embedding, confusion matrix, and edit

A8
14:55 − 15:25

distance
Takeshi KISHIYAMA （ Graduate School, The University of Tokyo ）， Hiroto
NOGUCHI（Tokyo Medical and Dental University），Chuyu HUANG（NagoyaGakuin University）

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Venue B（Room 3-0103/4）
Chairs: Haruka TAKEUCHI, Ryoko HAYASHI
B6
13:45 − 14:15
B7
14:20 − 14:50

Availability of ruibetsu nouns measured by Kyoto dialect and Kochi City dialectRintaro TAKAYAMA（Utsunomiya University）
The relevance of frequency characteristics of stop consonants to voicing
Mieko TAKADA（Taisho University）
A preliminary study on infants’ words segmentation

B8

Rongna A（Riken, Waseda University），Miki TAKAHASHI（Riken），Naoto

14:55 − 15:25

YAMANE （ Riken, Waseda University ）， Reiko MAZUKA （ Riken, WasedaUniversity）

Venue C（Room 3-0111）
Chairs: Seunghun J. LEE, Takayuki KAGOMIYA
A kinesthetic approach for teaching language prominence patterns
C6
13:45 − 14:15

Donna ERICKSON（Haskins），Albert RILLIARD（CNRS），Malin SVENSSON
LUNDMARK（Lund University），Adelaide SILVA（Universidade Federal doParaná），Leticia REBOLLO COUTO（Fed Univ Rio de Janeiro），Oliver NIEBUHR（University of Southern Denmark），Joao DE MORAES（Fed Univ Rio de Janeiro）

C7
14:20 − 14:50
C8
14:55 − 15:25

The phonetic characteristics of word-medial aspirated consonants in Mongolian
Naoki UETA（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）
Comparison of Japanese language teachers providing systematic/unsystematic
pronunciation instruction
Luolin LIU（The University of Tokyo）◇ Participation FeePayment must be made via Peatix (https://psj2024.peatix.com). Payment by cash is not accepted.
 Students (undergraduate/graduate): ¥1,000
 PSJ members: ¥3,000
 PSJ non-members (except students): ¥6,000※ Students of undergraduate and graduate schools must send an image of their student ID by email attachment
on the day of the payment. (We promise to delete the image once confirmation is made.)
Email: psj2023k@gmail.com※ The Special Lecture (online) scheduled on September 29 will be open to all for free. If you wish toparticipate, please register via Peatix.
◇ Proceedings
Proceedings are published electronically and will be made available on PSJ MyPage prior to the meeting.
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Please download/print out as necessary.

◇ Membership Registration
If you wish to become a member, please refer to the following webpage: http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/membership◇ Conference Party
A conference party will be held from 18:00 on Saturday, September 28 at Cafeteria (Seikyo). If you wish toparticipate, please pay the participation fee (¥6,000; ¥3,000 for student members) via Peatix.
◇ LunchUniversity cafeteria (Seikyo) will be open on Saturday, September 28. Please bring your own lunch onSeptember 29. You can find convenience stores (Lawson) around the university and Aeon Style near Tobu
Nerima Station.
◇ Nursery
With the cooperation of our host, a nursery will be available during the conference. Please make reservations
if you plan to use the nursery. Details will be available on the PSJ website.
◇ Accessibility
PSJ is ready to financially support those who wish to use special modes of communication (e.g., sign language
interpreter, communication through writing). Please contact the PSJ Office via e-mail (psjpost@bunken.co.jp)
by Friday, August 30.
◇ Exhibitions
There will be exhibitions of books and acoustical instruments on September 28 and 29.
◇ Planning Committee
Takuya KIMURA (Chair), Haruka TAKEUCHI (Vice Chair), Seunghun LEE, Takako IGETA, Miki IKOMA, Yoko
UCHIDA, Takayuki KAGOMIYA, Shigeto KAWAHARA, Junko SUGIMOTO, Miyuki TAKASAWA, Yasunori
TAKAHASHI, Kyoko TAKEUCHI, Hiroaki HATANO, Ryoko HAYASHI, Seiya FUNATSU, Toshio MATSUURA,Makiko MATSUDA, Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Rei YASUDA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO◇ General Affairs Committee
Ayako SHIROSE (Chair), Yasuyo MINAGAWA (Vice Chair), Naoki UEDA, Yukio KIGAWA, Yoko SAKAMOTO,Tatsuya HIRAKO, Shu HIRATA, Harumi MITSUI, Natsuya YOSHIDA

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◇ Access to the Venue
https://www.daito.ac.jp/access/itabashi.html
Saturday, September 28: School buses are available from Daito Bunka Kaikan in front of Tobu Nerima
Station (East Exit).

Sunday, September 29: School buses do not run on Sundays. Choose one of the options below.
 A bus ride from Tobu Nerima Station, Narimasu Station, or Akabane Station
 A 10-minute walk from Nishidai Station (West Exit), Toei Mita Line Around 25-minute walk from Tobu Nerima Station

Train → Bus Information
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From Tobu Nerima Station (Daito Bunka University), North Exit
Take the bus for Ukima Funado Station and get off at Takashima Roku-no Hashi.

From Narimasu Station, North Exit
Take the bus for Akabane Station (West Exit) and get off at Daito Bunka University.

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From Akabane Station, West Exit
Take the bus for Narimasu Station (North Exit) and get off at Daito Bunka University(approximately 20 minutes).
Map around
Itabashi Campus
Toei Mita Line
Nishidai Station

Daito Bunka Univ.
Itabashi Campus

Tobu Tojo LineTobu Nerima Station

AEON ItabashiShopping Center

School Bus StopLawson

Tobu Tojo Line
Tobu Nerima Station7◇ Campus Map
Walk straight from the Main Gate and you will find Building 3 in front. Conference venue is the right wing of
the first floor of Building 3.

Building 3

Building 2
Building 1

Main Gate

The rooms used for the conference can be found in the right wing of the first floor of Building 3 (the area
marked in green in the map below). Please note that Room 3-0106/7 will be used for the university’s intensive
course on 9/29 from 9:00 to 17:00.

※The next (39th) General Meeting (2025) is planned to be held at Kobe University.

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