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

Saturday, September 16 − Sunday, September 17

Host:

The Phonetic Society of Japan

Venue:

Hokusei Gakuen University
2-3-1, Ohyachi-Nishi, Atsubetsu-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido 004-8631(https://www.hokusei.ac.jp/access/)

Organizer:

Toshio Matsuura (Hokusei Gakuen University)

Day 1: Saturday, September 16
Venue

C700, A703, A705

12:30 −

Registration (Building C, 7th floor)
Greetings by Isao UEDA (PSJ President)

13:00 − 14:00

General AssemblyAwarding Ceremony

14:00 − 14:15

Break

14:15 − 16:15Workshops（C700, A703, A705）

16:15 − 16:30

BreakSpecial Lecture (Remote Presentation) (C700)
Talk: Carlos GUSSENHOVEN (Radboud University Nijmegen)

16:30 − 17:30“Form and meaning in paralanguage: Interrogative intonation in two varieties of Chinese”※Both PSJ members and non-members are welcome to participate for free. The special lecture is
supported by 2023 JSPS KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research.

Day 2: Sunday, September 17
Venue

C700, A703, A705, C702

9:30 −Registration (Building C, 7th floor)

10:00 − 12:25

Research Presentations（Oral: C700, A703, A705）

12:25 − 13:30

Break

13:30 − 14:30

Research Presentations（Poster: C702）

14:30 − 14:50

Break

14:50 − 16:30

Research Presentations（Oral: C700, A703, A705）

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Workshop Program (Day 1, September 16) 14:15 − 16:15

Fluency and disfluency in language disorders
Venue A

Ryoko HAYASHI (Kobe University)

C700

Naomi SAKAI (National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities), Fumie
NAMBA (Okayama Central Hospital, Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare),Naohisa FURUTA (Minamino Hospital)

Acoustics for speech communication
Kyoko TAKEUCHI (Juntendo University)
Venue BNaofumi AOKI (Hokkaido University), Takayuki ARAI (Sophia University), Keiichi

A703

YASU (Tsukuba University of Technology), Hideaki SEKI (Chiba Institute ofTechnology), Wakana HATA (Kitasato University), Keiko SUZUKI (KitasatoUniversity)

Regularity and naturalness in sound change: Prospects for historical phonology
Venue C

Tatsuya HIRAKO (Nanzan University)

A705

Tomoaki TAKAYAMA (Kanazawa University), Alvah Adam CATT (KyotoUniversity), Takeshi HAMADA (Kobe City University of Foreign Studies), Aleksandra
JAROSZ (Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń)2

Research Presentation Program (Day 2, September 17)※Underlined presenters are eligible for Outstanding Presentation Award. Winners and the dates for theawarding ceremony will be announced on the PSJ website after the General Meeting. Winners will benotified via e-mail.

※Chairs and presenters marked by * will be attending online.

Oral Presentations: 10:00 − 11:05, 11:20 − 12:25, 14:50 − 16:30
Venue A（C700）

Chairs: Yasunori TAKAHASHI，Shinichi TANAKA
A1
10:00 − 10:30

Acoustic and articulatory analysis of vowels preceding /ɴ/ in Japanese by Chinese
learners
Jing SUN,Ryoko HAYASHI（Kobe University Graduate School）

The roles of VOT and f0 in identifying voicing contrasts of Japanese word-initial
A2
10:35 − 11:05

plosives: A comparative analysis of Japanese and Mandarin native speakers*Yixuan HUANG（Waseda University Graduate School），Mariko KONDO（Waseda University）
Chairs: Takako IGETA，Ryoko HAYASHI
Top-down effects of lexical pitch accent on categorization of geminate obstruents inA3
11:20 − 11:50

Japanese
Terumichi ARIGA, Risa MATSUBARA （ The University of Tokyo, GraduateSchool）
On the sense of incongruity when perceiving accent deviations from standard Japanese

A4
11:55 − 12:25

language (2)Heesun HAN （ Osaka Shoin Women’s University ）， Koji NAMBA （ OsakaUniversity），Xi CHEN（Hokuyo University）
Chairs: Kyoko TAKEUCHI, *Rei YASUDA

A5
14:50 − 15:20

Analysis of laughter patterns and acoustic features in free conversation
Kexin WANG（Graduate School of Kobe University, ATR），
Carlos Toshinori ISHI（ATR, RIKEN），Ryoko HAYASHI（Kobe University）
A study of vocal training methods using the height of the corners of the mouth as an

A6
15:25 − 15:55

indicator
Ikumi SHITARA（Konan University Graduate School），Nao YASUDA,Tatsuya KITAMURA（Konan University），Touko MAKINO, Noriko YAMANE（Hiroshima University）
Verification of the effectiveness of Japanese speech education: Case study ofA7
16:00 − 16:30

announcement school*Mariko KAMOI, Hideho NUMATA（Graduate School of Management, KagawaUniversity）
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Venue B（A703）

Chairs: Shigeto KAWAHARA，*Hiroaki HATANO
B1
10:00 − 10:30
B2
10:35 − 11:05

On the rhythms of Meiji shoka translated from English
Noriko HATTORI（Mie University）
Evaluation of the phonetic balance of the Harvard-NGSL sentences
Kakeru YAZAWA（University of Tsukuba）
Chairs: Makiko MATSUDA，Haruka TAKEUCHI

B3
11:20 − 11:50
B411:55 − 12:25

Gemination and phonological interpretation of glottalized consonants in the Yonaguni
RyukyuanKohei NAKAZAWA（Shinshu University）
A discussion about characteristic accentuation in Hokkaido dialect
Hirokazu SATO（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies），
Akiko YAMAZAKI（Waseda University）
Chairs: Seunghun LEE, *Miki IKOMA
Automatic measurement of lexical stress in spontaneous L2 English speech of French

B5
14:50 − 15:20

learners
Sylvain COULANGE （ Doshisha University Graduate School, Grenoble Alpes
University Graduate School），Tsuneo KATO（Doshisha University），Monica MASPERI, Solange ROSSATO（Grenoble Alpes University）

B6
15:25 − 15:55

Complementary roles of acoustic cues: a database study of voicing contrast in Hirosaki
Japanese
Michinori SUZUKI（International Christian University Graduate School）

Venue C（A705）

Chairs: Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Junko SUGIMOTO
C1
10:00 − 10:30

Phonemic and syllabic unit exercises for vocabulary learning
Katsumi NAGAI（Kagawa University）
On the realization of three levels of stress in learners’ English pronunciation: Focusing

C2
10:35 − 11:05

on pitch
Mafuyu KITAHARA（Sophia University），Keiichi TAJIMA（Hosei University）
Kiyoko YONEYAMA（Daito Bunka University）

4Chairs: Yoko UCHIDA，*Tomoko YAMAMOTO
Analysis of prosodic features and distinctiveness of emotion in L2 learners’ expressive
storytelling
C3

Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Chihiro SHODA, Yingxiang GAO（Graduate School of

11:20 − 11:50

Engineering, The University of Tokyo ）， Noriko NAKANISHI （ Kobe GakuinUniversity），Daisuke Saito（Graduate School of Engineering, The University ofTokyo）

C4

Visualising fluency: English interviews of Japanese students

11:55 − 12:25

Francesco CANGEMI（University of Cologne）
Chairs: Takuya KIMURA，*Miyuki TAKASAWA
Perception of Vietnamese nasal consonants by Japanese learners of Vietnamese

C5
14:50 − 15:20
C6*Trang Thi Huyen LE（Waseda University Graduate School），Mariko KONDO（Waseda University）
Perception of Mongolian /r/ and /l/ by Japanese

15:25 − 15:55*Rongna A, Naoto YAMANE, Reiko MAZUKA（Waseda University, RIKEN）

Poster Presentations: 13:30 − 14:30
Poster Venue（C703）

Chairs: Seiya FUNATSU, Kiyoko YONEYAMA
Comprehensibility of Maritime English terms pronounced by Japanese deck cadets
P1

Yoko UCHIDA（Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology），Junko SUGIMOTO（University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo）
Asymmetry response to mismatched stimuli of devoicing vowels: An eye tracking study

P2

Natsuya YOSHIDA （ Tokyo Gakugei University, Sophia University ）， Mafuyu
KITAHARA（Sophia University），Ayako SHIROSE（Tokyo Gakugei University）

P3
P4

The study of Japanese final particles by constructing the database of TV drama dialogues
Sousou OU, Miharu FUYUNO（Kyushu University Graduate School）
Characteristics of Japanese accent and vowel length by Chinese speakers
Michiyo KURIHARA（Kokushikan University）
Comparison between the machine phonetic transcriber of Allosaurus and an expert
phonetician

P5

Haitong SUN，Yingxiang GAO（The University of Tokyo Graduate School），Nobuaki
MINEMATSU（The University of Tokyo），Takehiko MAKINO（Chuo University），Noriko NAKANISHI（Kobe Gakuin University）

P6
P7

Burmese tonal variations in dialogues of a language textbook
Hiroko DATE，Kenji OKANO，Hlaing THUZAR（Tokyo University of Foreign Studies）
Tonal change of northern Vietnamese: based on the generation difference
Sho YAMAOKA（Osaka University, JSPS）
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Participation Fee

Payment must be made via Peatix (http://ptix.at/R76AG3). 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 16 will be open to all for free.
Proceedings

Proceedings are published electronically. We do not distribute Proceedings in USB or hardcopy formats.
Proceedings will be made available on PSJ MyPage prior to the meeting. 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PartyThere will be no party at this meeting to prevent the spread of infection.
LunchThe venue will not provide lunches, and the shops and cafeterias on campus will be closed during weekends. Pleasebring your own lunch. The following shops can be found nearby: Family Mart (5-minute walk), Capo Oyachi,Lawson (10-minute walk).
Exhibitions

There will be exhibitions of books and acoustical instruments on both days.
Planning Committee

Takuya KIMURA (Chair), Haruka TAKEUCHI (Vice Chair), Seiya FUNATSU, Hiroaki HATANO, Ryoko
HAYASHI, Takako IGETA, Miki IKOMA, Takayuki KAGOMIYA, Shigeto KAWAHARA, Seunghun LEE,Makiko MATSUDA, Toshio MATSUURA, Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Junko SUGIMOTO, Yasunori TAKAHASHI,Miyuki TAKASAWA, Kyoko TAKEUCHI, Yoko UCHIDA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO, Rei YASUDA
General Affairs Committee

Ayako SHIROSE (Chair), Yasuyo MINAGAWA (Vice Chair), Tatsuya HIRAKO, Shu HIRATA, Yukio KIGAWA,Harumi MITSUI, Yoko SAKAMOTO, Naoki UEDA, Natsuya YOSHIDA6Access to the Venue

From New Chitose Airport:
By bus (2 buses/hour; approximately 40 minutes; ¥1,000; can be paid by transportation cards)
Take the bus for Oyachi and get off at Oyachi (the last stop).
https://www.chuo-bus.co.jp/airport/index.cgi?ope=sap_pole&trjc=2129&trjs=29
By Train (4 trains/hour; approximately 40 minutes; ¥1,090; can be paid by transportation cards)
Take the JR train and get off at Shinsapporo Station. Transfer to the Tozai Subway Line and get off at Oyachi
Station.
If you are staying near Sapporo Station, Odori Station, Susukino Station:
From Odori Station, take the Tozai Line (bound for Shinsapporo), and get off at Oyachi Station.
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From Oyachi Subway Station※

From Exit 1, turn right and walk along the cycling road. You will find the north gate on your left.

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Approximately 10-minute walk (5 minutes each from the station to the north gate and from the north gate toBuilding C) https://www.hokusei.ac.jp/access/
Hokusei Gakuen
北星学園大学
UniversityVenue
会場

Main
正門
Gate

キャCapoポ大谷地
Oyachi（ スーパー等）

Highway
高速道路North
北門
Gate
OyachiShrine
大谷地神社

サイク リ ン グロードCyclingroadロ ーソ ンLawson
大谷地駅1Oyachi Station番出口Exit 17Family

ファミ リ ーMartマートCampus Map※

Walk along the Covered Walk from the north gate, turn left, and you will find the entrance to Buildings Aand C.

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Take the elevator to the 7th floor where registration desk and venues are located.

VenueNorthGate

Covered Walk

The next (38th) General Meeting (2024) is planned to be held at Daito Bunka University.

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