The Thirty- Fourth General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
Organizer: The Phonetic Society of JapanDue to COVID-19 pandemic, The 34th PSJ General Meeting will be held as an online
conference. Access information for the online sessions are available after registration.

Day 1: Saturday, September 26
Zoom online Session
12:30~

Zoom session open

13:00~14:00

Conference Opening (Zoom 1 session)
Opening remaks:
Kikuo MAEKAWA (PSJ President)
General AssemblyAwarding Ceremony (Outstanding Article Award, Outstanding Presentation Award,Academic Research Incentive Award)

14:00~15:30

Keynote speech (Zoom webinar session)
Reiko AKAHANE-YAMADA (ATR / ATR Learning Technology / Kobe University)
Foreign speech learning in Covid-19 Pandemic: Boosting online education withlaboratory research outcomes

15:30~15:40

Break

15:40~17:40

Open Symposium (Zoom webinar session)
Haptic, Kinematic, and Phonetic Education for English Pronunciation
Coordinator: Noriko YAMANE (Hiroshima University)

Day 2: Sunday, September 27
Zoom online session
9:30~

Zoom session open

10:00~12:00

Oral presentation (Zoom session 1, session 2, session 3)

12:00~13:20

Break

13:20~15:20

Oral presentation (Zoom session 1, session 2, session 3)

15:20~15:40

Break

15:40~17:00

Oral presentation (Zoom session 1, session 2, session 3)

17:10

Closing-1-

Open symposium
Saturday, September 26,

15:40-17:40 (Zoom webinar session)

Haptic, Kinematic, and Phonetic Education for English Pronunciation
Coordinator: Noriko YAMANE (Hiroshima University)
Introduction: Prosody and Body
Brian Teaman (Osaka Jogakuin University) and Noriko YAMANE (Hiroshima University)
Quantification of speech-gesture coupling by using a markerless motion capture system
Masahiro SHINYA (Hiroshima University)
Coordination dynamics of rhythmic vocalisation and whole-body movements
Kohei MIYATA and Kazutoshi KUDO (The University of Tokyo)
Application of haptic research to instruction in phonetics and classroom pronunciation teaching
William Acton (Trinity Western University), Yosuke YANASE (Kyoto University) and Hiroyuki
WATANABE (Labo Teaching Information Center)-2-

Research Presentation Program (September 27)※Underlined presenters are eligible presenters for Outstanding Presentation Award. Winners and thedates for the awarding ceremony will be announced on the PSJ website after the General Meeting. Winners
will be notified via e-mail.

Oral Presentations

10:00-12:00 / 13:20-15:20 / 15:40-17:00

Session A (Zoom session 1)
Chair: Takehiko MAKINO, Takayuki KAGOMIYA
A1 (10:00~10:40)

The Effect of English Rhythm Instruction Focusing on the Movement of the Mouth
Jun SAKAUE (Ritsumeikan University)

A2 (10:40~11:20)

Analyses on Instantaneous Perception of Japanese English by Listeners with
Various Language Profiles
Chuanbo ZHU, Zhenchao LIN, Nobuaki MINEMATSU (Graduate School ofEngineering, the University of Tokyo), Noriko NAKANISHI (Kobe GakuinUniversity）

A3 (11:20~12:00)

Prediction of fluency of L2 speech based on quantity of phonation and quality ofpronunciation
Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Yang Shen, Ayano YASUKAGAWA, Daisuke SAITO,(Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo), Kazuya SAITO(University College London)(Break)Chair: Junichi AZUMA, Tomoko YAMAMOTO
A4 (13:20~14:00)

Japanese Learners’ Pronunciation of English NURSE Vowel: Intelligibility andGoodness Rating
Junko SUGIMOTO, (University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo), Yoko UCHIDA(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)

A5 (14:00~14:40)

The learnability of phonetic spelling for all the 13 General American vowel
phoneme contrasts
Akitsugu NOGITA (The University of Aizu)

A6 (14:40~15:20)

Transferred lengthening of /ei/ and /ou/ in Japanese speakers’ English
Kakeru YAZAWA (Waseda University)(Break)Chair: Shigeto KAWAHARA, Kumi KANAMURA
A7 (15:40~16:20)

An articulatory investigation of medial in Hanoi Vietnamese
Sho YAMAOKA (Kyoto University, Japanese Society for the Promotion ofScience)

A8 (16:20~17:00)

Acoustics of vowel phonation in Burmese Mon
Seunghun J. LEE (International Christian University)-3-Session B (Zoom session 2)
Chair: Shinichi TANAKA, Kyoko TAKEUCHI
B1(10:00~10:40)

A Report on Catathesis in English
Kazuaki ICHIZAKI (Matsuyama University)

B2(10:40~11:20)

A re-examination of methods for calculating declination: The case of TokyoJapanese
Megumi KIMOTO (Graduate School of Kobe University), Aaron Lee ALBIN,Ryoko HAYASHI (Kobe University)

B3(11:20~12:00)

Prosodic characteristics of Japanese emotional speech: Focusing on f0, intensity,and duration
Saiko NAKASHIMA (Hosei University Graduate School), Keiichi TAJIMA(Hosei University)(Break)Chair: Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Seiya FUNATSU
B4(13:30~14:00)

Perception of single/geminate stops in Japanese: Exploring relational acousticinvariance
Shoji ISHIBASHI (Fukuoka University Graduate School)B5(14:00~14:40)

Gestural timing of geminates and formant transition on the preceding vowels inJapanese
Maho MORIMOTO (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics,),
Takayuki ARAI, Eri IWAGAMI (Sophia University), Masamichi SUMIDA(Sophia University Graduate School), Tatsuya KITAMURA (Konan University)

B6(14:40~15:20)

What's in a PreCure name? An experimental exploration
Shigeto KAWAHARA (Keio University)(Break)Chair: Makoto KUNO, Haruka TAKEUCHI
B7(15:40~16:20)

The pitch realization of 2-pattern accent systems in Kyushu: a case from Omura andAmakusa dialects
Kenji YOSHIDA (Waseda University)

B8(16:20~17:00)

Progressive/regressive vowel height assimilation in the Ikeji dialect of AmamiRyukyuan
Rihito SHIRATA (Shigakukan University), Hiromi SHIGENO (Hiroshima
University of Economics)-4-

Session C (Zoom session 3)
Chair: Chunyue ZHU, Hiroaki HATANO
C1(10:00~10:40)

Diachronic change in VOT of word-initial stops on Daegu Korean
Minjung SEO (The University of Tokyo)

C2(10:40~11:20)

Acoustic characteristics of word-initial stops in Kyungsang and Seoul dialects ofKorean
Akiko YAMAZAKI (Waseda University)C3(11:20~12:00)

Closure duration of Japanese and Cantonese with Nissho-on -p: Take the plosive as
an example
Wenjing LU (Tokyo Metropolitan University)(Break)Chair: Kazuhiro ISOMURA, Mariko KUNO
C4(13:30~14:00)

Perception of Mandarin Tones in Varying Voice Registers
Qi WU (Kobe University Graduate School, Kobe University), Zhu Chunyue(Kobe University)

C5(14:00~14:40)

Contribution of vowel devoicing in the distinction between “Seidaku” made by
Chinese Speakers
Zhengzheng SUN (Kokugakuin University Graduate School)

C6(14:40~15:20)

Training Mandarin Speakers to perceive Japanese special phonemes
Linshu ZHANG, Reiko AKAHANE-YAMADA (Advanced Telecommunications
Research Institute International)(Break)Chair: Makiko MATSUDA, Chieko NAKAGAWA
C7(15:40~16:20)

Production of Japanese bimoraic syllables by Korean speakers: Analysis of C-JAS
and I-JAS.
Dahye LEE (Kobe University Graduate School), Shinichi TANAKA (KobeUniversity)

C8(16:20~17:00)

The actual state of Japanese pronunciation training around the world
Shin ABE (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies), Kazuhiro ISOMURA (TheJapan Foundation), Ryoko HAYASHI (Kobe University)-5-◇Registration
Registration fees
PSJ members

3,000 JPY

Students (including PSJ student members and non-member students)

1,000 JPY

Non-members except students

6,000 JPY

※The open symposium and keynote speech are open to all.
Online registration:
For online registration, participants to the day 2 sessions must register through an online system:
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https://eventpay.jp/event_info/?shop_code=8919638980679679&EventCode=5712173991◇Proceedings
Proceedings will be published on website prior to the meeting. Access information for the online
proceedings can be available after registration. Please download /print out as necessary.

◇Membership registration
If you wish to become a PSJ member, please contact the PSJ office as described below URL:
http://www.psj.gr.jp/eng/membership◇Convention administration committee (PSJ Planning Committee)
General Chair and Co-Chairs: Ryoko HAYASHI (General Chair), Seiya FUNATSU (Vice-Chair),Takayuki KAGOMIYA, Yasunori TAKAHASHI
Program Committee: Shinichi TANAKA, Chunyue ZHUSecretary: Haruka TAKEUCHI, Kyoko TAKEUCHI
Online Program Organizing Committee: Makiko MATSUDA
Organization for Outstanding Presentation Award: Takehiko MAKINO, Seiya FUNATSU
Other Members of Organizing Committee: Junichi AZUMA, Miki IKOMA, Shigeto KAWAHARA,Makoto KUNO, Mariko KUNO, Takuya KIMURA, Chieko NAKAGAWA, Hiroaki HATANO,Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Tomoko YAMAMOTO-6-