The Thirty-Third General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
Organizer: The Phonetic Society of Japan
Venue: Seisen University
3-16-21 Higashi Gotanda, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, 141-8642, Japan（https://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/access/index.php）
General chair: Takuya KIMURA (Seisen University）

Day 1: Saturday, September 28
Venue: Seisen University, Building No.1
12:00~

Registration

13:00~14:00

Conference Opening (Building No.1, Room140)
Kikuo MAEKAWA (PSJ President)
Takahiro SAEKI (President, Seisen University)
General AssemblyAwarding Ceremony (Outstanding Article Award, Outstanding Presentation Award,Academic Research Incentive Award)

14:00~15:30

Keynote speech (Building No.1, Room140）
Satoshi IMAIZUMI (University of Tokyo Health Sciences)
Speech as a cross-section of brain functions

15:30~15:45

Break

15:45~17:45

Open Symposium (Building No.1, Room140）
Teaching English pronunciation in Japanese elementary schools: looking ahead to the newpolicy of English education at earlier grades and as a compulsory subject

18:00~20:00

Banquet (Building No.2, Rafaela Hall)Day 2: Sunday, September 29
Venue: Seisen University, Building No.1
9:30~

Registration (attendees of Day 2 only)

10:00~11:55

Oral presentation (3rd Floor, Room131-133)

11:55~13:30

Break

13:30~14:45

Oral presentation (3rd Floor, Room131-133)

14:50~16:10

Poster presentation (4th floor, Room143)

16:15~17:40

Oral presentation (3rd Floor, Room131-133)

17:40

Closing-1-Open symposium
Saturday, September 28,

15:45-17:45 (Building No.1, Room140)

Teaching English pronunciation in Japanese elementary schools: looking ahead to the new policy of English
education at earlier grades and as a compulsory subject
Overview of English education in Japanese elementary schools: its development and current issues
related to teaching pronunciation
Akiyo JOTO (Prefectural University of Hiroshima)
Teaching pronunciation at the beginning stages of English learning
Yuri NISHIO (Meijo University)
The present situation, issues, and a perspective on English education of elementary schools: focusing
on learning and teaching pronunciation
Chisato MATANO (Momoyama Elementary School Attached to Kyoto University of Education)
How to teach and evaluate English pronunciation in elementary schools
Yutaka YAMAUCHI (Soka University)-2-Research Presentation Program (September 29)※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

10:00-11:55／13:30-14:45／16:15-17:30

Session A (Building No.1 Room131)
Chair: Junichi AZUMA,Tomoko YAMAMOTO
A1 （10:00~10:35）

Duration of English Foot by Native Speakers of Japanese
Takayuki KONISHI (Waseda University)，Mariko Kondo (Waseda University)

A2 （10:40~11:15）

Japanese listeners’ perception of English fricatives /f/ and /h/ in the environment
where the sounds are neutralized in Japanese ― An investigation with cross-splicingof the fricatives with following vowels
Makiko AOYAGI (Dokkyo University)，Yue WANG (Simon Fraser University)

A3 （11:20~11:55）

Acquiring jaw movement patterns in a second language: Some lexical factors
Ian L. Wilson (University of Aizu)，Donna Erickson (Haskins Laboratories)，
Shigeto KAWAHARA (Keio University) ， Tomoko MONOU (InternationalChristian University）（Break）
Chair: Takehiko MAKINO, Nobuaki MINEMATSU
A4 （13:30~14:05）

Physical and psychological evaluation for simultaneous English utterances withmultiple people
Sayoko TAKANO (Kanazawa Institute of Technology）

A5 （14:10~14:45）

Application of TTS Technology to Teaching of English as a Second Language
Junichi AZUMA（Kobe Gakuin University）（Poster Session）
A6 （16:15~16:50）

Chair: Kyoko TAKEUCHI, Miki IKOMA
Speech Rhythm Abnormality in Japanese: Comparative Analysis of Dysarthria andNormal Utterance
Fumie NAMBA (Kawasaki University of Medical Welfare)A7 （16:55~17:30）

Error analysis of English segments produced by Japanese hard-of-hearing children:
Focusing on fricatives and affricates
Hiromi KAWAI (Kanda University of International Studies)，
Yoshiki TAKAYAMA (Tokyo Gakugei University)

Session B（Building No.1 Room132）
Chair: Takayuki KAGOMIYA, Kumi KANAMURA
B1 （10:00~10:35）

Can Vietnamese tone diacritics be applied to Japanese accent notation?
Hoai Nnh Doan Le (Nanzan University)

B2 （10:40~11:15）

Listening perception about Japanese voiced and voiceless consonant of Taiwan Min
Nan Dialects speakers
Zhengzheng Sun (Kokugakuin University)-3-B3 （11:20~11:55）

Effects of preceding consonants and kanji sounds on the production confusion ofJapanese vowels / a / and / e / -Focusing on Chinese Northeast North LearnersHui Li (Tokyo Metropolitan University)（Break）
Chair: Makoto KUNO, Haruka TAKEUCHI
B4 （13:30~14:05）

Accents of Compound Verbs of Some Dialects Near to Izuta Shrine, Kochi
Prefecture
Rintaro TAKAYAMA (Saitama Gakuen University)

B5 （14:10~14:45） The accentual distinction between atonic and oxytonic nouns in Gifu-ken Masita-gun
dialect
Rei FUKUI (The University of Tokyo)（Poster Session）
Chair: Mariko KUNO, Hiroaki HATANO
B6 （16:15~16:50）

Sound symbolism and PreCure names
Shigeto KAWAHARA (Keio University)

B7 （16:55~17:30） Articulation of the Japanese /r/: Observation by means of the real-time MRI database
Kikuo MAEKAWA (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)

Session C（Building No.1 Room133）
Chair: Shinichi TANAKA, Michinao MATSUI
C1 （10:00~10:35）

Vowel length contrast in Drenjongke
Seunghun Lee (International Christian University，University of Venda)，
Céleste Guillemot (Daito Bunka University，International Christian University)，
Audrey H Lai (International Christian University)，
Honoka ASAI (International Christian University)，
Kotone SATO (International Christian University)

C2 （10:40~11:15）

Perception of a non-salient place contrast in Tshivenda by Xitsonga speakers
Michinori SUZUKI (International Christian University)，
Seunghun Lee (International Christian University，University of Venda）

C3 （11:20~11:55）

Perception of Russian Voiceless Coronal Obstruents by Japanese Native Speakers
Anatolii Vakhromeev (Sophia University）（Break）
Chair: Yasunori TAKAHASH, Chunyue ZHU
C4 （13:30~14:05）

Short vowel + dorsal coda"" rhyme in Northern Vietnamese
Sho YAMAOKA (Kyoto University，JSPS）

C5 （14:10~14:45）

Chinese Intonation in Large Texts: Based on Sentence Type
Takuya HATTORI (Graduate School of Osaka University）（Poster Session）
Chair: Chieko NAKAGAWA, Kyosuke TAGAWA
C6 （16:15~16:50）

Perception of intervocalic stop consonants in Seoul Korean
Hi-Gyung BYUN (Akita International University）-4-C7 （16:55~17:30）

A new parameter in the Seoul dialect of Korean
Akiko YAMAZAKI (Waseda University）

Poster Presentations

14:50-16:10（Building No.1, Room143）

Chair: Seiya FUNATSU, Ryoko HAYASHIP01 An examination of downtrends in Japanese prosody: Comparing Tokyo dialect and Akita dialect
Megumi KIMOTO (Graduate School of Kobe University)，
Aaron L. ALBIN (Kobe University)，Ryoko HAYASHI (Kobe University)
P02 Production of Japanese noun accent by Vietnamese learners
Thihuyentrang Nguyen (Osaka University）
P03 Sound symbolism and syllable structure: A case study of baby diaper names in Japanese
Gakuji KUMAGAI (Meikai University)，
Shigeto Kawahara (Keio University)
P04 An Analysis Based on Listening of Burmese Japanese Learner’s [tsɯ] and [sɯ] sounds
Youjin Kim (University of Tokyo)，
Ayumi MARUSHIMA (Osaka University of Economics and Law)
P05 Acoustic Features of Vowels Spoken by a Voice Actress Playing Female and Male Roles
Ayumi MARUSHIMA (Osaka University of Economics and Law)
P06

Assimilative Effects between Adjacent Segments in Perceiving Phonological Length in Japanese:
Influence of Experimental Design
Shoji ISHIBASHI (Fukuoka University)，Hajime TAKEYASU (Fukuoka University)

P07

Analysis of English pronunciation acquisition and effect measurement of pronunciation training:
Acquisition of English by junior high school English teachers and college students in the teacher
training course
Michiko SUDO (Juntendo University)，
Takayuki KAGOMIYA (National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)，
Tomoko HORI (Juntendo University)

P08 Creating some tools for a phonetics textbook
Kyoko TAKEUCHI (Kokugakuin University)，Takuya KIMURA (Seisen University）
P09 What factors determine the production of “roundedness”? An experiment to produce [i/y] with a tubeconnected model of the vocal tract and to perceive that soundChunyue ZHU (Kobe University)，Qi WU (Kobe University)
P10 Nasal plosion in Nogaku singing: its acoustic and articulatory characteristics
Kenji YOSHIDA (Japan Women's University)，
Kiyoe SAKAMOTO (Japan Women's University)
P11 The perception of L2 Japanese pitch accent by L1-Mandarin learners: Effects of word length and accent
type
Ruilai Wang (Nanjing Normal University)，Ryoko HAYASHI (Kobe University)，
Kazuhiro ISOMURA (The Japan Foundation)，Jun ARAI (The Japan Foundation
Center for Cultural Exchange in Vietnam)-5-

P12 A database for the study of Mongolian accent and its application for the study of syllable structure
Rong Yu (Inner Mongolia University，National Institute for Japanese Language andLinguistics)，Kenya NISHIKAWA (National Institute for Japanese Language andLinguistics)，Kikuo MAEKAWA (National Institute for Japanese Language andLinguistics)
P13 Neglected aspects of mora timing
Takashi OOTAKE (E-Listening Laboratory)◇Participation fee
Please pay at the registration desk and receive the proceedings booklet. Participation fee is 1000 yen forstudents (undergraduate/graduate), 3000 yen for members, and 6000 yen for non-members except students.
Students of undergraduate and graduate schools must show their student ID at registration.
※The workshop and public lectures are open to all.

◇Proceedings
Proceedings in USB and hardcopy formats are not available. Proceedings will be made public on PSJ
MyPage prior to the meeting. Please download /print out as necessary.

◇Membership registration
If you wish to become a member, please register at the registration booth. The PSJ Administrative Officewill contact you soon.
◇PartyThe party will be held on Day 1 (Saturday, September 28, 6:00pm) at the Rafaela Hall (1st basement
floor, Building No.2). Registered attendees’ fee is 6000 yen (3000 yen for student members).
◇LunchThe venue will not provide lunches. There are restaurants and convenience stores around the campus.
◇Nursery room
The nursery room is available during the convention with the cooperation of the venue. Participants withsmall children are encouraged to use this system. The nursery room is free of charge, but reservation isnecessary. Please see the following website for details.

◇Sign language translation
PSJ will partially cover the cost for those in need of sign language translation and note-taking. Please senda message to PSJ Administrative Office(psj-post@bunken.co.jp)by Monday, August 26st, 2019. Details will
be provided individually.

-6-◇Convention administration committee
Takuya KIMURA(Chair)，Takayuki KAGOMIYA，Miki IKOMA，Haruka TAKEUCHI，Chieko
NAKAGAWA，Seiya FUNATSU，Takehiko MAKINO◇General Affairs Committee
Yasuyo MINAGAWA(Chair)，Takayuki KAGOMIYA，A Rongna，Hiroaki HATANO，Shu HIRATA，Harumi MITSUI，Kenji YOSHIDA◇Planning Committee
Ryoko HAYASHI(Chair)，Seiya FUNATSU(Vice-Chair)，Junichi AZUMA，Miki IKOMA，Kazuhiro ISOMURA，Takayuki KAGOMIYA，Kawahara SHIGETO，Makoto KUNO，Mariko KUNO，Takuya KIMURA，Chunyue ZHU，Yasunori TAKAHASHI，Kyoko TAKEUCHI，Haruka TAKEUCHI，Shinichi TANAKA，Chieko NAKAGAWA，Hiroaki HATANO，Takehiko MAKINO，Makiko MATSUDA，Nobuaki MINEMATSU，Tomoko YAMAMOTO◇Access to Venue (Seisen University on both days)
Seisen is about a 10 minute walk from the Gotanda, Osaki, and Takanawadai Stations, and a 20 minute
walk from Shinagawa Station.
https://www.seisen-u.ac.jp/access/index.php
Access Map-7-

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