The Thirty-Sixth General Meeting of the Phonetic Society of Japan
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Saturday, September 24 - Sunday, September 25
The Phonetic Society of Japan
Kobe Gakuin University Port Island Campus 1
1-1-3 Minatojima, Chuo Ward, Kobe, Hyogo 650-8586(https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/access/portisland.html)
Junichi Azuma (Kobe Gakuin University)

Day 1: Saturday, September 24
Venue

Building D, 2nd Floor: Lecture Room D201

12:30-

Registration

13:00-14:00

Greetings by Isao UEDA (PSJ President)
Greetings by Kosuke TANAKA (Vice President, Host University)
General AssemblyAwarding Ceremony

14:00-14:10

Break

14:10-15:40

Special Lecture 1 (Co-hosted by The United Associations ofLanguage Studies)
Talk: Kikuo MAEKAWA(National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics)
The to-be articulatory phonetics

15:40-16:00

Break

16:00-17:30

Special Lecture 2 (Remote Presentation)
Talk: Ho-Young LEE (Seoul National University)
Saving dying tongues with phonetic knowledge

Day 2: Sunday, September 25
Venue

Building D, 2nd Floor: Lecture Rooms D217, D213, D212,
Hallway

9:30-Registration

10:00-12:25

Research Presentation (Oral; D217, D213, D212)

12:25-13:30

Break13:30-14:30

Research Presentation (Poster; Hallway)

14:30-14:50

Break14:50-16:30

Research Presentation (Oral; D217, D213, D212)

Research Presentation Program (Day 1, September 24)※Underlined presenters are eligible for Outstanding Presentation Award. Winners andthe dates for the awarding ceremony will be announced on the PSJ website after theGeneral Meeting. Winners will be notified via e-mail.
Oral Presentations 10:00-11:05/11:20-12:25/14:50-16:30
Venue A (Lecture Room D217)
Chair: Rei YASUDA, Tomohiko OOIGAWA
A1
Accentedness in sound symbolism: A case study of Japanese baby
10:00-10:30 diaper names
Gakuji KUMAGAI (Kansai University), Shigeto KAWAHARA(Keio University)
A2
Intonation of sentences with an adverbial NPI varying in accent
10:35-11:05 patterns
Seunghun J. LEE (International Christian University, Universityof Venda), Rina FURUSAWA, Rin TSUJITA, Le Xuan CHAN
(International Christian University)
Chair: Hiroaki HATANO, Seiya FUNATSU
A3Regional diversity in accentual variation of unaccented “nagara”
11:20-11:50 clauses
Akio NASU, Mizuho IMADA, Michimasa KANNO (Universityof Tsukuba)
A4
Propositional Classification of Japanese Negative Questions by
11:55-12:25 Machine Learning for Accurate MT
Taiki FUJIMURA (Kyushu University Graduate School), Riichi
YOSHIMURA, Miharu FUYUNO (Kyushu University)
Chair: Shigeto KAWAHARA, Toshio MATSUURA
A5An Acoustic-Phonetic Analysis of Japanese Male Cross-Dresser and14:50-15:20 Japanese MTF (Male to Female)Yuho HAMAOKA (Daito Bunka University Graduate School)
A6
The Relationship between Vowel Devoicing and Pitch
15:25-15:55
Naoki UETA (Hokuyo University)
A7
Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Scene-specific Vowel System Changes
16:00-16:30 among Female University StudentsKouji SAITOU (Ferris University)Oral Presentations 10:35-11:05/11:20-12:25/14:50-16:30
Venue B (Lecture Room D213)
Chair: Makiko MATSUDA, Haruka TAKEUCHI
B2
Preliminary account of the diachrony of so-called Yamada’s law of
10:35-11:05 compound verbs
Nozomi KODAMA (Kumamoto University)
B3
Deaccentuation by the sentence final particle ga and the Prosodic unit
11:20-11:50 in the Kochi dialects
Kohei NAKAZAWA (Shinshu University)
B4
The production and perception of surname accents
11:55-12:25
Kenji YOSHIDA (Aichi Shukutoku University), Kaho
SUGAWARA (Aichi Prefectural Education Planning Division)
Chair: Nobuaki MINEMATSU, Takayuki KAGOMIYA
B5
Does Final Lengthening Exist in Japanese Speech?
14:50-15:20
Junichi AZUMA (Kobe Gakuin University)
B6
Sound Symbolism of Consonants in Japanese Onomatopoeia Words
15:25-15:55
Yeonjoo KWON (Kobe University)
B7
Phonetic Cues in the Production of Voicing Contrast in Tohoku and
16:00-16:30 Tokyo Japanese: A database study
Michinori SUZUKI (International Christian University Graduate
School), Seunghun J. LEE (International Christian University,University of Venda)

Oral Presentations 10:00-11:05/11:20-12:25/14:50-16:30
Venue C (Lecture Room D212)
Chair: Junko SUGIMOTO, Takuya KIMURA
C1
Automatic visualization and scoring of L2 prosody produced by
10:00-10:30 English learners and their effects
Nobuaki MINEMATSU (The University of Tokyo), Noriko
NAKANISHI (Kobe Gakuin University), Yingxiang GAO, Jaehyun
CHOI, Yusuke SHOZUI (The University of Tokyo, Graduate Schoolof Engineering)
C2
Nativeness ratings of Japanese accented vowels of English: A multi10:35-11:05 task comparison
Ruben PEREZ RAMON, Mariko KONDO (Waseda University)

Chair: Yoko UCHIDA, Ryoko HAYASHI
C3
A sociolinguistic study on Welsh English intonation: The frequency
11:20-11:50 and the range of pitch movement
Marina ARASHIRO (Meiji University)
C4
Acoustic analysis of English vowel reduction by Japanese college
11:55-12:25 students
Kiyoko YONEYAMA (Daito Bunka University), Mafuyu
KITAHARA (Sophia University), Keiichi TAJIMA (Hosei University)
Chair: Yasunori TAKAHASHI, Takako IGETA
C5
Effects of Semivowel on perception of Long and Short Vowels by
14:50-15:20 Taiwanese Learners of Japanese
Hsinyi HUNG (National Kaohsiung University of Science andTechnology)
C6
Phonetics for “Acoustics” in speech therapist course
15:25-15:55
Kyoko TAKEUCHI (Juntendo University)
C7
Verification of the Effectiveness of Japanese Speech Education – Case
16:00-16:30 Study of Announcement School
Mariko KAMOI (Kagawa University, Graduate School ofManagement)

Poster Presentations 13:30-14:30
Poster Venue (Building D 2nd Floor Hallway)
Chair: Kyoko TAKEUCHI, Seunghun LEE
P1Development of a learner-oriented Japanese pronunciation learning
tool
Hi-Gyung BYUN (Akita International University), Emi
YANAGISAWA (Meiji University)

P2

Comparation of continuous vowels and diphthong /-ai/ in Japanese andChinese: an MRI investigation
Chunyue ZHU, Qi WU (Kobe University), Xiaozhao ZHANG(NTTDATA (CHINA) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
CHANGCHUN BRANCH)P3

Phonetic Characteristics of Maritime English Terms Mispronouncedby Japanese Deck Cadets
Yoko UCHIDA (Tokyo University of Marine Science andTechnology), Junko SUGIMOTO (University of the Sacred Heart,Tokyo)

P4

Vowel production in Rakugo speech
Shigeto KAMANO, Chikau SAKAMOTO, Rin TSUJITA(International Christian University), Seunghun LEE (InternationalChristian University, University of Venda)

P5

How Do Learners of Japanese Recognize Emotions from the Voice in
Spontaneous Japanese Speech?
Ritsuko NAKABAYASHI (Aichi Shukutoku University)

P6

Prosodic Disambiguation of “9 ji 10 pun mae” by Professional
Broadcasters
Toko MAKINO, Noriko YAMANE (Hiroshima University)

P7

Research Trends in the Phonetic Society of Japan
Masako OKUBO (The University of Tokyo), Naoko
KINOSHITA (Waseda University), Eriko TAKAHASHI (NationalDefense Academy)♢ Participation fee

Please pay the participation fee onsite, at the registration desk. Participation fee is 1000
yen for students, 3000 yen for members, and 6000 yen for non-members (exceptstudents). Students of undergraduate and graduate schools must show their student ID atregistration.
※ Special Lecture 1 and Special Lecture 2 on Day 1 (September 24) will be open to all(without fee). The Special Lectures will be live streamed via Zoom (up to 300 viewers).
Zoom information will be posted on this page prior to the meeting.
♢ 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 themeeting. 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/jpn/membership♢ Party

There will be no party at this meeting, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus
infection.
♢ LunchThe venue will not provide lunches. Please bring your own.
♢ Support

For those in need of sign language interpretation or note-taking, the society provides
partial support of the fees. Please contact the PSJ secretariat (psj-post@bunken.co.jp) byFriday, September 2.
♢ Exhibition

There will be an exhibition of books and acoustical instruments on both days.
♢ Convention administration committee

Junichi AZUMA (Chair), Seiko YAMAMOTO, Takayuki KAGOMIYA, Takuya
KIMURA, Haruka TAKEUCHI, Ryoko HAYASHI, Seiya FUNATSU♢ General Affairs Committee

Ayako SHIROSE (Chair), Yasuyo MINAGAWA (Vice Chair), Tatsuya HIRAKO, Shu
HIRATA, Yukio KIGAWA, Harumi MITSUI, Yoko SAKAMOTO, Naoki UEDA,Natsuya YOSHIDA♢ 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, ReiYASUDA

♢ Access to the venue(Port Island Campus 1, Kobe Gakuin University on both days)

Train
JR Kobe-line ‘Sannomiya’ station,
Hankyū/Hanshin ‘Kobe-Sannomiya’ station,
Kobe Municipal Subway ‘Sannomiya’ station→ Portliner ‘Sannomiya’ station
From Sanyō-Shinkansen ‘Shin-Kobe’ station toKobe Municipal Subway ‘Sannomiya’ station→ Portliner ‘Sannomiya’ station

Getting off at the‘Minato-jima’ station→ 6-minute walk tothe west

Kobe airport → Portliner ‘Kobe-Airport’ station

Shuttle Bus
14 minute ride from the ‘Sannomiya Station’ stop to the ‘Pō-ai Campus’ station (pleaserefer to the following website for the bus schedule)
https://www.kobegakuin.ac.jp/files/access/sannomiya-portisland220401.pdf

♢ Campus MapShuttle bus terminal

Building D

Minato-jima station※The next (37th) General Meeting (2023) is planned to be held at Hokusei GakuenUniversity.