Orthographic Effects on the Perception and Production of Certain Japanese Phones by L2 Learners

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dc.contributor.advisorHenry, Nick
dc.contributor.authorHoldrich, August
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity Scholars.en_US
dc.contributor.schoolsUniversity Scholars.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-21T16:45:38Z
dc.date.available2018-05-21T16:45:38Z
dc.date.copyright2018
dc.date.issued2018-05-21
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this thesis is to test the influence of orthography on how second language (L2) learners of Japanese perceive and produce sounds absent from their native language English. The study tests whether Japanese L2 learners perceive and produce the Japanese phones /ɸ/ and /ç/ as closer to their transcription equivalents /f/ and /h/ than non-learners (those not learning Japanese in any capacity) do. The study uses a language (Japanese) where Roman orthography is not used frequently, testing the limits of L1 orthographic effects, as well as looking at the phonemic rather than the word level. It was found that orthography did not influence the perception of Japanese phones at the phonemic level, and that in general there are limits on orthographic effects in this scenario. But, instances of orthographic influence were found for the production of words, which indicates that auditory perception is likely being overridden by an orthographic effect, most likely in the lexical representation of a word.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/10274
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rightsBaylor University projects are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide accessen_US
dc.subjectSecond language acquisition.en_US
dc.subjectOrthography.en_US
dc.subjectJapanese.en_US
dc.subjectSpeech perception.en_US
dc.subjectPhonology.en_US
dc.titleOrthographic Effects on the Perception and Production of Certain Japanese Phones by L2 Learnersen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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