Kimiko Tsukada
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 172864 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Kimiko Tsukada |
| NOMBRES | Kimiko |
| APELLIDO | Tsukada |
| FIRMA | TSUKADA K |
| AFILIACIONES | Macquarie University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6365-3322 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1998 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
The Perception of Japanese Consonant Length by Native Malay Speakers
The present study investigated how the consonant length contrast in Japanese (i.e., word-medial singletons vs. word-medial geminates) was perceived by native Malay speakers according to previous first language (L1) familiarity with such a contrast. The participants were Kedah Malay [KDM (-quantity)] and Kelantan Malay [KLM (+quantity)] speakers who differed in terms of their familiarity with quantity systems. That is, the KDM (-quantity) speakers…
Cross-linguistic transfer of acoustic cues
This study examined how three groups of Vietnamese learners of Japanese perceive Japanese vowel length, focusing on duration and pitch cues. Seventy-five Vietnamese participants across three proficiency levels (N1, N2, N3) and 10 native Japanese (NJ) speakers completed a two-alternative forced-choice identification task using /kado/ and /kaado/ stimuli varying in duration and F0. Results showed that Vietnamese learners primarily relied on duratio…
Foreign accent in L1 (first language)
This study builds on Flege et al. (2006) and evaluated the influence of chronological age and length of residence in North America on degree of foreign accent in first language (L1) Korean by Korean adults and children in immigrant settings. The adult (A4/6) and child (C4/6) immigrants lived in the host countries for 4 or 6 years, respectively. Their Korean utterances were compared to those of age-matched controls in Seoul, Korea. The purpose was…
Cross-language perception of Japanese consonant length by speakers from Italian- and Mandarin-speaking backgrounds
This study compared individuals from two first language (L1) backgrounds (Italian, Mandarin) to determine how they may differ in their perception of Japanese consonant length (i.e. singleton vs. geminate) according to the phonemic status of length in L1 and experience with Japanese. The participants included two groups of non-native learners of Japanese: 14 native Italian speakers (NI + Japanese), 18 native Mandarin speakers (NM + Japanese) and t…
Are Asian Language Speakers Similar or Different? The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Naïve Listeners from Tonal Language Backgrounds
Mandarin is one of the most representative tonal languages in the world with four tone categories (Tone 1 (T1): high level (ā); Tone 2 (T2): high rising (á); Tone 3 (T3): dipping (ǎ); Tone 4 (T4): high falling (à)). Learning Mandarin tones is known to be difficult for speakers from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The perception of Mandarin tones by naïve, non-native listeners from two tonal languages with a larger tone inventory than Mandarin—Tha…
The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Native Speakers of Burmese
This study examines the perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native speakers of Burmese who use lexical tones in their first language (L1) but are naïve to Mandarin. Unlike Mandarin tones, which are primarily cued by pitch, Burmese tones are cued by phonation type as well as pitch. The question of interest is whether Burmese listeners can utilize their L1 experience in processing unfamiliar Mandarin tones. Burmese listeners’ discrimination acc…
The perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native Korean speakers differing in their experience with Mandarin
While it is well established that non-native speakers differ from native speakers in their perception and/or production of Mandarin lexical tones, empirical studies focusing on non-native learners are still limited. The objective of this study is to add to the current understanding of lexical tone perception by comparing native speakers of standard Korean from the Seoul/Kyunggi area differing in Mandarin experience (NK1, NK2) with native speakers…
Non-native Japanese learners’ perception of consonant length in Japanese and Italian
Learners of a foreign language (FL) typically have to learn to process sounds that do not exist in their first language (L1). As this is known to be difficult for adults, in particular, it is important for FL pedagogy to be informed by phonetic research. This study examined the role of FL learners’ previous linguistic experience in the processing of a contrast absent in the L1. The FLs under investigation are Japanese and Italian, which both use …
An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Word-Initial Stop Production by Young Simultaneous Mandarin- English Bilingual Children
(2012). An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Word-Initial Stop Production by Young Simultaneous Mandarin- English Bilingual Children. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 73-84
Non-native Japanese listeners’ perception of vowel length contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
This study aimed to compare the perception of short vs. long vowel contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by four groups of listeners differing in their linguistic backgrounds: native Arabic (NA), native Japanese (NJ), non-native Japanese (NNJ) and Australian English (OZ) speakers. The NNJ and OZ groups shared the first language (L1), but differed in their familiarity with Japanese. In both Japanese and MSA, vowel length is phonem…
Identification of Vietnamese Final Stops
This study examined the extent to which speakers' first language (L1) dialect affects the identification of word-final stops which are phonetically unreleased in Vietnamese. Furthermore, a /t/-/k/ merger has been reported for the Southern, but not the Northern dialect. Given this cross-dialectal phonetic difference, we tested the hypothesis that the stops produced by the speakers of the Southern dialect are identified less accurately than those p…
Durational Characteristics of English Vowels Produced by Japanese and Thai Second Language (L2) Learners
This empirical study investigated durational characteristics of English vowels /i/ as in 'heat' and /I/ as in 'hit' produced by two groups of second language (L2) learners who differ in their first language (L1) backgrounds, i.e. Japanese and Thai. In these languages, vowel length is phonemic. Experiment 1 compared the /i/-/I/ contrast produced in monosyllabic words ending with /p t k/ by Australian English (OZ1, n=6) and Thai speakers (T, n=22).…
Native Cantonese Listeners' Perception of Word-Final Stops in English and Thai
This study examined the discrimination of word-final stop contrasts (/p/-/t/, /p/-/k/, /t/-/k/) in English and Thai by 13 native speakers of Cantonese [C]. The C participants' discrimination accuracy was c ompared to the results previously obtained from two groups of 18 participants (Australian English [AE], Thai [T]) in order to assess the influence of first language (L1) on cross-language speech perception. The second aim was to examine how dif…
An acoustic comparison of English monophthongs and diphthongs produced by Australian and Thai speakers
This study investigated acoustic-phonetic characteristics of English vowels (four monophthongs /I æ ~ %/ and two diphthongs /eI o~/) spoken by native speakers of Australian English (AusE, n = 6) and Thai (T, n = 15). The Thai speakers had lived in Australia for an average of 3.2 years. While the Thai speakers did not differ significantly from the AusE speakers in their vowel quality for monophthongs, they were more dissimilar in their production …
Discrimination of English and Thai words ending with voiceless stops by native Thai listeners differing in English experience
This study examines the discrimination of words ending with voiceless stops / p t k / in first language (L1) and second language (L2) by three groups of native Thai participants. These participants differed in their countries of residence and experience with L2 English in the formal education system. The first group (T1) was a group of 18 Thai listeners who were living in Australia. The second and third groups consisted of 12 university students …
Cross-Language Perception of Word-Final Stops by Multilingual Listeners
(2007). Cross-Language Perception of Word-Final Stops by Multilingual Listeners: Preliminary Results on the Effect of Listeners' First Language (L1) Backgrounds. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-13
Degree of foreign accent in English sentences produced by Korean children and adults
A developmental study of English vowel production and perception by native Korean adults and children
Japanese-accented English vowels
This study attempts to determine whether native English listeners are capable of detecting a foreign accent in isolated monosyllabic English words. A group of native English listeners were asked to identify the native talker in a forced-choice paired comparison task. Pairs of identical words produced by Australian and Japanese talkers were presented to listeners such that the Japanese productions of vowels were matched on F1, F2 at the temporal m…
A developmental study of English vowel production and perception by native Korean adults and children
Degree of foreign accent in English sentences produced by Korean children and adults
The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Native Speakers of Burmese
This study examines the perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native speakers of Burmese who use lexical tones in their first language (L1) but are naïve to Mandarin. Unlike Mandarin tones, which are primarily cued by pitch, Burmese tones are cued by phonation type as well as pitch. The question of interest is whether Burmese listeners can utilize their L1 experience in processing unfamiliar Mandarin tones. Burmese listeners’ discrimination acc…
The perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native Korean speakers differing in their experience with Mandarin
While it is well established that non-native speakers differ from native speakers in their perception and/or production of Mandarin lexical tones, empirical studies focusing on non-native learners are still limited. The objective of this study is to add to the current understanding of lexical tone perception by comparing native speakers of standard Korean from the Seoul/Kyunggi area differing in Mandarin experience (NK1, NK2) with native speakers…
Non-native Japanese learners’ perception of consonant length in Japanese and Italian
Learners of a foreign language (FL) typically have to learn to process sounds that do not exist in their first language (L1). As this is known to be difficult for adults, in particular, it is important for FL pedagogy to be informed by phonetic research. This study examined the role of FL learners’ previous linguistic experience in the processing of a contrast absent in the L1. The FLs under investigation are Japanese and Italian, which both use …
Are Asian Language Speakers Similar or Different? The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Naïve Listeners from Tonal Language Backgrounds
Mandarin is one of the most representative tonal languages in the world with four tone categories (Tone 1 (T1): high level (ā); Tone 2 (T2): high rising (á); Tone 3 (T3): dipping (ǎ); Tone 4 (T4): high falling (à)). Learning Mandarin tones is known to be difficult for speakers from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The perception of Mandarin tones by naïve, non-native listeners from two tonal languages with a larger tone inventory than Mandarin—Tha…
Cross-language perception of Japanese consonant length by speakers from Italian- and Mandarin-speaking backgrounds
This study compared individuals from two first language (L1) backgrounds (Italian, Mandarin) to determine how they may differ in their perception of Japanese consonant length (i.e. singleton vs. geminate) according to the phonemic status of length in L1 and experience with Japanese. The participants included two groups of non-native learners of Japanese: 14 native Italian speakers (NI + Japanese), 18 native Mandarin speakers (NM + Japanese) and t…
Non-native Japanese listeners’ perception of vowel length contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
This study aimed to compare the perception of short vs. long vowel contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by four groups of listeners differing in their linguistic backgrounds: native Arabic (NA), native Japanese (NJ), non-native Japanese (NNJ) and Australian English (OZ) speakers. The NNJ and OZ groups shared the first language (L1), but differed in their familiarity with Japanese. In both Japanese and MSA, vowel length is phonem…
An acoustic comparison of English monophthongs and diphthongs produced by Australian and Thai speakers
This study investigated acoustic-phonetic characteristics of English vowels (four monophthongs /I æ ~ %/ and two diphthongs /eI o~/) spoken by native speakers of Australian English (AusE, n = 6) and Thai (T, n = 15). The Thai speakers had lived in Australia for an average of 3.2 years. While the Thai speakers did not differ significantly from the AusE speakers in their vowel quality for monophthongs, they were more dissimilar in their production …
Discrimination of English and Thai words ending with voiceless stops by native Thai listeners differing in English experience
This study examines the discrimination of words ending with voiceless stops / p t k / in first language (L1) and second language (L2) by three groups of native Thai participants. These participants differed in their countries of residence and experience with L2 English in the formal education system. The first group (T1) was a group of 18 Thai listeners who were living in Australia. The second and third groups consisted of 12 university students …
Durational Characteristics of English Vowels Produced by Japanese and Thai Second Language (L2) Learners
This empirical study investigated durational characteristics of English vowels /i/ as in 'heat' and /I/ as in 'hit' produced by two groups of second language (L2) learners who differ in their first language (L1) backgrounds, i.e. Japanese and Thai. In these languages, vowel length is phonemic. Experiment 1 compared the /i/-/I/ contrast produced in monosyllabic words ending with /p t k/ by Australian English (OZ1, n=6) and Thai speakers (T, n=22).…
Japanese-accented English vowels
This study attempts to determine whether native English listeners are capable of detecting a foreign accent in isolated monosyllabic English words. A group of native English listeners were asked to identify the native talker in a forced-choice paired comparison task. Pairs of identical words produced by Australian and Japanese talkers were presented to listeners such that the Japanese productions of vowels were matched on F1, F2 at the temporal m…
A developmental study of English vowel production and perception by native Korean adults and children
Degree of foreign accent in English sentences produced by Korean children and adults
Cross-Language Perception of Word-Final Stops by Multilingual Listeners
(2007). Cross-Language Perception of Word-Final Stops by Multilingual Listeners: Preliminary Results on the Effect of Listeners' First Language (L1) Backgrounds. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 1-13
Native Cantonese Listeners' Perception of Word-Final Stops in English and Thai
This study examined the discrimination of word-final stop contrasts (/p/-/t/, /p/-/k/, /t/-/k/) in English and Thai by 13 native speakers of Cantonese [C]. The C participants' discrimination accuracy was c ompared to the results previously obtained from two groups of 18 participants (Australian English [AE], Thai [T]) in order to assess the influence of first language (L1) on cross-language speech perception. The second aim was to examine how dif…
An acoustic comparison of English monophthongs and diphthongs produced by Australian and Thai speakers
This study investigated acoustic-phonetic characteristics of English vowels (four monophthongs /I æ ~ %/ and two diphthongs /eI o~/) spoken by native speakers of Australian English (AusE, n = 6) and Thai (T, n = 15). The Thai speakers had lived in Australia for an average of 3.2 years. While the Thai speakers did not differ significantly from the AusE speakers in their vowel quality for monophthongs, they were more dissimilar in their production …
Discrimination of English and Thai words ending with voiceless stops by native Thai listeners differing in English experience
This study examines the discrimination of words ending with voiceless stops / p t k / in first language (L1) and second language (L2) by three groups of native Thai participants. These participants differed in their countries of residence and experience with L2 English in the formal education system. The first group (T1) was a group of 18 Thai listeners who were living in Australia. The second and third groups consisted of 12 university students …
Durational Characteristics of English Vowels Produced by Japanese and Thai Second Language (L2) Learners
This empirical study investigated durational characteristics of English vowels /i/ as in 'heat' and /I/ as in 'hit' produced by two groups of second language (L2) learners who differ in their first language (L1) backgrounds, i.e. Japanese and Thai. In these languages, vowel length is phonemic. Experiment 1 compared the /i/-/I/ contrast produced in monosyllabic words ending with /p t k/ by Australian English (OZ1, n=6) and Thai speakers (T, n=22).…
Identification of Vietnamese Final Stops
This study examined the extent to which speakers' first language (L1) dialect affects the identification of word-final stops which are phonetically unreleased in Vietnamese. Furthermore, a /t/-/k/ merger has been reported for the Southern, but not the Northern dialect. Given this cross-dialectal phonetic difference, we tested the hypothesis that the stops produced by the speakers of the Southern dialect are identified less accurately than those p…
An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Word-Initial Stop Production by Young Simultaneous Mandarin- English Bilingual Children
(2012). An Acoustic Phonetic Analysis of Word-Initial Stop Production by Young Simultaneous Mandarin- English Bilingual Children. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing: Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 73-84
Non-native Japanese listeners’ perception of vowel length contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA)
This study aimed to compare the perception of short vs. long vowel contrasts in Japanese and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) by four groups of listeners differing in their linguistic backgrounds: native Arabic (NA), native Japanese (NJ), non-native Japanese (NNJ) and Australian English (OZ) speakers. The NNJ and OZ groups shared the first language (L1), but differed in their familiarity with Japanese. In both Japanese and MSA, vowel length is phonem…
Non-native Japanese learners’ perception of consonant length in Japanese and Italian
Learners of a foreign language (FL) typically have to learn to process sounds that do not exist in their first language (L1). As this is known to be difficult for adults, in particular, it is important for FL pedagogy to be informed by phonetic research. This study examined the role of FL learners’ previous linguistic experience in the processing of a contrast absent in the L1. The FLs under investigation are Japanese and Italian, which both use …
The perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native Korean speakers differing in their experience with Mandarin
While it is well established that non-native speakers differ from native speakers in their perception and/or production of Mandarin lexical tones, empirical studies focusing on non-native learners are still limited. The objective of this study is to add to the current understanding of lexical tone perception by comparing native speakers of standard Korean from the Seoul/Kyunggi area differing in Mandarin experience (NK1, NK2) with native speakers…
Are Asian Language Speakers Similar or Different? The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Naïve Listeners from Tonal Language Backgrounds
Mandarin is one of the most representative tonal languages in the world with four tone categories (Tone 1 (T1): high level (ā); Tone 2 (T2): high rising (á); Tone 3 (T3): dipping (ǎ); Tone 4 (T4): high falling (à)). Learning Mandarin tones is known to be difficult for speakers from diverse linguistic backgrounds. The perception of Mandarin tones by naïve, non-native listeners from two tonal languages with a larger tone inventory than Mandarin—Tha…
The Perception of Mandarin Lexical Tones by Native Speakers of Burmese
This study examines the perception of Mandarin lexical tones by native speakers of Burmese who use lexical tones in their first language (L1) but are naïve to Mandarin. Unlike Mandarin tones, which are primarily cued by pitch, Burmese tones are cued by phonation type as well as pitch. The question of interest is whether Burmese listeners can utilize their L1 experience in processing unfamiliar Mandarin tones. Burmese listeners’ discrimination acc…
Cross-language perception of Japanese consonant length by speakers from Italian- and Mandarin-speaking backgrounds
This study compared individuals from two first language (L1) backgrounds (Italian, Mandarin) to determine how they may differ in their perception of Japanese consonant length (i.e. singleton vs. geminate) according to the phonemic status of length in L1 and experience with Japanese. The participants included two groups of non-native learners of Japanese: 14 native Italian speakers (NI + Japanese), 18 native Mandarin speakers (NM + Japanese) and t…
Foreign accent in L1 (first language)
This study builds on Flege et al. (2006) and evaluated the influence of chronological age and length of residence in North America on degree of foreign accent in first language (L1) Korean by Korean adults and children in immigrant settings. The adult (A4/6) and child (C4/6) immigrants lived in the host countries for 4 or 6 years, respectively. Their Korean utterances were compared to those of age-matched controls in Seoul, Korea. The purpose was…
Cross-linguistic transfer of acoustic cues
This study examined how three groups of Vietnamese learners of Japanese perceive Japanese vowel length, focusing on duration and pitch cues. Seventy-five Vietnamese participants across three proficiency levels (N1, N2, N3) and 10 native Japanese (NJ) speakers completed a two-alternative forced-choice identification task using /kado/ and /kaado/ stimuli varying in duration and F0. Results showed that Vietnamese learners primarily relied on duratio…
The Perception of Japanese Consonant Length by Native Malay Speakers
The present study investigated how the consonant length contrast in Japanese (i.e., word-medial singletons vs. word-medial geminates) was perceived by native Malay speakers according to previous first language (L1) familiarity with such a contrast. The participants were Kedah Malay [KDM (-quantity)] and Kelantan Malay [KLM (+quantity)] speakers who differed in terms of their familiarity with quantity systems. That is, the KDM (-quantity) speakers…
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