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目次

■Chapter 1　Introduction

■Chapter 2　Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by English speakers
　2.1.　Introduction
　2.2.　Experiment 1
　　2.2.1.　Stimuli
　　2.2.2.　Participants
　　2.2.3.　Procedure
　2.3.　Results and discussion
　　2.3.1.　English words in oral and written tasks
　　2.3.2.　Nonwords

■Chapter 3　Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers
　3.1.　Introduction
　3.2.　Experiment 2
　　3.2.1.　Participants and method
　3.3.　Results and discussion
　　3.3.1.　English words in oral and written tasks
　　3.3.2.　Nonwords
　　3.3.3.　Analyses of “Other” responses in the oral task

■Chapter 4　Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers who had been trained to recognize English syllables
　4.1.　Introduction
　4.2.　Syllable-recognition training
　　4.2.1.　Participants and method
　　4.2.2　Results
　4.3.　Experiment 3
　　4.3.1.　Method and prediction
　4.4.　Results
　　4.4.1.　English words in oral and written tasks
　　4.4.2.　Nonwords
　　4.4.3.　Analyses of “Other” responses in the oral task
　4.5.　Discussion

■Chapter 5　Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by English speakers
　5.1.　Introduction
　5.2.　Experiment 4
　　5.2.1.　Stimuli
　　5.2.2.　Participants
　　5.2.3.　Procedure
　5.3.　Results and discussion
　　5.3.1.　English words in oral tasks
　　5.3.2.　Nonwords
　　5.3.3.　English words in written tasks

■Chapter 6　Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers
　6.1.　Introduction
　6.2.　Experiment 5
　　6.2.1.　Participants and method
　6.3.　Results and discussion
　　6.3.1.　English words in oral tasks
　　6.3.2.　Nonwords
　　6.3.3.　English words in written tasks

■Chapter 7　Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords by Japanese speakers trained to recognize English syllables
　7.1.　Introduction
　7.2.　Syllable-recognition training
　　7.2.1.　Participants and method
　　7.2.2.　Results
　7.3.　Experiment 6
　　7.3.1.　Participants and method
　　7.3.2.　Results and discussion
　　　7.3.2.1.　English words in oral tasks
　　　7.3.2.2.　Nonwords
　　　7.3.2.3.　English words in written tasks

■Chapter 8　Syllabification of VCCV words by English-speaking children
　8.1.　Introduction
　8.2.　Experiment 7
　　8.2.1.　Method
　　8.2.2.　Results　
　8.3. Discussion

■Chapter 9　Syllabification of VCCCV words by English-speaking children, English-speaking adults, and Japanese-speaking adults
　9.1.　Introduction
　9.2.　Experiment 8
　　9.2.1.　Method
　　9.2.2.　Results
　9.3.　Discussion

■Chapter 10　Training Japanese learners of English to recognize and produce English syllables
　10.1.　Introduction
■Chapter 10　Training Japanese learners of English to recognize and produce English syllables
　10.1.　Introduction
　10.2.　Experiment 9
　　10.2.1.　Method
　　　10.2.1.1.　Procedure
　　　10.2.1.2.　Syllable-counting training
　10.3.　Results
　　10.3.1.　Overall performance
　　10.3.2.　How do Japanese students recognize syllables and what effect does the training have on their syllable identification?
　　　10.3.2.1.　Do Japanese students recognize more syllables or less syllables than are present?
　　　10.3.2.2.　Which words are difficult to identify?
　　　10.3.2.3.　How many syllables do Japanese students recognize in each type of word?
　　10.3.3.　Segmentation of English syllables on the text
　　10.3.4.　Song performance
　10.4.　Discussion

■Chapter 11　General discussion
　11.1.　Syllabification of VCV words and nonwords
　11.2.　Syllabification of VCCV words and nonwords
　11.3.　Syllabification of VCCV words by English-speaking children and syllabification of VCCCV words
　11.4.　Training Japanese learners of English through syllable-counting tasks

■Chapter 12　Conclusion

著者紹介

Professor of Linguistics in the Department of English at Kyoto Women’s University, Japan. His research focuses on phonetics, laboratory phonology, and psycholinguistics in conjunction with second language acquisition and learning. His publications include Kotoba to Shinri (Language and Psychology) (Kurosio, 2005), Kotoba to Ninchi no Shikumi (Explorations into the Mechanism of Language and Cognition) (co-author, Sanseido, 2007), “Syllabification of intervocalic consonants by English and Japanese speakers” (Language and Speech, 45, 2002), “Syllabification of English consonant clusters by speakers of English and Japanese” (Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan, 10, 2006), and “Grammatical class and rhythmic context: English stress assignment by Japanese students” (JACET Journal, 44, 2007).