著者

内田 洋子 高木 直之

出版者

公益社団法人 日本航海学会

雑誌

日本航海学会論文集 (ISSN:03887405)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.126, pp.55-64, 2012

参考文献数

7

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The present study investigated patterns of foreign accent conspicuous in English produced by native speakers of Chinese. Native speakers of English and Japanese listened to English speech data collected from Chinese-speaking cadets, and reported Chinese accents they heard. Based on their reports, the authors pointed out typical Chinese accents which Japanese speakers are likely to find confusing, with a support of Pinyin transcription and contrastive analyses of Chinese, English, and Japanese. They included realization of English /v/ as [w], peculiar quality of/l/ and /r/ when following a vowel, and insertion of an extra vowel and/or omission of a consonant in a sequence of two or three consonants. China being one of the most important trading partners, we strongly believe that knowledge on characteristics of Chinese accented English described here will help Japanese people in the maritime sector with easier communication with Chinese seafarers, which will contribute to safer navigation of ocean-going vessels.