CD-ROM Accent Dictionary of Spoken Osaka and Tokyo Japanese(<Feature Articles>Trends in Database for Phonetic Research)

Abstract

This CD-ROM dictionary contains accent data, both contemporary and ancient, concerning 65,928 words in Osaka (by three old and three young generation speakers) and Tokyo Japanese. For the basic entries of 5,684 words, the CD-ROM enables you to listen to the actual pronunciation from the two regions, while simultaneously viewing its sound wave and pitch contour. Over 30 years in the making, this dictionary opens new possibilities for learning and/or conducting research on accents in Japanese.