Abstract
This study investigated the prosodic characteristics of three types of focus structures, i.e. the modifier-focused, noun-focused and neutral structures, in Japanese spoken by Korean learners of Japanese, and compared them with those in native speakers' speech. The material was recorded in two groups of subjects, Korean learners and native Japanese speakers. The analysis results showed the following. In the modifier-focused and noun-focused structures, similarities between the two groups were identified in terms of intonational phrasing. On the other hand, in the neutral structure, different intonational phrasing was identified.
