Japanese Native Speakersʼ ERP Evidence of Korean Learnersʼ Japanese Languageʼs Phrase Final Intonations

Abstract

This study analyzes Japanese native speakers' ERP Evidence of Korean learners' Japanese language's phrase final intonations. We focused on four intonation types (HL, LHL, H, L) what Kim (2017) reported that four intonation types (HL, LHL, H, L) are common in Korean Learners' Japanese Language. We examined ERP evidence's differences for four intonation types and analyzed about relevance between ERP evidence and Kim (2017)'s evaluation score. The result shows in a case L is a standard about the waves appeared around 300-700msec, from the peak latency, LHL and H are recognized as unnatural types. Further, from the peak amplitude and negative area, LHL is recognized as unnatural type. The result suggests Japanese Native Speakers recognized that the most unnatural type is LHL.