“Japanese pitch accent production in an English/Nupe/Hausa trilingual” – Dr Becky Muradás-Taylor

Dr Becky Muradás-Taylor’s article is a case study of a person with three L1s who started studying Japanese in the UK at the age of 30. The study investigates the participant’s production of accurate pitch accent in their spoken Japanese.

This paper shows that L2 Japanese learners’ Standard Japanese pitch accent accuracy and stability varies considerably depending on their L1. Accuracy and stability can be very low, like monolingual English learners, or very high, like this English/Nupe/Hausa trilingual.

– Dr Becky Muradás-Taylor (178)

This chapter can be accessed here.