Table of Contents (Vol.29)

Vol.29 No.1 (Published: April 30 2025)
Title Author page
Research Notes
An Analysis of the Rhythms of the Meiji Shoka Translated from English Using the Normalized Pairwise Variability Index Noriko HATTORI 6
Feature Articles: Instrumental Phonetics―Using Non-Invasive Tools―
Preface Noriko YAMANE and Tatsuya KITAMURA 18
Utilizing Facial Landmarks in Speech Research:
A Review
Tatsuya KITAMURA 20
An Articulatory Study of Word-Initial Liquids in Korean Seoul Metropolitan Dialect Using Real-Time MRI Heesun HAN 27
The Articulatory Coordination for Nasal Plosion in the Utai Singing of Noh Theatrical Performance and its Phonological Characterization  Kenji YOSHIDA and Kiyoe SAKAMOTO 41
Quantifying Between-Speaker Variation in Ultrasound Tongue Imaging Data Takayuki NAGAMINE 58
Acoustic, Auditory and Articulatory Analysis of Vowel Sequences in Japanese by Chinese Learners Jing SUN and Ryoko HAYASHI 72
Differences in Voicing Implementation and Tongue Movements between Japanese Intervocalic Voiced and Voiceless Stops Weiyu LI, Ai MIZOGUCHI, Maho MORIMOTO and Takayuki ARAI 87
Tongue Contours during Pre-Geminate Vowel Lengthening in Japanese:
A Case Study with Voiceless Alveolar Plosive /t/
Maho MORIMOTO, Ai MIZOGUCHI, Weiyu LI and Takayuki ARAI 103
Voice Quality Analysis Using Electroglottography (EGG) for Japanese Language Education:
Examples from Emotional and Attitudinal Speech
Xinyue LI 114
Observation of Lip Movements of Long Vowel Production in Japanese Children Ayako SHIROSE and Tatsuya KITAMURA 123
Tribute
Tribute to the Memory of the Late Professor Takako AYUSAWA Chieko NAKAGAWA and Hi-Gyung BYUN 131
Vol.29 No.2 (Published: August 31 2025)
Title Author page
Research Articles
Posterior Tone Sandhi in Jieyang Southern Min:
From the Viewpoint of Neutral Tone
Kaiqiao CHEN 141
Japanese Language Teachers’ Beliefs on Speech Education and Teaching Practices on Pronunciation in Universities across China:
From the Results of a Questionnaire Survey Based on the BEO Model
Luolin LIU 155
The Accent of Compound Nouns in Kada no Azumamaro’s Accent Materials Akihiro NAKAMURA 169