5 docs tagged with "intonation"

Japanese Filler Words and Hesitation Prosody: あの, えーと, まあ, and the Long-Vowel Stall

Japanese filler words explained: the あの, えーと, まあ, なんか inventory, the long-vowel hesitation contour, and which fillers survive a workplace register.

Japanese Focus Prosody: Pitch Widening, Contrastive は, and Information Structure

Japanese focus prosody, sorted: on-focus pitch widening, post-focal compression, contrastive は vs. thematic は, and why Japanese sounds flat in English ears.

Japanese Questions Without か: The Rising-Intonation Question and the の Alternative

Japanese questions without か: when casual speech drops か with a final-mora rise, when to use の or のか, and why です・ます always keeps か.

Japanese Sentence Intonation: Falls, Rises, ね, よ, よね

Japanese sentence intonation: the declarative fall, the か rise vs. fall, the rise without か, and the ね, よ, よね, contrastive は tunes.

Japanese Speech Rate: How Fast Do Native Speakers Actually Talk?

Japanese speech rate, sorted: ~7-8 morae/sec casual, ~5-6 NHK news, why mora-timing makes it feel fast, and a shadowing protocol to close the gap.