Перцепция на японско ударение у българи, изучаващи японски език
Perception of Japanese Word-Accent in Bulgarian Learners of Japanese

Summary/Abstract: The article examines perception of Japanese word-accent in Bulgarian learners of Japanese. The main experiment of the study was carried using synthesized sound of nonsense words, in addition to which a questionnaire was used in order to find out, among other things, what exactly sound parameters the subjects used as cues during the experiment. The subjects are Bulgarians, studying Japanese in Bulgaria. The main findings may be summarized as follows: 1) Pitch remains the only reliable cue for correct recognition of Japanese word-accent 2) The pattern with a pitch-fall after the first mora is the most easily recognized, no matter what the accept-perception abilities of the subject are. 3) The pattern with no pitch-fall is the most easily recognized in subjects with high overall perception abilities. 4) The so-called ‘‘special mora” seems to distort the subjects’ judgements, being generally perceived as accented. This may be due to a certain acoustic resemblance between syllables containing a “special mora” and stressed syllables in Bulgarian.

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