Author(s)

Jia Wen

Corresponding Author

Jia Wen

ABSTRACT

In recent years, exchanges between China and Japan have become increasingly frequent. As the main medium of communication, oral Japanese plays an important role in the process of communication. As the carrier of language, pronunciation directly affects the effect of communication. Therefore, it is very important to master correct Japanese pronunciation. Both Chinese and Japanese belong to the han cultural circle. The two countries have deeply-rooted linguistic and cultural correlation, and both sides are constantly learning from each other. This study makes a Contrastive analysis of the suprasegmental components in Chinese and Japanese phonetics, and predicts the difficulties for Japanese students to learn Chinese tones. The study starts with a comparison between Chinese and Japanese pitch and length. Chinese pitch is mainly reflected in tone, while Japanese pitch is mainly reflected in stress. On the macro level, Chinese tone is an important component of the phonetic system, which reflects the distinctive features of phonemes; Japanese stress is a conventional and phonetic element that distinguishes the lexical aspect.

KEYWORDS

Japanese and Chinese speech sounds; Contrastive Teaching Models; Feasibility