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In this paper we examine the perception of onset clusters containing /w/ in order to assess the ability of Korean learners of English to perceive syllable membership. Results of the experiment conducted here indicate that /kw/ sequences are more easily perceived than either /tw/ or /sw/ sequences. We maintain that, while measuring perception is a far more complex task than assessing production, it is a crucially important one for L2 acquisition and should not be neglected because of its inherent challenges. In addition to the theoretical importance of this research, there is also a significant pedagogical component: the ability to perceive syllables correctly bears on a number of issues related to the acquisition of English phonology, including the determination of stress placement, the formation of the comparative/ superlative, the (mis)perception of near‐minimal pairs and the hangulization of foreign words.

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영문초록
 1. Introduction
 2. Previous Research
 3. Language Preliminaries
  3.1. English
  3.2. Korean
 4. Methodology
  4.1. Participants
  4.2. Stimuli
  4.3. Procedure
 5. Results
  5.1. Accuracy
  5.2. Reaction Time
 6. Discussion
 7. Consequences of this study
  7.1. Hangulization
  7.2. Research Implications of L2 Perception
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저자

• Misun Seo [ 서미선 | Hannam University ]
• Eun-Sook Kim [ 김은숙 | University of British Columbia ]
• John Stonham [ Pukyong National University ]

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