This paper examines English vowels produced by EFL learners, focusing on the characteristics of their formant frequencies. Two data sets of F1 and F2 frequencies of selected ten vowels are compared, with one set based on recordings by eleven informants learning English as a foreign language at a Japanese university and the other set based on an online English dictionary supplied with sound files as pronunciation models in General American. To this end, the geometrical distance between each token and its point of reference. The results show that the method adopted for this study is effective in identifying the quality of each learner's vowel system and in detecting the problems with perception and production of vowels that the learner faces and needs to solve.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Properties of vowels in acoustic phonetics 3. Analysis 4. Conclusion References
한국언어연구학회 [The Korean Association of Language Studies]
설립연도
1996
분야
인문학>언어학
소개
한국언어연구학회는 언어학과 언어교육 분야의 연구를 통하하여 학문의 질적 향상과 국내외 회원 및 학회간의 학술 교류와 친목을 도모한다. 이를 위해 학술 연구 발표회, 강연회, 강습회를 개최하고, 정기학회지, 연구보고서, 서적 등을 간행하며, 그 밖에 지역사회에 필요한 사업과 연구 활동을 수행하는데 중점을 두고 있다.