Kwon, Ah-Lum. 2014. Chinese speakers perceptibility of the Korean voiceless obstruents. Journal of Linguistic Studies 19(3), 233-253. One characteristic of Korean consonants is that there are three distinctive voiceless sounds in the stop category. Since Chinese has two-way contrast stop consonants while Korean has three-way contrast stop consonants, it was anticipated that the Chinese group selected for the experiment would demonstrate particular difficulties in learning a foreign language with a different system of contrast consonants. This paper suggests factors in two aspects as major factors in distinguishing the three-way contrast in the Korean voiceless obstruents. The first aspect is speech production, including VOT (Voice Onset Time) and F0 (fundamental frequency). The second aspect is speech perception, including the factor of the pronunciation of Korean learners. Generalizing from the results of Perception Test 1 and 2, adult learners of a foreign language seem to exhibit a correlation between articulation and auditory perception. Perception Test 3 shows how both Korean and Chinese participants can use F0 and VOT values as the major factors in distinguishing three-way contrast stop consonants in Korean. (Kyungpook National University)
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Methods and Results 2.1 Data 2.2 Perception Test 1 2.3 Perception Test 2 2.4. Perception Test 3 3. Conclusion and Discussion References
키워드
speech perceptionChinese speakers perceptibility in Koreanthe three-way contrast in Korean obstruentsmotor theoryperception test
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.