The Effect of Syllable Structure and Stress on Korean Speakers’ Perception of Word-Medial English /s/
2
조회
0
다운로드
0
인용
0
참고문헌
키워드
초록
This study investigates whether Korean speakers’ perception of the word-medial English fricative /s/ is influenced not only by the duration of /s/ but also by the preceding syllable’s stress pattern and openness. A perception experiment was conducted with 16 Korean participants to analyze how they perceive the word-medial /s/ in the /V(C)sV/ context, with the duration of /s/ varying from 50ms to 200ms, and the stress and openness of the preceding syllable manipulated. The results revealed significant differences in perception based on both the duration of /s/ and the preceding syllable’s stress and openness. Specifically, notable perceptual differences emerged when the preceding syllable of the word-medial /s/ was open (lacking a coda) and carried stress. Under these conditions, the shorter duration of the word-medial /s/ was often perceived by Korean speakers as resembling the Korean /s(ㅅ)/, aligning with Korean phonological expectations for a shorter, unaspirated sound. In contrast, when the duration of the /s/ was longer, Korean speakers tended to interpret it as the tense Korean /s’(ㅆ)/, which aligns with the perception of a longer, more emphasized articulation in Korean phonetics. In contrast, the remaining cases did not yield similar results. This indicates a complex interplay among segmental duration, syllable structure, and stress patterns in the cross-linguistic perception of phonemes.
Abstract
This study investigates whether Korean speakers’ perception of the word-medial English fricative /s/ is influenced not only by the duration of /s/ but also by the preceding syllable’s stress pattern and openness. A perception experiment was conducted with 16 Korean participants to analyze how they perceive the word-medial /s/ in the /V(C)sV/ context, with the duration of /s/ varying from 50ms to 200ms, and the stress and openness of the preceding syllable manipulated. The results revealed significant differences in perception based on both the duration of /s/ and the preceding syllable’s stress and openness. Specifically, notable perceptual differences emerged when the preceding syllable of the word-medial /s/ was open (lacking a coda) and carried stress. Under these conditions, the shorter duration of the word-medial /s/ was often perceived by Korean speakers as resembling the Korean /s(ㅅ)/, aligning with Korean phonological expectations for a shorter, unaspirated sound. In contrast, when the duration of the /s/ was longer, Korean speakers tended to interpret it as the tense Korean /s’(ㅆ)/, which aligns with the perception of a longer, more emphasized articulation in Korean phonetics. In contrast, the remaining cases did not yield similar results. This indicates a complex interplay among segmental duration, syllable structure, and stress patterns in the cross-linguistic perception of phonemes.
참고문헌 (20)
- Ahn, H., "An acoustic investigation of the phonation types of post-fricative vowels in Korean", Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics, 7, pp.57~71 (1999)
- Ahn, S., "Dimensions in Korean laryngeal phonology", Journal of East Asian Linguistics, 13, pp.345~379 (2004)
- Chang, B., "The acoustics of Korean fricatives revisited", Harvard Studies in Korean Linguistics, 12, pp.134~150 (2008)
- Cheon, S., "Acoustic characteristics of Korean fricatives: A comparative study of L2 acquisition", Unpublished manuscript, ~ (2001)
- Cheon, S., "Production of Korean fricatives in second language acquisition : Acoustic characteristics", Korean Linguistics, 13(1), pp.17~48 (2006)
- Cheon, S., "Acoustic and perceptual similarities between English and Korean sibilants : Implications for second language acquisition", Korean Linguistics, 14, pp.41~64 (2008)
- Cho, T., "Acoustic and aerodynamic correlates of Korean stops and fricatives", Journal of Phonetics, 30(2), pp.155~190 (2002)
- Im, M., "Acoustic correlates to Korean pronunciations of English", s-C, The Journal of Studies in Language, pp.2002, 18(1)[DOI]
- Iverson, K., "Korean s", Journal of Phonetics, 11, pp.191~200 (1983)
- Kagaya, R., "A fiberscopic and acoustic study of the Korean stops, affricates, and fricatives", Journal of Phonetics, 2, pp.161~180 (1974)
- Kahn, D., "Syllable-based generalizations in English Phonology", Ph.D, pp.1976
- Kang, Y., "The adaptation of English", s, Inquiries into Korean Linguistics, pp.2008, 3[DOI]
- Kim, S., "Sub-phonemic duration difference in English", s, Ph.D, pp.University of Washington[DOI]
- Kim, S., "Phonetic duration of English", s, Japanese, pp.Korean Linguistics, 2002[DOI]
- Kim, J., "A perceptual and acoustical study of", ㅅ, Phonetics and Speech Sciences, pp.2018, 10(3)[DOI]
- Selkirk, E., "The syllable: in the structure of phonological representation(Part II)" (1982), Foris
- Sohn, H., "The Korean language" (1999), Cambridge University Press
- Son, H., "Phonetic realization of aspiration of English stops in", sC, Korean Journal of English Language and Literature, pp.2013, 13(2)[DOI]
- Yoon, K., "A study of Korean alveolar fricatives: an acoustic analysis synthesis and perception experiment", Master, pp.1999
- "Linear models and Linear mixed effects models in R with linguistic applications" (2013)[URL]