일본어 외래어 발음습득의 언어 의존성과 보편성 － 12개 언어 모어 화자의 발음오류 실태 조사를 중심으로 －

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze errors in the Japanese loanword pronunciation of mother tongue speakers of 12 languages including Korean with a view to grasping the substance of the language dependency and universality observed in acquisition and operation of Japanese loanword pronunciation based on the results of analysis. The results are summarized as follows. First, it was identified that the effects of the phonological system in learner's mother tongue and the characteristics universal in languages not dependent on the phonological system of learner's mother tongue were acting on the learner’s acquisition and operation of Japanese loanword pronunciation. Next, it was found that the pronunciation and spelling of English, which is the language acquired earlier by the learner, greatly affect the acquisition and operation of Japanese loanword pronunciation. Therefore, it can be said that the effects of the pronunciation habit for the mother tongue’s loanwords, which are the vocabulary acquired earlier by the learner, and English pronunciation ability on the pronunciation of Japanese loanwords are very large. In conclusion, in order to systematically investigate the language dependency and universality observed in acqusition and operation of Japanese loan word pronunciation and use the results in loanword pronunciation education, it is necessary to conduct comparative studies of the phonology system of the learner's mother tongue and that of Japanese, more meticulous intermediate language studies, comparative studies on the phonological structure of loanwords in the learner’s mother tongue and that of Japanese loanwords, and meticulous studies of the learner's English pronunciation ability, etc..