Effects of the loss of long vowels on the moraic features of English loanwords in North Kyungsang Korean
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In North Kyungsang (NK) English loanwords, word-initial heavy syllables (CVV or CVC) have a special salience (a stronger bimoraicity), attracting high tone over other heavy syllables. This special salience is derived from the phonological characteristics of long vowels (Hwang 2020a). However, recent studies such as Kim (2018) report that long vowels have been lost in the production of younger NK speakers. Since the special salience of word-initial heavy syllables is closely related to long vowels (Hwang 2020a), the loss of long vowels may weaken the strong bimoraicity not only from word-initial syllables that traditionally had a long vowel but also from word-initial closed syllables. Thus, this study investigates the question of whether the loss of long vowels affects the moraic character of NK English loanwords, focusing on English loanwords with a closed initial syllable. A production task was conducted with two age groups (younger and older), and the results show that the loss of long vowels weakens the special salience of word-initial heavy syllables. That is, English loanwords with a closed initial syllable are losing their unique tone patterns (double high accent) in the production of younger speakers and yielding high tone to another syllable.
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In North Kyungsang (NK) English loanwords, word-initial heavy syllables (CVV or CVC) have a special salience (a stronger bimoraicity), attracting high tone over other heavy syllables. This special salience is derived from the phonological characteristics of long vowels (Hwang 2020a). However, recent studies such as Kim (2018) report that long vowels have been lost in the production of younger NK speakers. Since the special salience of word-initial heavy syllables is closely related to long vowels (Hwang 2020a), the loss of long vowels may weaken the strong bimoraicity not only from word-initial syllables that traditionally had a long vowel but also from word-initial closed syllables. Thus, this study investigates the question of whether the loss of long vowels affects the moraic character of NK English loanwords, focusing on English loanwords with a closed initial syllable. A production task was conducted with two age groups (younger and older), and the results show that the loss of long vowels weakens the special salience of word-initial heavy syllables. That is, English loanwords with a closed initial syllable are losing their unique tone patterns (double high accent) in the production of younger speakers and yielding high tone to another syllable.
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