Accentual patterns of English noun phrases and compounds: native speakers vs. Korean speakers of English
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This paper attempts to investigate the accentual patterns of English compounds and noun phrases, comparing them with those of Korean speakers of English. It has been phonologically claimed that noun compounds have stress on the preceding noun and that noun phrases, on the following noun (Chomsky & Halle, 1968). Very similarly, Korean speakers of English, as EFL learners, have been broadly taught at schools that stress goes to the preceding noun in noun compounds, but to the following noun in noun phrases as in White House vs. white house. I present a phonetic experiment conducted to see if the accentual patterns are similar/different between native and Korean speakers of English. I examined the pitch accent patterns implemented in the intonational contour of English compounds and noun phrases. 36 different compounds and 36 different noun phrases included in carrier sentences were explored, and they were varied in position within a sentence. Results show that both native speakers and Korean speakers consistently produced the predominant pattern [Ac + No], suggesting that phonological claims are not always phonetically supported. In addition, native speakers' production was biased to two patterns of [Ac + No] and [Ac + Ac] with [No + Ac] occurring in a very limited number whereas Korean speakers produced as many [No + Ac] patterns as [Ac + Ac]. Moreover, what is worth noting that the tonal pattern of Korean Accentual Phrase (AP) was considerably manifested in Korean speakers' production. This gives a pedagogical implication that the accentual patterns of [Ac + No] and [Ac + Ac] should be primarily instructed at schools in Korea and that teaching English intonation should simultaneously focus on correcting Korean speakers' AP errors.
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This paper attempts to investigate the accentual patterns of English compounds and noun phrases, comparing them with those of Korean speakers of English. It has been phonologically claimed that noun compounds have stress on the preceding noun and that noun phrases, on the following noun (Chomsky & Halle, 1968). Very similarly, Korean speakers of English, as EFL learners, have been broadly taught at schools that stress goes to the preceding noun in noun compounds, but to the following noun in noun phrases as in White House vs. white house. I present a phonetic experiment conducted to see if the accentual patterns are similar/different between native and Korean speakers of English. I examined the pitch accent patterns implemented in the intonational contour of English compounds and noun phrases. 36 different compounds and 36 different noun phrases included in carrier sentences were explored, and they were varied in position within a sentence. Results show that both native speakers and Korean speakers consistently produced the predominant pattern [Ac + No], suggesting that phonological claims are not always phonetically supported. In addition, native speakers' production was biased to two patterns of [Ac + No] and [Ac + Ac] with [No + Ac] occurring in a very limited number whereas Korean speakers produced as many [No + Ac] patterns as [Ac + Ac]. Moreover, what is worth noting that the tonal pattern of Korean Accentual Phrase (AP) was considerably manifested in Korean speakers' production. This gives a pedagogical implication that the accentual patterns of [Ac + No] and [Ac + Ac] should be primarily instructed at schools in Korea and that teaching English intonation should simultaneously focus on correcting Korean speakers' AP errors.
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