Perception and Production of English Front Vowels by Korean Speakers
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This study investigates the perception and production of English front vowels focusing on the distinction in /i/ vs /ɪ/ and /ɛ/vs /æ/ by sixty-one Korean speakers. The first portion of this study focused on the perceptional discrimination by the subjects of two sets of English vowel contrasts, /i/ vs /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ vs /æ/. In the second portion of the study, the production of these vowels by the same subjects who had participated in the perceptional discrimination test was examined acoustically and subsequently compared with that of the control group comprised of native English speakers. The major results indicate that: (1)In perception tests, Korean subjects can discriminate between /i/ and /ɪ/ relatively well, while many of them were not able to discriminate between /ɛ/ and /æ/; (2) the Korean subjects, however, have difficulty producing a distinct version of these front vowels; and, (3) The relationship between the perception and production is not significant. These results were analyzed with the concept of "under-differentiation" and "reinterpretation of distinction," as well as how phonetic differences influenced the production and discrimination of front vowels by Korean speakers.
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This study investigates the perception and production of English front vowels focusing on the distinction in /i/ vs /ɪ/ and /ɛ/vs /æ/ by sixty-one Korean speakers. The first portion of this study focused on the perceptional discrimination by the subjects of two sets of English vowel contrasts, /i/ vs /ɪ/ and /ɛ/ vs /æ/. In the second portion of the study, the production of these vowels by the same subjects who had participated in the perceptional discrimination test was examined acoustically and subsequently compared with that of the control group comprised of native English speakers. The major results indicate that: (1)In perception tests, Korean subjects can discriminate between /i/ and /ɪ/ relatively well, while many of them were not able to discriminate between /ɛ/ and /æ/; (2) the Korean subjects, however, have difficulty producing a distinct version of these front vowels; and, (3) The relationship between the perception and production is not significant. These results were analyzed with the concept of "under-differentiation" and "reinterpretation of distinction," as well as how phonetic differences influenced the production and discrimination of front vowels by Korean speakers.
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