숙달도 향상을 위한 한국어 파닉스(Phonics)연구: 인지언어학적 접근

Abstract

The aim of this study is to understand the principles of Korean Phonics for Korean language learners to improve their Korean proficiency. Phonics is a principle about the relationship between the sounds(i.e. phonetic realization) and their orthography(i.e. spelling). Therefore, proficiency in a foreign language can be developed through an intensive training in the phonics of the target language in language learning. To understand the phonics system, one should grasp the principles and parameters of the language regarding the phonetic and phonological properties of the segments, syllable structure, and phonological processes. For the understanding of Korean segments, what is most important is that the three different types of obstruents are found depending on their aspiration. In terms of the syllable structure, no consonant clusters are found in any position, namely word-initially or word-finally. Especially, in order to improve Korean proficiency, Korean learners should notice that consonantal assimilation takes place when two consonants are in a row. Besides, unlike English in which only homorganic sequences such as pri[nt], te[nt], i[ŋk], fi[ŋg]er, da[mp], cha[mb]er are possible, in Korean there is no relationship between the two consonants 단골[tangol], 넘기다[nəmgida], 선비[sənbi], 낭패[naŋphɛ], 앵두[ɛŋdu], 냄새[nɛmsɛ]. Therefore, Korean learners pay special attention to these types of consonant clusters.