Word-Initial Stops in Korean and English Monolinguals and Bilinguals

OhMiRa,; Daland, Robert

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“…In order to answer to these research questions, the VOT and normalized F0 of Korean stops produced by the participants were investigated. The results of acoustical and statistical analysis in this study were discussed and compared to the previous studies done by Kang and Guion (2006) and Oh and Daland (2011) to conclude the research questions addressed above.…”

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“…This is accordance with the results of the present study. Oh and Daland (2011) concluded that late KEB adults and KM children distinguish aspirated stops from lenis stops in terms of F0 rather than VOT; whereas, early and simultaneous bilinguals make use of both VOT and F0 information. Similarly, the average difference between lenis and fortis stops is smaller in KMs than in KEBs, but the average F0 between lenis and fortis is greater in KMs than in KEBs.…”

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“…Despite the lack of statistical significance, results of their study implicate that late KEB and KM adults make a distinction between aspirated and lenis stops in terms of F0 rather than VOT, but that simultaneous and early KEB adults make a distinction between aspirated and lenis stops in terms of both VOT and F0. In both the studies of Oh and Daland (2011) and Kang and Guion (2006) are in that KMs in both studies depend more on F0 difference than VOT difference for a distinction between aspirated and lenis stops, and the acoustic properties of Flege, Mack, & Halter, 2008;Johnson & Newport, 1989;Mayberry & Eichen, 1991;Ploog, 1984;Yeni-Komshian, Flege, & Liu, 2000).…”

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“…Early research on English word-initial stops has shown that the ranges of VOT are from 40 to 100 ms for voiceless stops but from 0 to 30 ms for voiced cognates (Docherty, 1992;Kang & Guion, 2006;Klatt, 1975;Lisker & Abramson, 1964;MacKay, 1987;Oh & Daland, 2011). Unlike English, Korean stops are distinguished by three laryngeal features: aspiration /p h , t h , k h /, lenis /p, t, k/, and fortis /p * , t * , k * /.…”

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“…This unique contrast system of Korean stops has been investigated in terms of the following articulatory and aerodynamic characteristics: suppression of adductor muscle activity (Hirose, Lee, & Ushijima, 1974;Jun, Beckman, & Lee, 1998;Kagaya, 1974), lingual-palatal contacts (Cho & Keating, 2001), intraoral pressure (Cho, Jun, & Ladefoged, 2002;Dart, 1987), F0 (Cho et al, 2002;Han & Weitzman, 1970;Jun, 1993;Kim & Duanmu, 2004), and VOT (Cho et al, 2002;Han & Weitzman, 1970;Hardcastle, 1973;Kim, 1965;Kim, 2008;Lisker & Abramson, 1964). In general, VOT has been discussed as a primary acoustic cue for distinction among the three categories of voiceless stops, where the average VOT of aspirated stops are approximately 2 to 4 times longer than the average VOT of lenis stops, which are, in turn, 1.5 to 5 times longer than that of fortis stops (Cho et al, 2002;Choi, 2002;Han & Weitzman, 1970;Kang & Guion, 2006;Kim, 2008;Lisker & Abramson, 1964;Oh & Daland, 2011). Figure 1 is a summary of the VOT of Korean stops which appear in the reviewed literature.…”

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Acoustic Properties of Korean Stops as L1 Produced by L2 Learners of the English Language

Yoon¹

2015

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Objectives: The present study examines whether Korean children and adults who have learned English as a second language (L2) produce Korean stops differently from Korean monolingual (KM) children with respect to voice onset time (VOT) and fundamental frequency (F0) and whether the age of L2 exposure is a critical factor in determining the L2to-L1 influence. Methods: Eighteen Korean-English bilingual (KEB) children and adults and eighteen KM children produced nine monosyllables /p h ε, pε, p * ε, t h ε, tε, t * ε, k h ε, kε, k * ε/ twice in a row. A total of 1,890 tokens were acoustically analyzed with Praat to obtain VOT and F0 values and were subjected to statistical analysis for group comparison. Results: Two threeway ANOVAs and follow-up statistics revealed that the VOT values of aspirated and lenis stops were significantly longer in KEB children and adults than in KM children and that normalized F0 values of lenis stops were significantly higher in bilingual than in monolingual individuals. Nonetheless, no significant group difference was found between KEB children and adults. Conclusion: The acquisition of L2 English appears to disturb a tertiary contrast of Korean stops in terms of VOT and F0, in a way that bilingual individuals produc ed lenis stops more aspirated-like, with increased VOT and F0 values, and aspirated stops with increased VOT values. The L2-to-L1 influence may not be significantly different between early and late L2 learners, if their length of residence in a L2 speaking community is similar.

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The Production of Stops by Seoul and Yanbian Korean Speakers

Yang²

2013

Phonetics and Speech Sciences

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This study investigates dialectal differences in the acoustic properties of Korean lenis, aspirated, and tense stops Seoul Korean (standard Korean) and Yanbian Korean (spoken in the largest Korean Autonomous Prefecture in China). This production study the main acoustic cues that each dialect uses to mark the laryngeal distinction between the three types of Korean stops. Measurements included VOT, and the initial F0 of the following vowel. Data collected from 10 young Seoul Korean speakers, 10 young Yanbian Korean speakers, and 6 older Yanbian speakers. two key findings: First, aspirated and lenis stops are mainly differentiated by F0 in Seoul Korean, and by H1*-H2* in Yanbian Korean. Second, there is no VOT merger between lenis and aspirated stops in Yanbian Korean, whereas there is in Seoul Korean. These results are discussed in terms of the phenomenon of VOT shift and the function of F0t is argued that the function of F0 to substitute for VOT difference as a primary cue for the coding of laryngeal contrast can be predicted by the pitch accent system of the language involved.

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Production and Perception of L2 English and Korean Stops

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Lim³

2022

Lang. Res.

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This study examines how L1 Korean learners of L2 English and L1 English learners of L2 Korean produce L2 stops in terms of voice onset time (VOT) and fundamental frequency (F0) and how they perceive L2 stops. The study also examines how the level of L2 proficiency functions as a critical factor in determining the L1-to-L2 influence. Two findings were derived from production experiments. First, the primary acoustic cues of L1 stops are negatively transferred to the production of L2 stops in L2 beginners. Second, advanced L2 learners acquire the primary cues of L2 stops. These results indicate that the acquisition of L2 stops is regulated by the different priority order of VOT and F0 between L1 and L2 stops and learners' L2 proficiency. Furthermore, the results of production and perception experiments suggest that the perception of L2 stops precedes the production of L2 stops.

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Word-Initial Stops in Korean and English Monolinguals and Bilinguals

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Acoustic Properties of Korean Stops as L1 Produced by L2 Learners of the English Language

Acoustic Properties of Korean Stops as L1 Produced by L2 Learners of the English Language

The Production of Stops by Seoul and Yanbian Korean Speakers

Production and Perception of L2 English and Korean Stops

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