On the Issue of Morpheme Boundaries in Korean Phonology

Suh Chang-Kook; Pak Seokmun

doi:10.20865/20219402

Lexicon and Korean Phonology

Journal of Korean Linguistics ◽

10.15811/jkl.2013..66.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol null (66) ◽

pp. 335-360

Author(s):

KIM HYUN

Keyword(s):

Korean Phonology

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The Interaction between Consonant Types and Tone of the Chonnam Dialect of Korean

Korean Linguistics ◽

10.1075/kl.10.03mrk ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 79-104

Author(s):

Mi-Ryoung Kim ◽

San Duanmu

Keyword(s):

Strong Correlation ◽

Systematic Difference ◽

Individual Data ◽

Alternative Analysis ◽

Korean Phonology ◽

Phonetic Study ◽

The Voice

CINITIAL has the strongest effect on F0 among the four factors in cases of both pooled and individual data. Such an effect indicates that there is a strong correlation between the initial consonant type and tone: H following aspirated and tense consonants and LH following other consonants. Vowel has also an effect on F0 throughout the three temporal locations but its effect is much weaker than that of CINITIAL in size (Hz). However, the effect of Length and CFINAL on F0 is found to be almost negligible. Interactions between factors are found to be due to sporadic - presumably is linguistically unimportant - effects rather than to systematic difference. A more through phonetic study suggests that there is a strong correlation between consonant types and tone, confirming Jun's earlier observation. For the fact that consonant types correlated with tone, the phonological discussion of Jun's analysis and an alternative analysis is provided. Jun explains the consonant type-tone interaction in terms of the phonologization of laryngeal effect at an intonational level of Korean phonology. However, in Jun's analysis, it still remains clear why there is a correlation if the laryngeal effect is phonologized. Contrary to Jun, the consonant types-tone interaction is well accounted for in the alternative analysis in terms of the voice hypothesis that lax consonants are underlyingly voiced. This interpretation has potential implications for tonogenesis.

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Korean L2 learners’ perception and production of Vietnamese tones

Journal of Second Language Pronunciation ◽

10.1075/jslp.17011.dao ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 195-222 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Đích Mục Đào ◽

Anh-Thư T. Nguyễn

Keyword(s):

Second Language ◽

Pattern Analysis ◽

The Other ◽

Read Aloud ◽

Language Transfer ◽

Error Pattern ◽

Lexical Tones ◽

L2 Learners ◽

Korean Phonology ◽

Vietnamese Speakers

Abstract This study investigated the production and perception of Vietnamese tones by Korean second language (L2) learners [n = 11], comparing their performance in an Imitation task to that in Identification and Read-Aloud tasks. The results showed that the Imitation task was generally easier for Korean speakers than the Identification and Read-Aloud tasks, suggesting that imitation was performed without some of the skills required by the other two tasks. The result on tonal F0 range and speakers’ tonal range showed that the Korean leaners have significantly narrower tonal F0 range than control Vietnamese speakers [n = 11]. The results of error pattern analysis and tonal transcription in this study also suggested the effects of phonetic realizations of lexical tones in Vietnamese that are in interaction with language transfer from Korean phonology.

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