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KMID : 0917519990050020131
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Journal of Speech Sciences
1999 Volume.5 No. 2 p.131 ~ p.138
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A comparative study on the lengths of the English front vowels /e/ and /æ/
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Abstract
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This study was done to investigate the English front vowels /e/ and /??/. These vowels are difficult for Koreans to discern and pronounce. So they show a foreign accent in pronouncing them. In order to find out the reason for Koreans´ foreign accent, experiments are carried out with the help of acoustic instruments. The results of the experiment show that there is a considerable difference, especially in vowel length, between the way Korean and Americans pronounce the two English vowel, /e/ and /??/. When Americans pronounced English front vowel /e/ and /??/ there was a big difference in vowel length between the two vowels. But for Koreans there was only a little difference between two vowels and as a result Korean showed a foreign accent when they spoke these two English front vowels. Therefore we need to consider the difference of vowel lengths between /e/ and /??/ in teaching English pronunciation.
Keywords: front vowel, foreign accent, vowel length
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