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KMID : 0917520000070030099
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Journal of Speech Sciences
2000 Volume.7 No. 3 p.99 ~ p.108
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Characteristics of English Vowels Spoken by Koreans
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Abstract
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The purpose of this experimental study was to investigate characteristics of English vowels as spoken by Korean speakers. Ten English mono-syllabic words were spoken six times by six male college students who were born and raised in Seoul. Formant frequencies were measured from sound spectrograms made by the PC Quirer. Results showed that Korean speakers similarly pronounced /i/ and /I/, /U/ and /D/, and /??/ and /??/ respectively. It seems that Korean speakers can not differentiate tense vowels(/i/, /u/) from lax vowels(/I/, /υ/) and pronounce low vowels such as /??/, /??/ clearly. It is necessary that Korean speakers practice the correct movements of the jaw, tongue, and lips when they pronounce Englis vowels.
Keywords : Korean vowel, English vowel, formant frequency, Koreans´ English.
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