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KMID : 0917520010080040099
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Journal of Speech Sciences
2001 Volume.8 No. 4 p.99 ~ p.107
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Syllable and Phoneme Frequencies in the Spontaneous Speech of 2-5 year-old Korean Children
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Pae So-Yeong
Ko Do-Heung
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the syllable and phoneme requencies in the spontaneous speech of some Korean children. Sixty four normally developing children aged from 2 to 5 were involved (male : female = 1 : 1, 16 children in each age group.) Fifity connected utterances were analyzed using the KCLA ( Koea computeized laguage Analysis) 2.0 and Exel. The findings were as follows : 1) /i/ was the most frequently used syllable and was followed by /yo/, /k∧/, /s´∧/, /n??n/ and so on. 2) The most frequently used Korean phonemes were syllable-inital consonant /k/, syllable- medial vowel /a/ and syllable-final consonant /n/. 3) All seven syllable final consonants (/p,t,k,m,n,n,l/) wee used more frequently in the word-medial position than in the word-final position. Three syllable imitial consonants(/k, l, s´/) were used more frequently in the word-medial position than in the word-inital position. The syllable and phoneme frequencies in the Korean children´s spontaneous speech will provide valuable information in interpreting the severity of phonological disorder and in developing tools for the Korean phonological assessment and intervention.
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