KMID : 0917520070140040099
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Journal of Speech Sciences 2007 Volume.14 No. 4 p.99 ~ p.114
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The Acoustic Analysis of Diphthongs of Jeju Dialect Speakers in their 20s, 50s, and 70s and their Diphthong Inventories
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Kim Won-Bo
Byun Gil-Ja Ko Mi-Sook
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Abstract
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This study attempted to acoustically analyze the diphthongs of native Jeju speakers in their 70s, 50s, and 20s to observe their diphthong inventories 96 subjects participated in the recording using a set of picture cards. Results show that Jeju dialect speakers in their 70s distinguish /we/ and , /yo/ and /yc/, but have difficulty pronouncing /ye/, , and /iy/ correctly. It is interesting to find that the diphthong inventory of Jeju dialect speakers in their 50s are in transitional stage. They share the diphthong inventories of those people in their 70¡¯s containing /we/ and , and /yo/ and /yc/, but they do not produce them as clearly as the latter age group. The former age group also share the common feature with those people in their 20¡¯s because both age groups show the same pronunciation of /iy/. The youngest group seldom pronounce /we/ and , /yo/ and /yc/ correctly unlike native Jeju speakers in their 70s, but they can easily pronounce the diphthong /iy/ like standard Korean speakers.
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KEYWORD
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diphthong, native Jeju speakers, diphthong inventories, age group
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