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KMID : 1022420090010030087
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2009 Volume.1 No. 3 p.87 ~ p.93
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A Study of the English Pronunciation of Korean Exchange Students
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Park Hee-Suk
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Abstract
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The purpose of this experimental study is to investigate and compare the vowel lengths of English diphthongs and low vowels among native-English-speaking Americans and Korean college exchange students. To do this eight words and sixteen sentences were uttered and recorded by nine subjects, five Korean subjects and four American subjects. Results showed that the vowel lengths of English low vowels between American subjects and Korean subjects were different, which may lead to foreign accent of Korean speakers. Comparing the average length of English low vowels of Korean subjects with those of American subjects, we can see that American subjects tend to pronounce the English low vowels longer than Korean subjects do. In the pronunciation of diphthongs /eI/ and /ou/, Korean subjects pronounced longer than American subjects did. However, in the pronunciation of diphthongs /au/, /aI/, and /?I/, American subjects pronounced longer than Korean subjects did.
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KEYWORD
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vowel lengths, diphthong, low vowel, foreign accent
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