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KMID : 1022420100020030091
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2010 Volume.2 No. 3 p.91 ~ p.99
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Sensitivity to Phrase-initial Tone and Laryngeal Feature Identification of Foreign Learners of Korean
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Lee Hye-Sook
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Abstract
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This paper reports on an identification test where KFL learners identified the Korean three-way laryngeal contrast in the phrase-initial position, when the phrase-initial tone was systematically manipulated. It turns out that heritage learners have some sensitivity to phrase-initial tone and show a plain-aspirated alternation in their identification according to the phrase-initial tone, as native speakers do, whereas non-heritage students do not show such tone sensitivity. However, after a weekly prosody training, second-year non-heritage students have shown a significant improvement in their performance. This paper clearly shows that the phrase-initial tone plays a critical role in distinguishing laryngeal features of Korean obstruents, and also suggests that prosody including the tone-segment correlation should be incorporated in the KFL curriculum.
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KEYWORD
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phrase-initial tone, laryngeal contrast, KFL, heritage learners, prosody
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