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KMID : 1022420130050020081
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2013 Volume.5 No. 2 p.81 ~ p.90
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A Study on the Influence of Korean Regional Dialects to English Vowel Pronunciation and Correction
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Kim Ji-Eun
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Abstract
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The purposes of this study are to: (1) Compare the vowel production of English front vowels produced by Korean speakers using regional dialects and; (2) Investigate and compare the effectiveness of pronunciation training for each regional dialect group. To test these objectives, the English front vowels produced by five Youngnam dialect male speakers, five Youngnam dialect female speakers, five Kangwon dialect male speakers, and five Kangwon dialect female speakers were scrutinized. These dialect groups' vowel formants and length of English front vowels were evaluated, and the post-pronunciation training values were compared with those of pre-training values. The results indicate that pronunciation training is more effective for Youngnam dialect speakers, whilst both dialect groups have more success mastering the pronunciation of /?/ over /æ/.
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KEYWORD
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vowel formants, vowel length, regional dialect, pronunciation training
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