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KMID : 1022420150070020077
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2015 Volume.7 No. 2 p.77 ~ p.83
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Investigation about Japanese perception of Korean Tense Consonants
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Kwon Yeon-Joo
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Abstract
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The aim of this paper is to investigate Japanese speakers' perception of Korean tense consonants. In a range of perceptual experiments Japanese participants were directed to label Korean stimuli using Japanese katakana characters. The analysis of the results showed a strong influence of Japanese phonology in the responses. Japanese perception of sokuon was increased, (1) when the tense consonants were in word medial position, (2) when tense consonants were other than /s/, (3) when the tense consonant followed voiceless consonants, (4) when the consonants were part of a cluster sharing their point of articulation, (5) when preceding vowel were other than /u/, (6) when following vowel were /u/. This result, showing preference for phonology , is in harmony with previous research on the Japanese sokuon perception using Japanese (Takeyasu 2009, Matsui 2011), and Italian (Tanaka & Kubozono 2008) stimuli.
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KEYWORD
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Japanese Geminate consonant, Sokuon, Korean tense consonants
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