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KMID : 1022420160080030021
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences
2016 Volume.8 No. 3 p.21 ~ p.29
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Production of alveolar flaps in American English by native Korean speakers
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Oh Eun-Jin
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Abstract
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This study examined how native Korean speakers realize the acoustic characteristics of /d, t/ flaps in American English. Fourteen subjects, who had lived in foreign countries for less than one year, read words containing the alveolar stops in flapping environments. /d/ (91%) became flaps more frequently than /t/ (42%). The closure durations for /d/ flaps were significantly longer than /t/ flaps, and the durations of the preceding vowels were not significantly different between /d/ and /t/ flaps. Female learners demonstrated a higher percentage of /t/ flapping than their male counterparts. Differences in flap patterns were observed among individual learners.
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KEYWORD
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alveolar flap, American English, closure duration, vowel duration, underlying voicing, native Korean speaker
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