KMID : 1022420190110020023
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences 2019 Volume.11 No. 2 p.23 ~ p.31
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The imitation patterns of adults and children on f0 intervals in North Kyungsang Korean
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Kim Jung-Sun
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Abstract
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The present study examines whether pitch range variation in North Kyunsang Korean shows a categorical or continuous function. Specifically, the study is focused on the data imitated by adults and children in the North Kyungsang region. To investigate pitch range variation, the log-produced f0 intervals were measured and statistically analyzed. The results of the study are as follows. First, both the adults¡¯ and children¡¯s imitations were more categorical than continuous, especially for the HL-LH patterns. For the other pitch accent patterns, such as HH-HL and HH-LH, the curves were continuous or flat for most of the speakers. Second, the children¡¯s imitations were poorer than those of the adults. That is, the children¡¯s imitative responses were shown as more continuous or flat curves than categorical. For the children, the HL-LH pattern showed a categorical function at the midpoint of the curves, though the shifts were not as distinctive as the adults¡¯ data. This implies that the imitative responses of children follow the perceptual and productive trace of adults¡¯ speech behavior.
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KEYWORD
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imitation, pitch range variation, f0 intervals, categorization, North Kyungsang Korean
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