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The Korean Association for the Study of English Language and Linguistics
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Korea Journal of English Language and Linguistics - Vol. 24, No. 0, pp.175-193
ISSN: 1598-1398 (Print) 2586-7474 (Online)
Print publication date 31 Jan 2024
Received 22 Oct 2023 Revised 23 Jan 2024 Accepted 10 Mar 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15738/kjell.24..202403.175

한국인의 영어 차용 과정에서 나타나는 어말 자음에 따른 음절 인지양상 연구

김정연
강원대학교
Perception of English coda stops by Korean listeners
Kim, Jungyeon
Kangwon National University, Tel: 033-250-6635 jungyeonkim@kangwon.ac.kr


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Abstract

This research focuses on whether Korean listeners unnecessarily hear an illusory vowel following a word-final stop in English although a voiceless stop in this position is allowed in Korean. In a syllable count judgment, Korean participants listened to English pseudo words ending in a stop and they were directed to count the number of syllables in each word. This research delved into six distinct linguistic elements that could impact the perception of a second language, i.e., release, voicing, and place of word-final stop, tenseness of pre-stop vowel, final stress, and word size. The present findings demonstrate that Korean listeners actually hear an extra syllable when the English nonce word ends in a released stop or a syllable containing a tense vowel. This outcome lends support to the prediction of perception model in adaptation, suggesting that unnecessary vowel insertion does not appear to be driven by a production grammar sustaining perceptual similarity between the English form and Korean pronunciation; instead, it arises from the misperception of English words.

Keywords:

syllables, perception, illusory vowels, stop release

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by 2023 Research Grant from Kangwon National University.

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