Proceedings of the KSPS conference (대한음성학회:학술대회논문집)
- 2005.11a
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- Pages.73-77
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- 2005
The Perception-Based study of a weak syllable in English Words with Weak-Strong pattern by Korean Learners(I)
약강구조 영어 단어에 대한 초급 및 고급 영어학습자의 약음절 지각과 반응시간(I)
- Kim, Hee-Sung (Behavioral Science Research Center, Korea Univ.) ;
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Shin, Ji-Young
(Department of Korean Language and Literature, Korea Univ.) ;
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Kim, Kee-Ho
(Department of English Language and Literature, Korea Univ.)
- Published : 2005.11.17
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to observe how Korean learners of English perceive a weak syllable in words with WS syllable pattern. According to the automated discrimination task using E-Prime, the proportion of right answer and reaction time of the stimuli with same word pairs (a-a, b-b) was more and faster respectively than that with different word pairs (a-b, b-a). Specifically, in a-b or b-a stimuli structure, familiarity(word frequency) of stressed word succeeding weak syllable and whether the weak syllable had coda in it was two important factors in distinguishing between a word with and without weak syllable. Even though the high English proficiency Koreans had faster reaction time than the low English proficiency Koreans, all Korean learners somewhat had difficulty perceiving the weak syllable at the beginning of the word.
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