A Perceptual Study of the Temporal Cues for Leveled Groups of Korean English Learners

한국인 영어 학습자의 수준별 영어 파열음 시구간 신호 지각 연구

  • Published : 2005.11.17

Abstract

This study investigates the asymmetry effect between acoustics and perception. The examined cues are closure duration, closure voicing, VOT, release, pre-vowel duration, post-vowel duration. Five native speakers of English and 30 Korean college students participated in the present study. The results showed that high level Korean English learners parallels native speakers in their responses, while mid and low level Korean learners are substantially different from natives.

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