Speech Sciences (음성과학)
- Volume 8 Issue 4
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- Pages.215-220
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- 2001
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- 1226-5276(pISSN)
A Study on the English Vowel Lengths /$\ae$ /, /c/, and /$\alpha$ /
영어모음 /$\ae$ /, /c/, /$\alpha$ / 발음길이 연구
Abstract
This study was done to find out the difference in vowel length between English produced by Americans and KATUSA soldiers. Though English pronunciation by Koreans shows different features in many ways, I focused on English vowel length of KATUSA soldiers. I wanted to know if English low vowels show a foreign accent by comparing vowel lengths in English produced by Americans and KATUSA soldiers. The reason I wanted to deal with English low vowels is that most Koreans have difficulty in pronouncing them. Therefore I selected three English low vowels, /