Speech Sciences (음성과학)
- Volume 12 Issue 2
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- Pages.7-16
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- 2005
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- 1226-5276(pISSN)
A Study of the Pronunciation of English Vowels between Male and Female Speakers
남.여 화자간의 영어모음 발음 연구
Abstract
The purpose, this experimental study was to identify pronunciation difficulties between male and female Korean speakers in their articulation of English vowels. Ten English mono-syllabic words were spoken six times by six male and six female college students. Formant frequencies were measured from sound spectrograms made by Pitch Works. Results show that Korean female speakers uttered English vowels more similar to those uttered by English native speakers than did Korean male speakers. While Korean male speakers could not readily distinguish between /i/ and /I/, /u/ and /v/, and /