Speech Sciences (음성과학)
- Volume 15 Issue 2
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- Pages.33-51
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- 2008
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- 1226-5276(pISSN)
How Different are Vowel Epentheses in Learner Speech and Loanword Phonology?
- Park, Mi-Sun (Kangwon National University) ;
- Kim, Jong-Mi (Kangwon National University)
- Published : 2008.06.30
Abstract
Difference of learner speech and loanword phonology is investigated in terms of Korean learners' speech and their loanword adaptation of English words with a post-vocalic word-final stop. When we compared the speech of 12 Korean learners in mid-intermediate level with that of eight English speakers, the learner speech did not reflect loanword phonology of the vowel insertion after a voiced word-final stop (e.g., rib
Keywords
- vowel epenthesis;
- vowel lengthening;
- learner speech;
- loanword phonology;
- post-vocalic stop;
- English loanwords into Korean;
- Korean learner speech of English