Korean Journal of Cleft Lip And Palate (대한구순구개열학회지)

Korean Cleft Lip and Plate Association (대한구순구개열학회)
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Cross-racial Study of Nasalance for American Native Speakers and Korean Students

인종적 차이에 따른 비음도 변화: 미국 원어민과 한국인 대학생을 비교 대상으로

  • Kim, Hyun-Gi (Department of English Language and Literature, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Lee, Seung-Rho (Department of Clinical Speech Pathology, Graduate program/RISS, Chonbuk National University) ;
  • Choi, Eun-Myung (Department of Speech and Language Rehabilitation, Hyejeon University) ;
  • Cho, Woo-Young (Department of Speech and Language Rehabilitation, Hyejeon University)
  • 김현기 (전북대학교 대학원 협동 임상언어병리학과) ;
  • 이승로 (혜전대학 언어재활과) ;
  • 최은명 (전북대학교 영어영문학과) ;
  • 조우영 (전북대학교 영어영문학과)
  • Published : 2010.12.30
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Abstract

Nasalance is used to evaluate the velopharyngeal incompetence in clinical diagnosis using Nasometer. The aim of this study is to find the nasalance differences between English native speakers and Korean speakers by measuring the nasalance of Oral and Nasal sentences. 20 Americans and 20 Korean students participate to the experimentation. The results are as follows: (1) The nasalance of females for Oral and Nasal sentences is higher than that of males for both native and Korean speakers. (2) The nasalance of Oral sentences in Korean men and females is higher than that of Oral sentences in American men and females, however, the nasalance of Nasal sentences in American men and females is higher than that of Nasal sentences in Korean men and females. (3) The nasalance of stop consonants /p, t, k/ in Korean men and females is higher than that of consonants in American men and females. (4) The nasalance of nasal consonants /m, n, ɧ/ in American men and females is higher than that of consonants in Korean men and females.

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