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http://dx.doi.org/10.13064/KSSS.2016.8.3.021

Production of alveolar flaps in American English by native Korean speakers  

Oh, Eunjin (이화여자대학교)
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Phonetics and Speech Sciences / v.8, no.3, 2016 , pp. 21-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined how native Korean speakers realize the acoustic characteristics of /d, t/ flaps in American English. Fourteen subjects, who had lived in foreign countries for less than one year, read words containing the alveolar stops in flapping environments. /d/ (91%) became flaps more frequently than /t/ (42%). The closure durations for /d/ flaps were significantly longer than /t/ flaps, and the durations of the preceding vowels were not significantly different between /d/ and /t/ flaps. Female learners demonstrated a higher percentage of /t/ flapping than their male counterparts. Differences in flap patterns were observed among individual learners.
Keywords
alveolar flap; American English; closure duration; vowel duration; underlying voicing; native Korean speaker;
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