• 대한음성학회지:말소리
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• 제31_32호
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• pp.9-22
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• 1996

This study aims to describe the acoustic characteristics of Korean nasal sounds making use of the notion of pole and zero. In case of [m], the 1st and 4th formant almost remains as the original shape respectively, on the contrary, the 2nd and 3rd formant were observed as a variable cluster together. Alveolar [n] shows that the 3rd and 4th formant make a variable cluster with their antiformant(zero), however, the 1st and 2nd formant keep the static shape of their on. Velar [$\eta$] has 4 formants below 2900 Hz and the 3rd and 4th formant constitute a variable cluster together as does the case [n]. With respect to the energy distribution in case of [n] and [$\eta$], the energy value diminishes from Fl up to F3 continuously but augments in F4. The [m] shows that in the region of Fl-F2 does the energy fall down and rise from F3 to above.

• 대한소아치과학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.375-388
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• 1996

It has widely known for speech problem in patients with malocclusion, but there have been insufficient studies on degrees of severity. Patients with openbite and Cl III malocclusion usually have speech problem. It has widely known that fricative /s/is pronunciated most abnormally in Cl III malocclusion than any other consonant. Therefore 20 children with anterior crossbite were selected for study groups and 40 children with normal anterior occlusion were selected for control group. 7 sounds such as / 사(sa), 서($s{\delta}$), 소(so), 수(su), 스($s{\omega}$), 시(si), 세(se) / were recorded, and the formants and formants ratios were measured by using Sensimetric Speech Station, which is speech analyzing program in IBM PC. The results were as follows : 1. In anterior crossbite group, F1 of all 7 sounds were significantly higher than normal anterior relationship group(p<0.05). 2. There were no significant difference in F2 between two groups except / 소(so), 수(su)/(p>0.05). 3. In anterior crossbite group, F2/F1 ratio of all 7 sounds were significantly smaller than normal anterior relationship group(p<0.05). 4. There were no significant difference in accordance with tongue position(p>0.05).

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2014

The current study presents an instrumental phonetic analysis of Korean monophthong vowels in the early twentieth century Seoul Korean, based on audio recordings of elementary school textbooks Botonghakgyo Joseoneodokbon (Korean Reading Textbook for Elementary School). The data examined in this study were a list of the Korean mono syllables (Banjeol), and a short passage, recorded by one 41-year-old male speaker in 1935, as well as a short passage recorded by one 11-year-old male speaker in 1935. The Korean monophthongs were examined in terms of acoustic analysis of the vowel formants (F1, F2) and compared to those recorded by 18 male speakers of Seoul Korean in 2013. The results show that in 1935, 1) /e/ and /ɛ/ were clearly separated in the vowel space; 2) /o/ and /u/ were also clearly separated without any overlapping values; 3) some tokens of /y/ and /ø/ were produced as monophthongs, not as diphthongs. Based on the results, we can observe the historical change of the Korean vowels over 80-90 years such as 1) /e/ and /ɛ/ have been merged; and 2) /o/ has been raised and overlapped with /u/.

• 음성과학
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.171-184
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• 2001

American English vowels and Korean vowels were compared by the plotformant method. For American English vowels, six General American English speakers pronounced English words in the b_t environment. For Korean vowels eight Kyongsang dialect speakers and eight Seoul dialect speakers pronounced Korean words in the environments of k_t, p_t and t_t. The formant plots were obtained by plotting F1/F2 tokens of 13 American English vowels on the F1xF2 plane. In spite of personal variations the 13 vowel spaces of all six American English speakers maintained their relative positions with some overlaps. Clear distinctions were made between i-I, e-$\varepsilon$, u-$\sigma$, and o-c. The domain of c and $\alpha$ overlapped for three American English speakers, but it did not for three other speakers. The 8 Korean vowel spaces of Kyongsang dialect speakers and Seoul dialect speakers were very similar and maintained their relative positions. No distinction was made between e and $\varepsilon$. In contrast with American English e which is a neutral vowel, Korean e was a back vowel. The comparison of 13 American English vowel positions and 8 Korean Vowel positions is expected to shed some light on the errors of English vowel pronunciation of Korean learners.

• 음성과학
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.59-72
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• 2000

Vocal tract resonances are of paramount importance to voice sounds. Resonance frequencies determine vowel quality and the personal voice timber. The aim of this study was to make an effective diction program according to tuning formant frequencies by adjusting the vocal tract shape in professional voice users. Twelve male student singers and eleven female student singers participated in this study. The subjects repeated five simple vowels /a, e, i, o, u/ in normal speech and singing. The spoken vowels and sung vowels were measured by formant frequencies and the singer's formant frequencies using CSL and DSP Sona-Graph. Separately, Plot formants program was used to draw the vowel chart. The results were as follows. (1) Total formant frequencies of female singers were 11% higher than those of males singers in singing. (2) The F1 and F3 of sung vowels increased compared to F1 and F3 spoken vowels. However, The F2 of sung vowels decreased in comparison with F2 of spoken vowels. (3) Posterior vowel /u/ were moved anteriorly. This phenomenon seemed to be due to head voice singing training. (4) Singer's formant frequencies in student singers appeared according to the part: 2560 Hz for baritone, 2760 Hz for Tenor, 2821 Hz for Mezzo soprano and 3420 Hz for soprano.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 1996년도 10월 학술대회지
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• pp.362-366
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• 1996

This paper is generally divided in 2 parts. One is the study on vowels about korean singer's lyric song in view of Daniel Jones' Cardinal Vowel. The other is acoustic study on vowels in my singing about korean lyric song. Analysis data are KBS concert video tape and CSL's. NSP file on my singing and Informants are famous singers i.e. 3 sopranos, 1 mezzo, 2 tenors, 1baritone, and me. Analysis aim is to find out Korean 8 vowels([equation omitted]) quality in singing. The methods of descrition are used in closed vowels, half closed vowels, half open vowels, open vowels and rounded vowels, unroundes vowels and formants. The study of the former is while watching the monitor screen to stop the scene that is to be analysixed. The study of the latter is to analysis the spectrogram converted by CSL's. SP file. Analysis results are an follows: Visual and auditory korean vowels quality in singing have the 3 tendency. One is the tendency of more rounded than is usual Korean vowels. Another is the tendency of centralized to center point in Cardinal Vowel and the other is the tendency of diversity in vowel quality. Acoustic analysis is studied by means of 4 formants. Fl and F2 show similiar step in spoken. In Fl there is the same formant values. This seems to vocal organization be perceived the singign situation. The width of F3 is the widest of all, so F3 may be the characteristics in singing. In conclude, the characteristics of vowels in Korean lyric songs are seems to have the tendencies of rounding, centralizing to center point in Cardinal Vowel, diversity in vowel quality and, F3'widest width in compared with usual Korean vowels.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권6호
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• pp.373-377
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• 2010

영어의 경우는 모음포만트 분석이 질적이나 양적으로 이미 오래전부터 많이 이루어져 왔다. 그러나 한국어 모음이 음향음성학적으로는 제대로 분석되지 않고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구의 목적은 한국어 모음에 대한 음향음성학적 측면에서 정량적으로 충분한 자료 확보를 위한 과정의 일환으로 정상 남자 20대와 30대를 대상으로 한국어 모음의 음향학적 측면에서 정량적 자료를 얻고자 하였다. 한국어 표준어를 산출하는 20~30대의 남자 총 31명을 대상으로 기본 5 모음 인 /아, 에(애), 이, 오, 우/를 3회 반복산출한 것을 Cool edit에 녹음하여 MATLAB음향분석 프로그램을 이용하여 모음의 F1, F2, F3, F4를 구하였다. F1과 F2 모두에서 본 연구의 모음 포만트가 선행연구보다 전반적으로 낮은 경향을 보였으나 전체적인 패턴은 매우 유사하였다. 연령별, 어음재료에 따른 한국어 모음 자료들에 대한 연구가 더 요구될 것으로 사료된다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.201-207
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• 2013

This study is a follow-up study of Han and Kang (2013) and Kang and Han (2013) which examined cross-generational changes in the Korean vowels /o/ and /u/ using acoustic analyses of the vowel formants of these two vowels, their Euclidean distances and the overlap fraction values generated in SOAM 2D (Wassink, 2006). Their results showed an on-going approximation of /o/ and /u/, more evident in female speakers and non-initial vowels. However, these studies employed non-words in a frame sentence. To see the extent to which these two vowels are merged in real words in spontaneous speech, we conducted an acoustic analysis of the formants of /o/ and /u/ produced by two age groups of female speakers while reading a letter sample. The results demonstrate that 1) the younger speakers employed mostly F2 but not F1 differences in the production of /o/ and /u/; 2) the Euclidean distance of these two vowels was shorter in non-initial than initial position, but there was no difference in Euclidean distance between the two age groups (20's vs. 40-50's); 3) overall, /o/ and /u/ were more overlapped in non-initial than initial position, but in non-initial position, younger speakers showed more congested distribution of the vowels than in older speakers.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.77-88
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• 2011

Foreign accent in second language production depends heavily on the transfer of features from the first language. This study examines acoustic variations in segments and suprasegments by native and nonnative speakers of English, searching for patterns of the transfer and plausible indexes of foreign accent in English. The acoustic variations are analyzed with recorded read speech by 20 native English speakers and 50 Korean learners of English, in terms of vowel formants, vowel duration, and syllabic variation induced by stress. The results show that the acoustic measurements of vowel formants and vowel and syllable durations display difference between native speakers and nonnative speakers. The difference is robust in the production of lax vowels, diphthongs, and stressed syllables, namely the English-specific features. L1 transfer on L2 specification is found both at the segmental levels and at the suprasegmental levels. The transfer levels measured as groups and individuals further show a continuum of divergence from the native-like target. Overall, the eldest group, students who are in the graduate schools, shows more native-like patterns, suggesting weaker foreign accent in English, whereas the high school students tend to involve larger deviation from the native speakers' patterns. Individual results show interdependence between segmental transfer and prosodic transfer, and correlation with self-reported proficiency levels. Additionally, experience factors in English such as length of English study and length of residence in English speaking countries are further discussed as factors to explain the acoustic variation.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.1-14
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• 2020

서울말의 ᅩ/ᅮ가 모음 공간에서 융합하는 변화가 진행되고 있는 것이 많은 연구들에 의해 지적되어 왔다. 한편 ᅩ/ᅮ의 중복이 현저한 여성의 발화에서는 포먼트 대신 모음의 음질 (H1-H2)이 ᅩ/ᅮ를 구별하고 있는 것이 확인되었다. 본 고의 목적은 생성에 보이는 ᅩ/ᅮ 간의 H1-H2 차이가 지각에서도 유효한지를 확인하는 것이다. 지각에서도 H1-H2가 유효하게 기능하고 있다면 포먼트만으로는 설명이 어려운 여성의 ᅩ/ᅮ를 생성과 지각 모두에서 H1-H2로 정연하게 설명할 수 있을 것이다. 서울, 경기 출신의 대학생 35명을 대상으로 서울말 모어 화자가 단독발화한 ' 오'와 '우'를 사용하여 지각실험을 실시하였다. 자극음은 모두 여성의 발화로 모음 공간에서 상당한 중복을 보이는 182예이다. 생성과 지각의 관계를 보기 위해 자극음의 음향분석도 실시하였다. 정답률(바르게 지각한 동정률)은 평균 89%로 /ᅩ/가 86% (n=88), /ᅮ/가 91% (n=94)였다. 자극음의 음향분석에서 포먼트로 구별이 어려운 ᅩ/ᅮ의 경우 H1-H2가 유의하게 작용하고 있는 것이 확인되었다. 그러나 ᅩ/ᅮ의 지각에 H1-H2의 영향력은 매우 미미하며 ᅩ/ᅮ의 구별에는 남녀 모두 포먼트가 결정적인 역할을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 생성에서 H1-H2로 ᅩ/ᅮ를 구별하는 것은 여성의 발화로, 남성의 발화에서는 H1-H2가 아닌 포먼트로 구별된다. 남성의 발화에서도 H1-H2 차이가 ᅩ/ᅮ의 구별에 쓰인다면 지각에 있어서도 H1-H2가 주된 지각특성이 될 수도 있겠지만 적어도 현 단계에서 ᅩ/ᅮ의 지각에 H1-H2의 사용은 남녀 모두 아직 도입되지 않은 것으로 보인다.