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Closure Duration and Pitch as Phonetic Cues to Korean Stop Identity in AP-medial Position: Perception Test

  • Kang, Hyun-Sook;Dilley, Laura
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.25-39
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    • 2007
  • The present study investigated some perceptual phonetic attributes of two Korean stop types, aspirated and lax, in medial position of an accentual phrase. The intonational pattern across syllables (Jun, 1993) is argued to depend on the type of stop (aspirated vs. lax) only in the initial position of an accentual phrase. In Kang & Dilley (2007), we showed that significant differences between aspirated and lax stops in medial position of an accentual phrase exist in closure duration, voice-onset time, and fundamental frequency (F0) values for post-stop vowels. In the present perception experiment, we investigated whether these phonetic attributes contribute to the perception of these two types of stops: The closure durations and/or F0's of post-stop vowels on accentual-phrase medial words were altered and twenty native Korean speakers then judged these words as beginning with an aspirated or lax stop. Both closure duration and F0 significantly affected judgments of stop identity. These results indicate that a wider range of acoustic cues that distinguish aspirated and lax Korean stops in production also plays a role in perception. To account for these results we suggest some phonetic and phonological models of consonant-tone interactions for Korean.

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Study on the analysis of Web Corporate identity -Especially on the Sports Shoes sites (기업 웹 아이덴티티의 분석에 관한 연구 -스포츠신발사이트를 중심으로)

  • 신순호
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.147-156
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    • 2004
  • An enterprise is a basic unit to constitute national economy and a unit of independent production economy to pursue profit based on separation between ownership of production means and labor. Even though price and quantity of production are decided by planned economy in order to survive in the mechanism of market economy, quantity of production and of demands can't be same at all because of consumers' different preferences. An enterprise uses audio-visual media like letters, pictures, and voice in order to grasp consumers' taste, to develop products and to advertise them. Advertising is communication that a company, a non-profit organization or an individual, that is shown in the message of an ad, makes through several media. It is time that a company should appeal its image, not only its products, to consumers as a salesman. Marketing strategy of company identity is to visualize a company's intentions, to formalize its motto, slogan or culture, to build up trust of products and the company in consumers, and then, to have the consumers forever. By the virtue of development of www in 1990s, the media has been expanded to online. Development of www has united the world into a network and the market has been changed to unlimited competition. This paper intends to define the concept and characteristics of web identity and investigates and analyzes how web sites of sports shoes express their identities. In addition, it analyzes influences of multinational companies' web identifies (in Korean version) and of local companies' web identities on local consumers. Through survey, it will analyze the effects of web identity and review its operation.

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Speaker Detection and Recognition for a Welfare Robot

  • Sugisaka, Masanori;Fan, Xinjian
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.835-838
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    • 2003
  • Computer vision and natural-language dialogue play an important role in friendly human-machine interfaces for service robots. In this paper we describe an integrated face detection and face recognition system for a welfare robot, which has also been combined with the robot's speech interface. Our approach to face detection is to combine neural network (NN) and genetic algorithm (GA): ANN serves as a face filter while GA is used to search the image efficiently. When the face is detected, embedded Hidden Markov Model (EMM) is used to determine its identity. A real-time system has been created by combining the face detection and recognition techniques. When motivated by the speaker's voice commands, it takes an image from the camera, finds the face inside the image and recognizes it. Experiments on an indoor environment with complex backgrounds showed that a recognition rate of more than 88% can be achieved.

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Closure Duration and Pitch as Phonetic Cues to Korean Stop Identity in AP Medial Position: Production Test

  • Kang, Hyun-Sook;Dilley, Laura
    • Speech Sciences
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.7-19
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    • 2007
  • The present study investigated some phonetic attributes which distinguish two Korean stop types $^-aspirated$ and $lax^-$ in a prosodic position which has previously received little attention, namely medial in an accentual phrase. The intonational pattern across syllables which are initial in an accentual phrase (Jun, 1993) is said to depend on the type of stop (aspirated or lax), while that of syllables which are medial in an accentual phrase are not. In Experiment 1, nine native Korean speakers read sentences with a controlled prosodic pattern in which aspirated or lax stops occurred in accentual phrase-medial position. Acoustic analysis revealed significant differences between aspirated and lax stops in closure duration, voice-onset time, and fundamental frequency (F0) values for post-stop vowels. The results indicate that a wider range of acoustic cues distinguish aspirated and lax Korean stops than previously demonstrated. Phonetic and phonological models of consonant-tone interactions for Korean will need to be revised to account for these results.

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Navigating Identity: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Related Field Professionals' Views on Arts Education for North Korean Refugee Youth (탈북 청소년 대상 문화예술교육에 대한 질적 내용 분석 연구 - 정체성 형성 과정을 중심으로 -)

  • Shin, Hyesun;Youn, Hyunkyoung
    • Korean Association of Arts Management
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    • no.55
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    • pp.75-113
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    • 2020
  • This research aims to identify current issues of arts education programs which have designed for North Korean Refugee Youth in South Korea and then navigates further steps to better serve the group. The purpose of study also pertains to the '2010 Seoul Agenda: Goals for the Development of Arts Education' announced at the Second World Conference on Arts Education, particularly, to the third Goal indicating how arts education practices can contribute to resolving social and cultural issues and promoting social cohesion and intercultural dialogues (UNESCO, 2010). This research engages with critical theory approach and adopts qualitative content analysis for collected documents and interview data. Based on the findings of this research, interview participants found its need of current arts education program for North Korean refugee youth become more value-driven and participant-centered. Currently, those programs available seem to incline to helping their adjustment to the South Korean society through arts-related activities, such as enhancing Korean language skills and learning Korean culture. Rather, it has been addressed that providing emotional and psychological supports and opportunities to search their own 'voice(s)' should be core objectives of the arts education programs. Moreover, when it is offered, arts educators and administrators need to make sure that participants can feel safe and secure as being present at the space for programs in order to express and encounter their true inner voice(s).

Exploring Place Identity and Sustainable Residency of Youth Migrating to Local Areas (청년들의 지방이주와 정주지속을 위한 장소정체성 연구)

  • Lee, Chang-Hyun;Park, Ji-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Landscape Architecture
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    • v.51 no.3
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    • pp.139-152
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    • 2023
  • Recently, there has been an increasing interest in the migration of young people to local areas. These young people are discovering and reinterpreting local resources to open local businesses while generating new value in local activities and businesses. This study was initiated with the recognition that fundamental solutions are needed for these young people to settle and sustain residence in the local area. Edward Relph stated that 'place' is a fundamental attribute that influences human existence in the world and is the source of stability and identity formation for individuals. This is deeply related to the psychology of young people who have migrated to local areas. These young people accept the unfamiliar 'space' as a 'place' to form stability and personal identity. Therefore, this study utilized PhotoVoice methodology to examine the process and key factors of place identity formation among migrant youths. As a result, the study identified factors that enable young people to settle in local areas and sustain residence while recognizing elements the local government should focus on to support and address the influx of young people. The results of this study can serve as a foundation for addressing the declining population in local areas through the formation of a relationship population and spur the inflow of young people to local cities in the future.

A Study of Imitation within TV Reality Audition Program : Focused on the JTBC and Mnet (TV 리얼리티 오디션 프로그램에 표현된 모방 연구 : JTBC<히든 싱어>와 Mnet<너의 목소리가 보여>를 중심으로)

  • Oh, Seo-Hyun;Nah, Ken
    • The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.389-398
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    • 2019
  • Imitation is an important cultural act that began with human history, and is becoming an essential strategy for innovation and creativity in the 21st century. With the advent of the concept of intellectual property in modern society, the issues of imitation and design have become inseparable. This study, in that it is necessary to understand the cultural identity of the times for the Design Studies, examined the significance of imitation of TV reality audition programs, JTBCand Mnet with a theme of "Mimic Singing" and "LipSync." First, the act of imitation itself is fair and entertaining. Second, imitation ironically expresses the power of originality. Third, imitation is eventually expanding into mixing and transformation. Through these series of processes, the act of imitation goes beyond one-sided follow-up and leads to the intention of improving it creatively. Thus, it is concluded that the issue of imitation is complementary, not mutually exclusive, as an inseparable concept from creativity.

Lightweight Speaker Recognition for Pet Robots using Residuals Neural Network (잔차 신경망을 활용한 펫 로봇용 화자인식 경량화)

  • Seong-Hyun Kang;Tae-Hee Lee;Myung-Ryul Choi
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.168-173
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    • 2024
  • Speaker recognition refers to a technology that analyzes voice frequencies that are different for each individual and compares them with pre-stored voices to determine the identity of the person. Deep learning-based speaker recognition is being applied to many fields, and pet robots are one of them. However, the hardware performance of pet robots is very limited in terms of the large memory space and calculations of deep learning technology. This is an important problem that pet robots must solve in real-time interaction with users. Lightening deep learning models has become an important way to solve the above problems, and a lot of research is being done recently. In this paper, we describe the results of research on lightweight speaker recognition for pet robots by constructing a voice data set for pet robots, which is a specific command type, and comparing the results of models using residuals. In the conclusion, we present the results of the proposed method and Future research plans are described.

Cross-currents of Change and Continuity: Korean National Literature and Korean National Cinema

  • Kim, Daniel H.
    • Lingua Humanitatis
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    • v.7
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    • pp.247-269
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    • 2005
  • The decade of the 1960s in Korea is normally regarded as a transitional period, but this transition has been consistently viewed in either economic or political terms. In this paper I examine the 1960s and the 1970s as a period of cultural transition―from a neo-Confucian emphasis on "high" art to a broader, more inclusive acceptance of "popular" forms of cultural expression. Although these two realms of cultural production are often viewed as fundamentally antithetical, I argue that there is actually significant continuity in terms of both artistic expression and cultural engagement. In particular, I look at the trajectories of Korean national literature and cinema and their areas of confluence. I examine the career of Kim $S{\breve{u}ng-ok$, who in the 1960s was the preeminent literary voice of a new generation and who in the 1970s was the screenwriter for some of the most popular films of that era, and I show how Kim's career changes track parallel changes in both literature and cinema. Artistically, Kim continued his literary expressions of a new sensibility in his screenplays, bringing to cinema a new infusion of seriousness and respectability. Culturally, Kim continued his explorations of the ways in which rapid changes in Korean politics and the booming economy led to miscommunication and chaos in society. By consistently exploring processes of national identity formation and re-formation, Kim's 1960s literature can be seen as crucial instances of Korean national literature (minjok munhak). In the same manner, Kim's 1970s screenplays can be seen as foundational moments in a Korean national cinema.

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The Aesthetics of the Resurrection of Ecological Imagination: Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping (생태학적 상상력의 소생의 미학 -메릴린 로빈슨의 『하우스키핑』)

  • Lee, Chung-Hee
    • Journal of English Language & Literature
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    • v.57 no.1
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    • pp.73-105
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    • 2011
  • The purpose of this paper is to contend the importance of resurrection of fluid identity and ecological imagination for making the habitable biosphere in Marilynne Robinson's Housekeeping. Ruth as a narrator suggests the future-oriented vision that the environment and nature(mother) can be resurrected, crossing Fingerbone bridge of the boundary line of society/nature as a faithful follower of her aunt Sylvie and becoming the existence with a transparent voice despite of her absence. This novel is to rewrite the American pastoral. Based on the patriarchical way despite of the absence of Edmund Foster, Sylvia's conventional housekeeping is to divide between inside and outside of the house. Nevertheless, Sylvia's relentless efforts to keep her house intact turns out to be fragile. Contrasting with Sylvia, Sylvie's housekeeping is to recognize the continuity of inside and outside. She willingly accepts the reconciliation of the self, the nature and the society. After Ruth and Lucille's staying at night in the lake, they are diverged into going their own way. Ruth accepts Sylvie as a substitute mother. Lucille leaves the house voluntarily and go to her Home Economics teacher, Miss Royce, pursuing the ideal mother of symbolic society. Sylvie and Ruth has the more intimate bond, with their trip to the deserted house in the valley. Ruth meditates on the non-solidity of house and the resurrection of her family. Leaving their house to escape from the town people's legal enforcement, Sylvie and Ruth become transients. Although their history is completed by the drown-death publicly, they always want to visit Lucille's well kept house in Fingerbone. Therefore the method for making Ruth and Sylvie as the existences of ecological imagination return to the real world is to accept the reconciliation of nature and society. This novel is not limited as the binary opposition of vagrance/stability and transience/durability. The significant element of fluid identity can be composed of the interactions with transience and stability.


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