• 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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• 제11권4호
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• pp.55-62
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• 2019

This paper investigates the phonological processes of consonants in pronounced words in the Buckeye Corpus and compares the frequency distribution of these processes to provide a clearer understanding of conversational English for linguists and teachers. Both orthographic and pronounced words were extracted from the transcribed label scripts of the Buckeye Corpus. Next, the phonological processes of consonants in the orthographic and pronounced labels were tabulated separately by onsets and codas, and a frequency distribution by consonant process types was examined. The results showed that the majority of the onset clusters were pronounced as the same sounds in the Buckeye Corpus. The participants in the corpus were presumed to speak semiformally. In addition, the onsets have fewer deletions than the codas, which might be related to the information weight of the syllable components. Moreover, there is a significant association and strong positive correlation between the phonological processes of the onsets and codas in men and women. This paper concludes that an analysis of phonological processes in spontaneous speech corpora can contribute to a practical understanding of spoken English. Further studies comparing the current phonological process data with those of other languages would be desirable to establish universal patterns in phonological processes.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2020

This paper investigates the phonological processes of consonants in pronounced words in the Seoul Corpus, and compares the frequency distribution of these processes to provide a clearer understanding of conversational Korean to linguists and teachers. To this end, both orthographic and pronounced words were extracted from the transcribed label scripts of the Seoul Corpus. Next, the phonological processes of consonants in the orthographic and pronounced forms were tabulated separately after syllabifying the onsets and codas, and major consonantal processes were examined. First, the results showed that the majority of the orthographic consonants' sounds were pronounced the same way as their pronounced forms. Second, more than three quarters of the onsets were pronounced as the same forms, while approximately half of the codas were pronounced as variants. Third, the majority of different onset and coda symbols were primarily caused by deletions and insertions. Finally, the five phonological process types accounted for only 12.4% of the total possible procedures. Based on these results, this paper concludes that an analysis of phonological processes in spontaneous speech corpora can improve the practical understanding of spoken Korean. Future studies ought to compare the current phonological process data with those of other languages to establish universal patterns in phonological processes.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.37-45
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• 2020

이 연구는 담화 표지 '아, 어, 음'의 출현 빈도와 발화 시간, 발화 위치 등을 계량적으로 관찰하여 성별과 연령별 차이를 보이고자 하였다. 이를 위해 대용량 음성 코퍼스인 서울코퍼스를 이용하였고, Praat(ver.6.1.31)으로 음길이와 실제 발화를 확인하고, Emeditor(ver.17.6.1)로 코퍼스를 분석하고, R(ver.3.4.4)로 통계 분석하여 결과를 제시하였다. 성별에 따라 보면 여성의 경우 남성보다 단독 발화에서 '음'이 고빈도로 사용되었고, 발화 종결 위치에서의 평균 음길이 또한 길었다. 연령에 따라 보면 발화 시작 위치에서 10대에서는 '아'가, 40대는 '어'가 고빈도로 출현하는 것이 특징적이었다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.45-53
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• 2019

본 논문의 목적은 자연발화 음성 코퍼스를 대상으로 영어 무성 파열음 [p, t, k]과 한국어 격음 파열음 [p^h, t^h, k^h]의 조음위치 결정에 영향을 미치는 요인들을 살펴보는 것이다. 프랏 스크립트를 이용하여 요인들은 자동 추출하였고, 판별분석을 통해 요인의 수를 점차 증가시켜가면서 무성 파열음의 예측 정확도를 계산하였다. 분석에 사용된 요인들은 개방파열, 파열 후 기식음과 모음 시작 부분의 운동량과 스펙트럼 기울기, 폐쇄구간과 VOT, 단어와 발화 내 위치, 마지막으로 직후 모음의 종류 등이었다. 분석 결과에 따르면, 요인의 수가 다섯 개까지 증가하는 경우 예측정확도가 최대로 증가하여 영어는 74.6%, 한국어는 66.4%를 나타내었다. 그러나 사실상의 최대값에 도달하는 데는 네 개의 요인으로도 충분하였고, 이들은 개방파열과 직후 모음의 운동량과 스펙트럼 기울기, 폐쇄구간과 VOT였다. 이는 무성파열음의 조음위치가 자신의 내부 요인들과 직후 모음의 영향을 동시에 받는다는 것을 의미한다고 볼 수 있다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.39-51
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• 2021

본고에서는 2020년에 수집된 자유 발화 자료를 바탕으로 어두 폐쇄음 평음, 격음, 경음의 발화가 어떻게 달라지고 있는지 그리고 지각은 어떻게 이루어지고 있는지에 대해 자세히 살펴보았다. 기존 연구의 통제된 실험에서와 다르게, 자유 발화에서는 30대 남성까지도 VOT(voice onset time)에 의해 평음과 격음의 변별이 이루어지지 않았다. 지각실험은 언어 변화의 주도 계층인 젊은 여성 세대를 대상으로 하였다. 그 결과 어두 폐쇄음의 지각에서 F0이 평음과 나머지 둘을 변별하는 역할을 하였고, 그 다음 VOT가 격음과 경음을 변별하는 역할을 하였다. 특히 F0이 낮을 때에는 VOT의 길이가 짧든 길든 간에 항상 평음으로 지각되었다는 점은 평음의 지각에서 F0이 절대적인 역할을 한다는 것을 보여주었다. 그러나 어떤 F0의 경우에는 VOT에 따라 평음과 격음이 변별되기도 하였는데, 이는 20대 여성의 발화와 지각 체계가 일치하지 않기 때문이다. 음 변화의 관점에서 발화와 지각 체계가 일치하지 않는다는 것은 음 변화가 진행 중이라는 것을 의미하는데, 특히 20대 여성에서처럼 발화의 변화가 지각의 변화에 앞서는 경우는 음 변화가 후반 단계에 있을 때이다. 이처럼 언어 변화를 주도하는 계층에서 여전히 지각에서 이전의 체계를 유지하고 있는 이유는 그들의 부모 세대의 발화에서 VOT에 의한 평음과 격음의 변별이 이루어졌기 때문이며 이를 습득한 것이라고 볼 수 있다. 즉 다른 집단과의 소통을 위해 여전히 VOT를 지각에 사용하고 있는 것이다.

• 영어어문교육
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.197-216
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• 2012

This study examines spoken interlanguage of Korean learners of English, focusing on the distribution of modal verbs and devices of epistemic modality. (Semi-) spontaneous speech data were collected from four students participating in a self-organized study group for seven months, which produced a corpus of about 55,000 words. The data analysis reveals the following: 1) The frequency of the modal verbs produced by the learners was lower than that of native speakers; 1.99 vs. 2.32 tokens per 100 words. The range of the modal verbs used by the learners was also very limited, with over-reliance on can (43%). 2) The grammatical categories of the devices marking epistemic modality were in the order of adverbs, lexical verbs, and modal verbs, with a high frequency of a few items in each category. 3) Lexical items conveying certainty and modals of obligation were preferred over markers of weaker commitment, resulting in speech characterized by firmer assertions and a more authoritative tone, a potential cause for pragmatic failure. 4) A weak developmental change was observed in the frequency of modal verbs, but not in their functions over the seven month period of data collection. L1 influence, L2 proficiency, mode of communication, and instruction effects are discussed as possible variables involved in the distribution patterns observed.

• 한국정보처리학회논문지
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• 제4권8호
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• pp.2025-2037
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• 1997

대화체 음성언어번역시스템의 일부인 개념기반 번역시스템은 음성인식의 결과를 이용하여 다른 언어로 번역해 주는 시스템이다. 본 논문은 여행계획 영역에 대해 한국어를 해석하여 영어, 일본어, 한국어로 번역해 주는 시스템에 대해 기술한 것이다. 개념기반 번역은 비정형 문장이 많은 대화체 문장을 처리하기 위해 형태소 분석 등의 구문정보를 이용하지 않고, 의미단위의 번역을 시도한 것으로 화자의 의도를 정확히 번역해 주는 것을 목표로 한다. 개념기반 번역은 280여개의 개념과 개념간의 계층구조에 의해, 인식결과를 개념구조로 변환한 후 다른 언어로 생성해 준다. 효율적인 한국어 처리를 위해 기준단어를 이용한 토큰분리기와 문법자동 수정기를 개발하였다. 그리고 자연스러운 생성문을 위해 각 언어에 대한 후처리기를 개발하였다.

• 음성과학
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• 제10권3호
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• pp.65-77
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• 2003

This study was aimed at clarifying the effects of sibling-involved .language intervention in children with language disorders. Ten subjects were selected and assigned into two groups (language intervention group with sibling-involvement, and language intervention without sibling-involvement). Group 1 consisted of 5 children with language disorders. Group 2 consisted of 5 children with language disorders without sibling-involvement. To investigate the language and communication ability, Picture Vocabulary Test and the subjects's spontaneous speech sample were analyzed. To compare pre-treatment with post-treatment between two the groups, repeated-measures ANOVA and t-test were used. The results were as follows; First, the language intervention with sibling-involvement was not effective compared to without sibling-involvement in improving the picture vocabulary ability of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the picture vocabulary ability of the two .groups. However, there was no significant difference in the post-treatment between the two groups. Second, the language intervention with sibling-involvement was more effective compared to without sibling-involvement in improving the semantic aspects of language of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the number of semantic relations between the two groups in that group 1 showed a higher improvement than group 2. Third, the language intervention with sibling involvement was more effective in improving pragmatic aspects of language of children with language disorders. There was a significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in the number of communicative intentions of the two groups. And there was a significant difference in the post-treatment between the groups in that group 1 showed a higher improvement than group 2.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.179-188
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• 2007

We propose a multi-strategic concept-spotting approach for robust spoken language understanding of conversational Korean in a hostile recognition environment such as in-car navigation and telebanking services. Our concept-spotting method adopts a partial semantic understanding strategy within a given specific domain since the method tries to directly extract predefined meaning representation slot values from spoken language inputs. In spite of partial understanding, we can efficiently acquire the necessary information to compose interesting applications because the meaning representation slots are properly designed for specific domain-oriented understanding tasks. We also propose a multi-strategic method based on this concept-spotting approach such as a voting method. We present experiments conducted to verify the feasibility of these methods using a variety of spoken Korean data.