2021.09.06 20:28
Ahn, Miyeon. 2021. Phonetic variations of Korean
liquids in Seoul Corpus. Studies in
Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 27.2. 215-228. The purpose
of this study is to explore the acoustic aspects
of the Korean liquid ‘l’ by examining spontaneous speech of Seoul Korean from Seoul Corpus (Yun et al. 2015). The Korean
liquid appears in various positions within a word, although word-initial occurrences
are limited to loanwords. In this study, we classified Korean liquids into separate
categories depending on their phonological contexts, and then analyzed the
acoustic nature of the liquids in each category. Both the temporal and spectral
properties of the liquids were found to be gradient rather than categorical. (Hankyong National University, Assistant professor)
Keywords: liquid, Korean, phonological contexts, Seoul Corpus
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