저자: 유도영

제목: 한국어 음운구 음절의 음높이 패턴 연구 

Yoo, Doyoung. 2021. A study of the pitch patterns of the first two syllables in phonological phrases in Korean. Studies in Phonetics, Phonology and Morphology 27.1. 53-75. The study deals with the pitch patterns of the first two syllables in phonological phrases that appear in spontaneous speech in Korean. In this study, spontaneous speech data from 7 female Seoul speakers were analyzed. The results show that phonological phrases starting with both L(L-PP) and H(H-PP) tones have a positive pitch slope line. The difference in the slope value was not a valid index to distinguish between L-PP and H-PP. The most stable indicator was the pitch of the first two syllables, especially the first syllable. The pitch showed a clear difference between L-PP and H-PP. In most cases, the pitch of the first two syllables in L-PP was lower than that of H-PP. In general, if the first syllable is realized at a point lower  than  50%  of  each  speaker’s  pitch  range,  it  can  be  regarded  as  L-PP. Conversely, if the first syllable is realized at a point exceeding 50% of the speaker’s pitch range, it can be regarded as being realized as H-PP. These findings should be considered in further studies of the pitch patterns of phonological phrases. 

Keywords: phonological phrase, accentual phrase, pitch pattern, pitch slope, Korean prosody, prosodic phrase

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