A preliminary study on laryngeal and supralaryngeal articulatory distinction of the three-way contrast of Korean velar stopsA preliminary study on laryngeal and supralaryngeal articulatory distinction of the three-way contrast of Korean velar stops
- Other Titles
- A preliminary study on laryngeal and supralaryngeal articulatory distinction of the three-way contrast of Korean velar stops
- Authors
- 송지연; 김사향; 조태홍
- Issue Date
- Mar-2023
- Publisher
- 한국음성학회
- Keywords
- Korean three-way stop contrast; voice onset time (VOT) merger; sound change; kinematic characteristics
- Citation
- 말소리와 음성과학, v.15, no.1, pp.19 - 24
- Journal Title
- 말소리와 음성과학
- Volume
- 15
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 19
- End Page
- 24
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hongik/handle/2020.sw.hongik/31063
- DOI
- 10.13064/KSSS.2023.15.1.019
- ISSN
- 2005-8063
- Abstract
- This study investigated acoustic (VOT) and articulatory characteristics of Korean velar stops in monosyllabic CV structures to examine how the three-way distinction is realized in the laryngeal and supralaryngeal domains and how the distinction is manifested in male versus female speakers’ speech production. EMA data were collected from 22 speakers. In line with previous studies, male speakers preserved the three-way differentiation of velar stops (/k*/</k/</kh/) in terms of VOT while female speakers showed only a two-way distinction (/k*/</k/=/kh/). As for the kinematic characteristics, a clear three-way distinction was found only in male speakers’ peak velocity measure in the C-to-V opening movement (/kh/</k/</k*/). For the other kinematic measures (i.e., articulatory closure duration, deceleration duration of the opening movement and the entire opening movement duration), male speakers showed only a two-way distinction between fortis and the other two stops. Female speakers did not show a three-way contrast in any kinematic measure. They showed a two-way distinction between lenis and the other two stops in C-to-V deceleration duration (/k*/=/kh/</k/), and a two-way distinction between fortis and lenis stops in the opening movement duration. An overall comparison of VOT and articulatory analyses revealed that the lenis-aspirated kinematic distinction is diminishing, driven by female speakers, in line with the loss of the lenis-aspirated distinction in VOT that could influence supralaryngeal articulation.
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