Production and Perception of F0 by Three-Year-Old Children

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Production and Perception of F0 by Three-Year-Old Children: Son Gayeon

30 November 2018. pp. 505-518

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Abstract

This study explores how young Korean children produce and perceive stop contrasts in the phonetic dimension of F0. The Korean spoken in Seoul is undergoing tonogenetic sound change in which there has been a loss of VOT differentiation in young adults’ speech, while the role of fundamental frequency (F0) in enhancing Korean stop contrasts has been required. To investigate the interrelation between children’s production and perception of F0, the experiments were conducted on three-year-old children. Phonetic analysis showed that lenis and aspirated stops have no significant VOT differences, whereas a significant relationship with F0 was found. The results suggest that the acquisition of F0 plays a crucial role in the formation of phonemic categories for lenis and aspirated stops and this process significantly affects articulatory distinction. (Kwangwoon University)

Keywords

VOT

child language

production

perception

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Publisher :The Modern Linguistic Society of Korea
Publisher(Ko) :한국현대언어학회
Journal Title :The Journal of Studies in Language
Journal Title(Ko) :언어연구
Volume : 34
No :3
Pages :505-518
DOI :https://doi.org/10.18627/jslg.34.3.201811.505

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[11] Kim, M., and Stoel-Gammon, C. 2009. Tha Acquisition of Korean Word-Initial Stops. Journal of Acoustical Society of America 125.6, 3950-3961. 10.1121/1.3123402 19507977

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[20] Lisker, L. and Abramson, A. S. 1964. Cross-Language Study of Voicing in Initial Stops: Acoustical Measurements. Word 20, 384-422. 10.1080/00437956.1964.11659830

[21] Pae, S., Chang, Y., Kwak, K., Sung, H., and Sim, H. 2004. MCDI-K Referenced Expressive Word Development of Korean Children and Gender Differences. Korean Journal of Communication Disorder 9, 45-56.

[22] Pan, H. S. 1994. The Voicing Contrasts of Taiwanese (Amoy) Initial Stops: Data from Adults and Children. Ph.D. Dissertation, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

[23] Polka, L., and Werker, J. F. 1994. Developmental Changes in Perception of Non-Native Vowel Contrasts. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance 20, 421-35. 10.1037/0096-1523.20.2.421 8189202

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