Syllable Structure Constraints and the Perception of Biconsonantal Clusters by Korean EFL LearnersSyllable Structure Constraints and the Perception of Biconsonantal Clusters by Korean EFL Learners
- Other Titles
- Syllable Structure Constraints and the Perception of Biconsonantal Clusters by Korean EFL Learners
- Authors
- 이신숙
- Issue Date
- 2009
- Publisher
- 한국영어영문학회
- Keywords
- speech perception; biconsonantal clusters; syllable structure
constraints; sonority profiles; positional effects; L2 proficiency
- Citation
- 영어영문학, v.55, no.6, pp.1193 - 1220
- Indexed
- KCI
- Journal Title
- 영어영문학
- Volume
- 55
- Number
- 6
- Start Page
- 1193
- End Page
- 1220
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/121803
- DOI
- 10.15794/jell.2009.55.6.013
- ISSN
- 1016-2283
- Abstract
- This study examined the impact of sonority profiles, positional differences
and L2 proficiency on Korean EFL learners’ perception of English
biconsonantal clusters, using nonce words. The overall results showed
that major predictions of the sonority-based typological markedness on
consonant clusters were supported, as obstruent plus sonorant and sonorant
plus obstruent sequences were better perceived than obstruent only
or sonorant only sequences. Yet, some consonant clusters did not show a
preference for sonority profiles. Positional effects were also confirmed,
as word-initial biconsonantal clusters were better perceived than wordfinal
ones across all the participant groups. Participants’ English proficiency
turned out to be also important in the perception of consonant
clusters, since university students’ mean rate of accuracy was highest,
followed by that of high school students, which in turn followed by that
of middle school students. Further, the effects of other factors like frequency
and stimuli on speech perception were also addressed, along with
some implications for future research.
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