Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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A Study on the Relation among English Speech Rate, Pitch and Stress by Korean Speakers

한국인 화자의 영어 발화 속도와 피치, 강세 간의 관계 연구

  • 김지은 (가톨릭관동대학교, 영어교육과)
  • Received : 2014.08.18
  • Accepted : 2014.09.18
  • Published : 2014.09.30
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Abstract

This study investigates the relation among pitch range differences, speech rate and realization of stress. To identify the realization of the stress, vowel formants and durational differences of stressed and unstressed vowels are measured. The Korean learners were asked to read a textbook passage which includes nine sentences. The major results indicate that: (1) Korean speakers' pitch range is less than 50% of the native speakers; (2) There is a significantly negative relation between high-low pitch range and speech rate; (3) The vowel qualities and durations of the stressed and unstressed vowels are related to the speech rate. But these are not related to the high-low pitch range.

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