Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

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Production and perception of Korean word-initial stops from a sound change perspective

음 변화 관점에서 바라본 한국어 어두 폐쇄음의 발화 및 지각

  • Kim, Jin-Woo (Department of Korean Language Education, Korea University)
  • 김진우 (고려대학교 국어교육학과)
  • Received : 2021.07.29
  • Accepted : 2021.09.05
  • Published : 2021.09.30
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Abstract

Based on spontaneous speech data collected in 2020, this study examined the production and perception of Korean lenis, aspirated, and fortis stops. Unlike the controlled experiments of previous studies, lenis and aspirated stops of males in their 30s were not distinguished by voice onset time (VOT) in spontaneous speech. Perceptual experiments were conducted on young females, the leaders of language change. F0 was found to serve as the primary cue for the perception of lenis stops, and then VOT distinguished the aspirated and fortis stops. The fact that the sounds were always perceived as lenis stops when F0 was low, irrespective of whether VOT was short or long, showed that F0 plays an absolute role in the perception of lenis stops. However, in some cases the aspirated and lenis stops were distinguished only by VOT, which does not happen in production. In terms of sound change, disagreement between production and perception systems occurs when sound change is in progress. In particular, when production change precedes perception change, it indicates that the sound change is in its latter stages. Young females still maintain the previous system in perception because the distinction of lenis and aspirated stops by VOT was valid in their parents' generation. In other words, VOT is still used for perception to communicate with other groups.

본고에서는 2020년에 수집된 자유 발화 자료를 바탕으로 어두 폐쇄음 평음, 격음, 경음의 발화가 어떻게 달라지고 있는지 그리고 지각은 어떻게 이루어지고 있는지에 대해 자세히 살펴보았다. 기존 연구의 통제된 실험에서와 다르게, 자유 발화에서는 30대 남성까지도 VOT(voice onset time)에 의해 평음과 격음의 변별이 이루어지지 않았다. 지각실험은 언어 변화의 주도 계층인 젊은 여성 세대를 대상으로 하였다. 그 결과 어두 폐쇄음의 지각에서 F0이 평음과 나머지 둘을 변별하는 역할을 하였고, 그 다음 VOT가 격음과 경음을 변별하는 역할을 하였다. 특히 F0이 낮을 때에는 VOT의 길이가 짧든 길든 간에 항상 평음으로 지각되었다는 점은 평음의 지각에서 F0이 절대적인 역할을 한다는 것을 보여주었다. 그러나 어떤 F0의 경우에는 VOT에 따라 평음과 격음이 변별되기도 하였는데, 이는 20대 여성의 발화와 지각 체계가 일치하지 않기 때문이다. 음 변화의 관점에서 발화와 지각 체계가 일치하지 않는다는 것은 음 변화가 진행 중이라는 것을 의미하는데, 특히 20대 여성에서처럼 발화의 변화가 지각의 변화에 앞서는 경우는 음 변화가 후반 단계에 있을 때이다. 이처럼 언어 변화를 주도하는 계층에서 여전히 지각에서 이전의 체계를 유지하고 있는 이유는 그들의 부모 세대의 발화에서 VOT에 의한 평음과 격음의 변별이 이루어졌기 때문이며 이를 습득한 것이라고 볼 수 있다. 즉 다른 집단과의 소통을 위해 여전히 VOT를 지각에 사용하고 있는 것이다.

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