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Effect of L2 phonetic learning on L1 coronal fricative in Chinese learners of L2 Korean

제2언어 습득에 따른 제1언어 음성에 대한 제2언어의 간섭 효과: 중국인 한국어 화자의 치조마찰음을 중심으로

  • Dae-il Kim (Department of Chinese language and literature, Sun Yat-sen University)
  • 김대일 (중산대학교 주하이 캠퍼스 중어중문학과 )
  • Received : 2024.11.15
  • Accepted : 2025.01.06
  • Published : 2025.03.31
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Abstract

This study aimed to explore the phonetic effect of L2 on L1, focusing on coronal fricative consonants in L2 Korean and L1 Mandarin Chinese. In total, the acoustic experiments had 36 participants and 24 Chinese learners of Korean were included in the experimental groups, which were further divided into beginning and advanced subgroups. The control group consisted of six Korean and six Mandarin Chinese monolinguals. Two acoustic parameters were analyzed: the center of gravity for the three positions of the fricative and H1-H2 of the vowel following the fricatives. The results of the production experiment showed that the Korean learner groups had L1 fricative consonants in approximation to the plain fricative of Korean, which deviated from the norms of Mandarin Chinese monolingual speakers. In particular, it was found that beginner L2 learners also experience an effect of L2 on L1 phonetics.

이 연구는 제1언어에 대한 제2언어 간섭 효과에 대하여 논의하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 제2언어로서 한국어를 학습하는 중국인 학습자를 대상으로 한국어와 표준중국어의 치음 계열 마찰음에 대한 산출 실험을 실시하였다. 총 36명의 피험자가 실험에 참여하였다. 그중 24명의 중국인 한국어 학습자가 실험군에 포함되었고, 이들을 다시 한국어 수준에 따라 초급과 고급 집단으로 나누었다. 대조군은 총 12명으로 한국어 단일언어자 6명과 표준중국어 단일언어자 6명으로 구성하였다. 이음절 단어의 어두 마찰음을 실험자료로 선정하고, 음향 단서로 주파수 무게중심(center of gravity)과 H1-H2를 분석하였다. 분석 결과는 세 가지로 정리할 수 있다. 첫째, 두 중국인 학습자 집단은 한국어 평마찰음의 중요한 두 가지 음성적 특징(종료구간에서 주파수 무게중심의 급격한 감소와 상당히 높은 H1-H2)을 어느 정도 잘 습득하고 있다. 둘째, 한국어 평마찰음의 두 가지 음성 특징이 중국인 학습자의 제1언어인 표준중국어 마찰음 /s/에서 발견되었다. 셋째, 중국인 단일언어자의 표준중국어 마찰음 /s/에서는 한국어 평마찰음의 음성적 특징이 전혀 나타나지 않는다. 실험 결과를 바탕으로 이 연구는 중국인 한국어 학습자 집단과 단일언어자 간 발견된 음성적 차이를 제2언어 습득으로 인한 제1언어 음향적 편차(acoustic deviation)의 증거로 간주한다. 추가적으로 제2언어의 초급 단계에서도 제1언어 음향적 편차가 일어난다는 사실을 발견하였다.

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