초등학교 저학년의 우리말 표준 콧소리 비율 연구

Nasalance in the Voice of Elementary School Children between First and Third Grade

The purpose of this study was to investigate the nasalance, one of the perceptual characteristics of human voice. The subjects of this study were normally developing children who are between first and third grade in an elementary school. The results were as follows: First, the nasalance of vowel /i/ was higher than other vowels. Secondly, the nasalance of consonant /n/, /m/ were higher than other words. Thirdly, the nasalance of the word /tsaŋ nank'am: 장난감/, /k'aŋtshoŋk'aŋtsho: 깡총깡총/, were higher than other words. Forthly, the nasalance of sentence 'mother passage' was higher than other passages. Through the basic investigation of nasalance in a various levels of consonants and vowels, we will be able to acquire standardized materials of nasalance of Korean children and determinative standardization of pathological voices through this study.