영어의 부자연스러운 발음에 나타난 분절적·초분절적 요인에 대한 음향·음성학적 분석

An Acoustic Analysis on Segmental and Supra-segmental Features of Unnatural English Pronunciations

  Due to the development of Articulatory Phonetics and Acoustic Phonetics, the practical and real proof could be provided in the field of Phonetics and Phonology. And it is possible to show and analyze causes of unnatural pronunciation of whom studied and have learned English as the Second Language. This study tried to find out the causes of unnatural pronunciation spoken by Korean English teachers, based on the theory of Phonetics, Lexical and Post-lexical Phonology, and Prosodic Hierarchy. Through this study, several causes were found like follows; First, The voice onset time of Korean English teachers is longer than that of native speakers. Second, some Post-lexical phonological phenomena such as weakening, deletion and contraction were not applied. Third, English Stress Rule was not correct. Fourth, Pitch curve was not correct.