한국어 화자의 영어 억양에 미치는 L1 억양구조의 영향과 억양교육

Effects of the L1 Intonation on the Intonation of Korean English Speakers

  The present study aims to investigate effects of L1 intonation on the intonation of Korean English speakers by comparing the focus realizations of English speakers with those of Korean speakers. The experiment was designed to examine the focus realization in yes-no questions. Utterances produced by the subjects were digitized by using a pitch-tracking software(PCquirer). The experimental result shows that English utterances produced by Korean speakers were characterized by absence of phrasal high tone and the existence of sharp rise in yes-no questions. These intonation patterns shown in English utterances of Korean speakers turn out to be significantly different from those of English speakers. They were more likely to be the focus realization pattern in Korean. The findings of the present work are important as they present systematic data regarding how the L1 (Korean) intonation system affects L2 (English) intonation patterns.