A Study of N-Lateralization in Korean Assimilation
- 융합영어영문학회
- 융합영어영문학(구.English Reading and Teaching)
- 융합영어영문학 제7권 1호
- : KCI등재후보
- 2022.04
- 145 - 161 (17 pages)
This article addresses two principal questions about the acquisition of English phonology by speakers of Korean: a) Would Koreans correctly perceive what speakers produce containing /n.l/ sequences? b) Is there any gap in pronouncing Korean words /n.l/ sequences before and after learning assimilation rules at school? In order to answer these questions, we examined a Korean phonological process (N-Lateralization) and a morpho-phonological rule (L-Nasalization) in this study. The main findings from the production task are the students had production and perception difficulty with the /n.l/ sequenced words in intentional non-assimilation situation, irrespective of their English proficiency, which shows that the effect of Korean nasalization is natural and persistent among Koreans.
1. Introduction
2. Features of Korean assimilations
3. Method
4. Results
5. Conclusion & Discussion