미얀마인 학습자의 한국어 단모음 오류 분석

An Error Analysis of Korean Monophthong by Myanmar Learners of Korean: Based on the Element Theory

This paper aims to analyze the phonological phenomena that occurred on the acquisition of a Korean monophthong system of Myanmar learners. It is mainly examined in terms of the internal representation of vowels within the theoretical framework of the Element Theory. When Korean monophthong input is given, Myanmar learners reanalyze and adjust it based on the internal representation existing in the Myanmar vowel system, or on that of the target Korean. And this is pronounced by output. Positive and negative transitions appear in this process. The commonality of the internal structures of /i, a, u, o, e/ explains the positive transfer of those vowels by Myanmar speakers of Korean. On the other hand, substitution errors of [ɛ] for /e/, [ɔ] for /o/, and [u] for /ɨ/ by negative transfer are found in Myanmar learners’ pronunciation derived from adapting internal representation of Myanmar vowel to Korean.