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The Study of Korean Learners Perception aspects for allophones /e/ of /en/ in Chinese

LIM BEOM JONG 1

1대구가톨릭대학교

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ABSTRACT

There are lots of allophones in Chinese. Chinese Pinyin /e/ generally divided into [ɛ], [ə], and [ɤ], but the central vowel /en/ is accounted as only a phonetic value [ən]. But this central vowel can be divided into two different phonetic value “언[ən]” and “엔[ɛn]” in Korean and also have discrimination of meaning. Acording perception test, a monosyllable /en/ which combine with velare and blade-palatal present higher ratio of perception “[ən]”. The disyllable /en/ which follow after velare and blade-palatal present higher ratio of perception “[ɛn]”. Most of monosyllable combine with bilabial present higher ratio of perception “[ən]”. It can be concluded that there was a close relationship between the tongue positions of consonant with the tongue positions of the vowel. We can see from phonetic analysis, every monosyllable /en/ are perched in articulation scope of [ə], but disyllable which except follow after bilabial and blade-alveolar are perched in articulation scope of [ɛ]. It can be concluded that a vowel /en/ is affected by consonant, the tongue position of consonant are contrary to vowel.

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