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@article{ART002847066},
author={Choi, Chung Hun and KANG， YONGSOON},
title={An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian},
journal={Journal of Humanities},
issn={1598-8457},
year={2022},
number={85},
pages={265-298},
doi={10.31310/HUM.085.07}

TY - JOUR
AU - Choi, Chung Hun
AU - KANG， YONGSOON
TI - An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian
JO - Journal of Humanities
PY - 2022
VL - null
IS - 85
PB - Institute for Humanities
SP - 265
EP - 298
SN - 1598-8457
AB - The purpose of this study is to show that non-natives’ English /l/ pronunciation is strongly influenced by their mother tongue. Crosslinguistically, laterals show various articulatory and acoustic patterns. To be more specific, the current study compared the production of /l/ sound by Koreans and Mongolians. The study collected the data of 16 subjects (8 Koreans and 8 Mongolians) and analyzed them using Praat. The results show that 1) Koreans showed high F2 and relatively low F1, probably influenced by ‘palatalization’ of Korean while Mongolians showed higher F1 and lower F2, originated from tongue backing for ‘pharyngeal constriction’ and ‘velarization’ in Mongolian [ɮ]. 2) Mongolians showed less F2-F1 difference than Koreans, particularly in postvocalic-/l/ position, implying Mongolians articulated dark /ɫ/ more accurately than that of Koreans. 3) Koreans’ duration of /l/ was slightly longer than Mongolians except for prevocalic-/l/. 4) As for intensity, Mongolian was considerably high. The results clearly indicate that English pronunciation of non-natives is interfered by their native language.
KW - Laterals;L1 interference;Praat;F1;F2;Acoustic
DO - 10.31310/HUM.085.07
ER -

Choi, Chung Hun and KANG， YONGSOON. (2022). An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian. Journal of Humanities, 85, 265-298.

Choi, Chung Hun and KANG， YONGSOON. 2022, "An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian", Journal of Humanities, no.85, pp.265-298. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun, KANG， YONGSOON "An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian" Journal of Humanities 85 pp.265-298 (2022) : 265.

Choi, Chung Hun, KANG， YONGSOON. An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian. 2022; 85 : 265-298. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun and KANG， YONGSOON. "An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian" Journal of Humanities no.85(2022) : 265-298.doi: 10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun; KANG， YONGSOON. An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian. Journal of Humanities, 85, 265-298. doi: 10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun; KANG， YONGSOON. An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian. Journal of Humanities. 2022; 85 265-298. doi: 10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun, KANG， YONGSOON. An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian. 2022; 85 : 265-298. Available from: doi:10.31310/HUM.085.07

Choi, Chung Hun and KANG， YONGSOON. "An Acoustic Study of American English /l/ Variation Produced by Korean and Mongolian" Journal of Humanities no.85(2022) : 265-298.doi: 10.31310/HUM.085.07