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An experiment phonetic contrast study of Korean and Japanese tone: Through Gangneung dialect and Kagoshima dialect

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2014, (42), pp.21-37
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature

Ko Hye Jung 1

1가톨릭관동대학교

Accredited

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study is to explore the feature of tone on Gangneung dialect and Kagoshima dialect from the experimental phonetic viewpoint, as well as in terms of the generation (young and middle-aged), sex and dialect. Results of the research are as follows. (1) The feature of Gangneung dialect is that the phonological distinction between tone and duration ‘shakes’ in the middle-aged generation unlike that in the old generation. I found a certain tendency that in accent phrase unit the auslaut has a falling type, in other words, the second syllable from the auslaut is high. (2) The feature of Kagoshima dialect is that the phonological tone distinction, ‘auslaut rising accent type’ and ‘auslaut falling accent type’ (Hayada's accent-type theory), in the middle-aged generation shakes a bit. From the phonetic point of view, the auslaut falling accent type is mainly found, or plat accent is found. The comparison of the findings of the two dialects suggests that the similar pattern of the auslaut falling accent type, one of the feature of tone in Kagoshima dialect, is found in Gangneung dialect.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.