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The Speech realization of Hatsuon /ɴ/ by Korean learners of Japanese language: An analysis by spectrogram

  • The Japanese Language Association of Korea
  • Abbr : JLAK
  • 2023, (76), pp.117-132
  • DOI : 10.14817/jlak.2023.76.117
  • Publisher : The Japanese Language Association Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > Japanese Language and Literature
  • Received : April 1, 2023
  • Accepted : May 29, 2023
  • Published : June 20, 2023

Ko Hye Jung 1

1가톨릭관동대학교

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ABSTRACT

In this study, the substance and trend of pronunciation were examined from an acoustic phonetics point of view on how Korean Japanese learners generate various nasal sounds for Japanese Hatsuon /ɴ/. Results are summarized as follows. First, in the case of native Japanese speakers, it was confirmed that the characteristics of each nasal sound for Japanese Hatsuon /ɴ/ were basically in three Formants that were similar to vowels. In particular, looking at the results of the F2, F3, and F4, we could see a difference in the frequency for each nasal sound depending on the articulation position of the subsequent sound, but the deviation was not as large as that of Korean Japanese learners. This is thought to be the result of proving that the articulation position is not an absolute condition for pronunciation to produce nasal sounds. Some of the Korean Japanese learners were also able to get a glimpse of the case in which a nasal sound Formant similar to the results of the native Japanese speaker was realized. However, on the other hand, there were many cases of nasal sounds with acoustic characteristics without the F2 or F3 under the influence of Korean language. The absence of the F2 is presumed to be the result of the phonetic characteristic that the preceding vowel is a narrow vowel ([i]), as can be seen in‘シンブン([ɕimbɯɴ])’ or ‘シンパイ([ɕimpai])’. From these results, it can be pointed out that the speech realization of nasal sounds by Korean Japanese learners is somewhat different from that of native Japanese speakers. It is thought that the cause of the difference is not in the articulation position of the subsequent sound of the Hatsuon /ɴ/, but in the phonetic characteristics of the syllable (Mora) that is immediately preceded and subsequent. Field : Phonetics

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