Proceedings of the KSPS conference (대한음성학회:학술대회논문집)

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An Experimental Study on Focus Structures of English Utterances by Native Speakers and Korean Learners

원어민 화자와 한국인 학습자 영어 발화의 초점구조에 대한 실험음성학적 연구;협의초점과 광의초점을 중심으로

  • Choi, Kyung-Min (Department of English Linguistics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Jang, Tae-Yeoub (Department of English Linguistics, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
  • 최경민 (한국외국어대학교 영어학과) ;
  • 장태엽 (한국외국어대학교 영어학과)
  • Published : 2006.11.17
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Abstract

In this study, we investigate ways that focus is realized in English utterances produced by native speakers of English and Korean learners. As compared to the previous studies which deal mainly with functional aspects of focus as a part of intonational structure, we attempt to provide more quantitative information on F0 and discover the extent to which Korean learners distinguish focus types in their English utterance production. On the test sentences designed to be disambiguated by correct focus realization, it is found that, even advanced-level Korean learners, unlike native speakers, hardly employ F0 to clarify the specific meaning of English utterances.

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