대한음성학회지:말소리 (MALSORI)
- 제60호
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- Pages.1-11
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- 2006
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- 1226-1173(pISSN)
한국인 및 일본인 영어학습자의 유음 차이 지각에 미치는 시각/청각 효과
Korean and Japanese EFL Learners' AV Benefit for the Perception of the Liquid Contrast in English
초록
This paper investigated AV benefit of Korean and Japanese EFL learners' perception of the liquid contrast in English. In a perception experiment, the two English consonants /l/ and /r/ were embedded in initial and medial position in nonsense words in the context of the vowels /i, a, u/. Singletons and clusters were included in the speech material. Audio and video recordings were made using a total of 108 items. The items were presented to Korean and Japanese learners of English in three conditions: audio-alone (A), visual-alone (V) and audio-visual presentation (AV). The results showed that there was no evidence of AV benefit for the perception of the /l/-/r/ contrast for either Korean or Japanese learners of English. The results suggest that increasing auditory proficiency in identifying a non-native contrast is linked with an increasing proficiency in using visual cues to the contrast.