Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

Korean Society of Speech Sciences (한국음성학회)
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Korean listeners' mode of perceiving the durational variations of /s/ as prolongations

한국어 평마찰음 /s/ 연장음에 대한 비유창성 양상 연구

  • Park, Jin (Department of Speech-Language Rehabilitation, Catholic Kwandong University) ;
  • Go, Boksun (Graduate Program of Educational Psychology, School Counseling & Special Education, Kookmin University) ;
  • Park, Sohyun (Department of Interdisciplinary Program of Communication Disorders, Chungnam University)
  • 박진 (가톨릭관동대학교 언어재활학과) ;
  • 고복순 (국민대학교 교육심리.상담특수교육) ;
  • 박소현 (충남대학교 언어병리학협동과정)
  • Received : 2022.04.12
  • Accepted : 2022.06.07
  • Published : 2022.06.30
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Abstract

This study aimed to examine Korean listeners' mode of perceiving sound duration as prolongation, whether dichotomous or continuous. Thirty-five Korean participants (17 men and 18 women) listened to the Korean segment /s/, which was lengthened by 0-980ms in 20-ms increments. Then, the participants were asked to rate each version of the sound based on a rating of one to 100 (the closer to 100, the more disfluent). To examine whether listeners perceived durational variations for the fricative segment dichotomously or continuously, a curve was estimated using the best-fitting regression model for the observed data with the highest adjusted R-squared value. The mode of perceiving durational variations for the segment was continuous (or gradient) rather than discontinuous (or dichotomous). No gender difference was found in the mode of perceiving prolongation. However, there was a significant gender difference in that men rated the most disfluent sounds higher than women. The findings of this study were further discussed in relation to the existing literature, and clinical implications for the assessment of stuttering were presented.

본 연구는 한국어 화자의 말소리 연장에 대한 비유창성 양상(즉, 단속적 vs. 연속적)을 알아보기 위해 진행되었다. 총 35명의 성인(남자 17명, 여자 18명)이 한국어 평마찰음 /s/를 원래 길이에서 20 ms씩 980 ms까지 연장 변조한 총 50개의 자극이 들어 있는 문장을 듣고, 비유창성 정도에 대해 1에서 100점(100에 가까울수록 매우 비유창함) 척도로 평가하였다. 연장음 길이에 따른 비유창함 정도의 지각 양상을 알아보기 위해 곡선추정회귀분석을 실시하였으며, 수정된 R 제곱값(adjusted R2)이 가장 높은 수치의 모형을 선정하였다. 각 연장음에서의 비유창함 정도에 대해 남녀 간 차이를 알아보기 위해 일변량분석[one-way analysis of variance(ANOVA)]을 실시하였다. 또한 혼합분산분석(mixed ANOVA)을 통해 전체 연장음 구간을 10분위(decile)로 나누어 각 분위와 남녀 간의 효과, 그리고 두 변수 간 상호작용 유무를 알아보았다. 연구 결과, 연장음의 길이와 비유창함 정도 점수 간의 관계는 S자형 모형의 연속적인 지각 특성을 보였다. 비유창함 정도 지각에 있어 각 연장음에서 유의한 남녀 간 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 분위 분석결과, 연장음 길이가 짧아 상대적으로 유창하게 들리는 구간(1분위)에서는 남녀 간 유의한 차이가 나타나지 않았다. 하지만 연장음 길이가 길어 상대적으로 비유창하게 들리는 구간(10분위)에서는 남자가 여자보다 더 비유창하게 지각하였다. 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 이전 연구들과 비교를 통한 논의와 함께 말더듬 평가와 관련해 임상적 제언도 기술하였다.

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본 연구에 참여해 준 모든 대상자, 그리고 연구 진행에 도움을 준 강민지 선생에게 감사를 드립니다.

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