• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2010

English vowels play an important role in the daily communication between Korean students and international visitors. However, many Korean students still have difficulty producing them distinctively. Vowels vary according to shapes of oral and pharyngeal cavities, which are mainly determined by the degree of jaw opening and tongue position. Yang (2008a) proposed a simplified chart of English and Korean vowels for an educational purpose. He also suggested to use wooden chopsticks to secure distinguishable jaw openings. The purpose of this study is to tap whether wooden chopsticks can be applicable to a method for correcting English vowel pronunciation. Twelve male and female students participated in the recordings of eight /hVd/ words followed by additional recordings with wooden chopsticks between upper and lower teeth. The first and second formant trajectories of both natural and controlled vowel productions were obtained and compared at six equidistant measurement points using Praat. Results showed that the formant values of natural vowel productions were comparable to those of controlled productions. Vowels with similar formant trajectories of male students were separated with the aid of chopsticks. The width of each chopstick could be controlled similarly in the experiment. The author concludes that wooden chopsticks can be useful to correct vowel pronunciation. Further studies are desirable for native speakers to make perceptual evaluations of controlled vowel productions by nonnative speakers.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.218-221
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• 2008

통기증류알칼리적정법과 이온크로마토그래피법을 이용하여 식품용 나무젓가락 중 이산화황 분석방법을 확립하였으며, 이때 확립된 두 가지 분석방법에 대한 검증 결과, 각각 0.6 ${\mu}ml$ 및 0.2 ${\mu}ml$ 검출한계, 1.8 ${\mu}ml$ 및 0.5 ${\mu}ml$의 정량한계, $R^2=0.998$ 이상의 직선성을 나타내었으며, 식품유사용매에 대하여 70.2-100.2% 이상의 회수율을 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 확립된 분석법을 각각 적용하여 국내 유통 나무젓가락 총 158품목을 대상으로 이산화황에 대한 이행량 실태를 조사한 결과, 158품목 중 30품목에서 $0.6{\sim}15.5$ ppm의 이산화황이 이행되었으나, 이때 최고 검출량 15.5 ppm은 추정 SML(280 ppm)의 5.5% 수준으로 안전한 것으로 평가되었다.