• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.81-89
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• 2010

Korean and three other languages (English, Arabic, and Japanese) were compared with regard to the compensatory movements in a VC (Vowel and Consonant) sequence and word. For this, Korean data were collected from an experiment and the other languages' data from literature. All the test words of the languages had the same syllabic contexture, i.e., /CVCV(r)/, where C was an oral stop and intervocalic consonants were either bilabial or alveolar stops. The present study found that (1) Korean is most striking in the durational variations of segments (vowel and the following hetero-syllabic consonant); (2) unlike the three languages that show a constant sum of VC, Korean yields a three-way distinction in the length of VC according the type (lax unaspirated vs. tense unaspirated vs. tense aspirated) of the following stop consonant; (3) a durational constancy is maintained up to the word level in the three languages, but Korean word duration varies as a function of the feature tenseness of the intervocalic consonants; (4) consonant duration is proven to differentiate Korean the most from the other languages. It is suggested that the durational difference between a lax consonant and its tense cognate(s) and the degree of compensation between V and C are determined by the phonology in each language.

• 가정과삶의질연구
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors concerning preschoolers' ability to read words, in terms of their sub-skills of alphabet knowledge, phonological awareness, and phonological processing. Fourteen literacy sub-tests and three types of reading tasks were administered to 289 kindergartners aged 4 to 6 in Busan. The main results are as follows. Sub-skills that predicted reading ability varied with children's age. Irrespective of children's age groups, knowledge of consonant names and digit naming speed commonly explained the reading of real words. In contrast, skills of syllable deletion and phoneme substitution and knowledge of alphabet composition principles were related to only 4-year-olds' reading skills. Exclusively included was digit memory in predicting 5-year-olds' reading abilities, and knowledge of vowel sounds in 6-year-olds' reading skills. The type of reading task also influenced reading ability. A few common variables such as knowledge of consonant names and vowel sounds, digit naming speed, and phoneme substitution skill explained all types of word reading. Syllable counting skills, however, had predictive value only for the reading of real words. Phoneme insertion skills and digit memory had predictive value for the reading of pseudo words and low frequency letters. Likewise, knowledge of consonant sounds and vowel stroke-adding principles were significant only for the reading of low frequency letters.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.10-18
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• 2010

한글 인식은 부류 수가 많다는 특성을 가지며 이 특성으로 인해 6-유형으로 사전 분류하는 것이 일반적이다. 사전 분류 후 각 유형들은 초성, 중성, 종성으로 분리하여 인식할 수 있다. 초성, 중성, 종성 각각은 부류의 수는 적지만 'ㅔ', 'ㅖ', 과 같이 서로간의 유사도가 높아 오 인식 되는 경우가 종종 발생한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 6-유형 각각에 대해 다단계 트리 구조를 가진 계층적 인식 방법을 제안 하였다. 또한 초성, 중성, 종성의 서로 간의 간섭을 줄이기 위해, 초성과 종성의 인식 결과를 중성 분류기의 특징으로 사용하였다. PHD08 데이터베이스의 테스트 집합에 대해 98.96%의 정확률을 보였다.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.119-127
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• 2010

Recently, we have launched a large-scale articulatory study to investigate how the three-way contrastive stops (i.e., lenis, fortis, and aspirated) in Korean are kinematically expressed (i.e., in terms of articulatory movement characteristics) in various contexts, using a magnetometer (Electromagnetic Articulography). In this paper, we report some preliminary results about how the three-way bilabial series /p,$p^h,p^*$/ produced in /Ca/ context in isolation are kinematically characterized not only during the lip closure but also during the following vocalic articulation. Some important notes could be made from the results. First, the degree of lip constriction (as measured by the lip aperture between the upper and lower lips) was smaller for the lenis /p/ and larger for the fortis/aspirated /$p^*,p^h$/, showing a two-way distinction during the closure. Second, the tongue lowering for the following vowel was more extreme after the lenis /p/ than after the fortis/aspirated /$p^*,p^h$/. Regarding this vocalic articulatory difference in the tongue height, we discussed the possibility that the articulatory tension associated with the fortis/aspirated stops is further reflected in the lingual vocalic movement maintaining the tongue position to a certain level for the following vowel /a/, while the lenis consonant does not impose such articulatory constraints, resulting in more tongue lowering. Finally, the temporal relationship between the release of the stop closure and the lowest tongue position of the following vowel remained constant, suggesting that CV coordination is invariantly maintained across the consonant type. This pattern was interpreted as supporting the view that the consonant and vowel gestures are coordinated in much the same way across languages.

• 인터넷정보학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.29-49
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• 2021

본 논문은 훈민정음의 창제 원리를 글자판의 설계에 적용한 훈민정음 글자판을 제안한다. 제안하는 글자판은 훈민정음의 자모 28글자를 자음 간에, 모음 간에, 그리고 자음과 모음 간에 서로 상관성을 가지도록 배열하였다. 즉, 자음 버튼들은 오음(五音)의 소리별로 같은 소리의 글자들을 그룹으로 묶어 배열하였고 모음 버튼들은 자음에 붙여 쓰는 위치에 따라 자음 영역의 아래쪽과 오른쪽에 배열한 것이다. 그동안 한글 글자판들은 주로 4행 3열의 12버튼 글자판들이 많이 사용되었는데 이 글자판들은 구조적으로 터치횟수나 이동거리에서 단점을 가진다. 최근에는 쿼티나 단모음 글자판과 같이 많은 자모 버튼을 가진 글자판들도 많이 사용되고 있다. 글자판에서 제공하는 글자 버튼의 개수가 많아지면 터치횟수가 줄어든다. 그리고 글자 버튼들이 서로 상관성을 가지도록 배열되면 이동거리가 작아진다. 실험 결과는 제안하는 글자판이 터치횟수와 이동거리와 입력시간의 모든 평가 요소에서 높은 효율을 나타냄을 보여준다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제20권8호
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• pp.24-30
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• 2001

본 논문에서는 발음표기가 주어진 상황에서 음성 신호의 자동 음소 분할에 관한 것이며 음소의 경계를 음소 음향학적인 변화특성에 따라 3가지 형태로 분류하여 각각에 적합한 분할 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 형태 1은 묵음·유성음·무성음간의 분할이며 히스토그램분석으로 구한 문턱 값으로 초기 분할 후, 웨이블릿 계수의 SVF (Spectral Variation Function)를 이용하여 분할하였다. 형태 2는 연속적인 모음의 분할이며 각 모음변화특성을 템플릿으로 구성하여 분할에 활용하였다. 형태 3은 모음과 유성자음 혹은 유성화 자음의 분할이며 특성주파수대역의 진폭변화를 이용하여 후보구간을 정한 후, 캡스트럼 계수의 SVF를 이용하여 최종적인 분할을 수행하였다. 본 실험에서는 분할 성능을 테스트하기 위하여 한국어 PBWSpeech DB에서 342개의 단어를 자동으로 분할한 후, 수작업으로 분할한 결과와 비교하였다. 전체적인 자동 분할 성능은 20 msec내에서 81.5%의 분할성능을 보였다.

• 대한음성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한음성학회 2004년도 춘계 학술대회 발표논문집
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• pp.133-137
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• 2004

This study investigates spectral characteristics of frication noise in Korean sibilants in terms of center of gravity and skewness. Specifically, the present study seeks to observe the two parameters with emphasis on place of articulation in different vowel environments. This study also examines whether these parameters can discriminate phonation types. The results showed that the fricatives are palatalized in front of the front vowel /i/ and the affricates are articulated at the same place of articulation regardless of the following vowels. This study also suggests that the place of articulation of the fricatives followed by /i/ is the same as those of the Korean affricates. With regard to the phonation type, there was a significant difference in the center of gravity between lax and tense series for both fricatives and affricates.

• 말소리와 음성과학
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.67-76
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• 2018

This study was performed to investigate acoustic characteristics of sustained vowels produced by Seoul Korean speakers. For this study, three hundred nine healthy adults were chosen as participants from Korean Standard Speech Database. These subjects were divided into five chronological age groups (20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60-70s) and two gender groups (male and female). Fundamental frequency (f0), jitter, shimmer, and NHR (noise-to-harmonics ratio) was measured with 8 Korean vowels (/ɑ/, /æ/, /ʌ/, /e/, /o/, /u/, /ɯ/, /i/) by using Praat. The results showed that the vowel type significantly affected all acoustic parameters. Gender affected f0, jitter, and NHR significantly. The mean female speakers' f0 was greater than the males', and the mean jitter and NHR of male speakers was greater than the females'. Moreover, age affected shimmer and NHR significantly; in particular, the shimmer and NHR of elderly speakers was greater than the young speakers.

• 음성과학
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2004

The fundamental frequency of a vowel is known to be affected by the identity of the preceding consonant. The general agreement is that strong consonants trigger higher F0 than weak consonants. However, there has been a disagreement on the shape of this segmentally affected F0 contours. Some studies report that shapes of contours are differentiated based on the consonant type, but others regard this observation as misleading. This research attempts to resolve this controversy by investigating shapes and slopes of F0 contours of Korean word level speech data produced by four male speakers. Instead of entirely relying on traditional human intuition and judgment, I employed an automatic F0 contour analysis technique known as tilt parameterisation (Taylor 2000). After necessary manipulation of an F0 contour of each data token, various parameters are collapsed into a single tilt value which directly indicates the shape of the contour. The result, in terms of statistical inference, shows that it is not viable to conclude that the type of consonant is significantly related to the shape of F0 contour. A supplementary measurement is also made to see if the slope of each contour bears meaningful information. Unlike shapes themselves, slopes are suspected to be practically more practical for consonantal differentiation, although confirmation is required through further refined experiments.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.321-327
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• 2013

본 논문은 자연스럽고 빠르게 모델링했을 때 4~6세 37명이 산출한 조음교대운동(DDK) 결과를 통해 모음구조의 DDK도 임상적 가치가 있음을 확인했고, DDK속도와 함께 조음오류 빈도와 유형 및 규칙성도 분석해야 말장애 아동의 조음능력에 대한 더 정확한 정보를 얻을 수 있음을 제안하고 있다. 자모음(예: '퍼')과 모음(예: '아이')의 음운구조를 반복 산출한 자료에서 각 검사음을 반복한 횟수, 오류 빈도, 오류 유형 및 규칙성(DDKsdp)을 측정했다. 그 결과, 조음교대운동 평균 속도는 연령과 함께 증가했으나, 음운 구조나 연령에 따른 유의한 차이는 없었다. DDK 수행시 나타난 실수를 분석한 결과, 4세의 오류빈도는 5세 및 6세에 비해 유의하게 높았다. DDKsdp에서 표준화된 발음검사 점수와 연령에 따른 차이는 없었다.