Perception of English coda stops by Korean listeners.

초록

This research focuses on whether Korean listeners unnecessarily hear an illusory vowel following a word-final stop in English although a voiceless stop in this position is allowed in Korean. In a syllable count judgment, Korean participants listened to English pseudo words ending in a stop and they were directed to count the number of syllables in each word. This research delved into six distinct linguistic elements that could impact the perception of a second language, i.e., release, voicing, and place of word-final stop, tenseness of pre-stop vowel, final stress, and word size. The present findings demonstrate that Korean listeners actually hear an extra syllable when the English nonce word ends in a released stop or a syllable containing a tense vowel. This outcome lends support to the prediction of perception model in adaptation, suggesting that unnecessary vowel insertion does not appear to be driven by a production grammar sustaining perceptual similarity between the English form and Korean pronunciation; instead, it arises from the misperception of English words. © 2024 KASELL All rights reserved.

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