korean english

2006130808 Kim Hyung Bo

2007130852 Lee Jae Lin

Korean EnglishIn terms of phonetic & phonology

Introduction

Why is it difficult to pronounce English for native Korean?

What is the difference between Korean and English? (In terms of Phonetics and Phonology)

Do we need to correct the Korean accent in English?

Table

Comparison between Korean & English

• Consonant Comparison

• Vowel Comparison

• Syllable Comparison

• Stress Comparison

Controversy

6 Phonemes which do not exist in Korean

/f/ /v/ /z/ /ɵ/ /ð/ /ʒ/

Ex. Fine 파인 / 화인

Zebra 지브라 / 쥐브라

Consonant – New Category

4 Phonemes which do not exist in English

/ ㅃ / / ㄸ / / ㄲ / / ㅆ /

/b/ /d//g//ʤ//s/

Ex. Bye-bye 빠 이 빠이

Consonant – Absence Category

Ex. 배 pae

수박 soobak

Consonant – Split Category

Consonant – Split Category(2)

Ex. 개 kae

누구 noogu

Consonant – Split Category (3)

Ex. 불 [pul]

[p] and [pʰ] are allophones of phoneme /p/

풀 [pʰul]

Consonant – Coalescence Category

Consonant – Coalescence Category

Ex. 달 [tal]

[t] and [tʰ] are allophones of phoneme /t/

탈 [tʰal]

Consonant - Reinterpretation Category

Vowels – New Category

/ɪ/

/ʋ/

/ə/

/ər/

Happy new year 해피 뉴 이어 (?)

해피 뉴 이얼 (?)

Vowels (2) – Split Category

/i/ 와 /ɪ/ / 이 / Least-list Reach-rich

/ɛ/ 와 /æ / / 애 / Set-sat Had-head

/ə/ 와 [ʌ] / 어 / Four-for Oral-aural

/u/ 와 /ʋ/ / 우 / Fool-full Pool-pull

Vowels (3) – Absence Category

• / 외 /, / 으 /, / 의 /

milk : 밀 ㅋ + ㅡ = 밀크

boat : 보 ㅌ + ㅡ = 보트

Syllable

English

Consonant cluster (blending) -

CCV/CVCC/CVC …. Only CVC Structure

Stri-ke 스 - 트 - 라 - 이 - 크

Free 프 - 리

Beach 비 - 치

Brid-ge 브 - 릿 - 지

Korean

Syllable (2)

English

Dual Vowel 1 Syllable Dual Vowel 2 Syllables

choice 초 - 이 - 스

hour 아 - 워

a-gain 어 - 게 - 인

Korean

Stress

English

• Stress-timed language

• Word stress & Sentence stress

I met THE beautiful girl.

I met the BEAUTIFUL GIRL.

• Unstressed word

Out of [outa] don’t you [doncha]

Korean

• Syllable-timed language

• All the syllables evenly spaced

내일 내가 너네 집으로 데리러 갈게 .

그럼 기다릴게요 .

Controversy

Reference

• 봉민아 (2002) 효율적인 영어 교육을 위한 영어와 한국어의 비교 분석 (The comparison and analysis of the differences between Korean & English expressions for efficient English education.)

• 한영미 (2002) 한국어의 자음 음소 체계와 음운 규칙이 영어 발음에 미치는 영향 (The effects on English pronunciation exerted from Korean consonantal phonemic system and phonological rules.)

• 어혜은 (2008) 콩글리쉬의 형성 : 형태 · 음운론적 연구를 중심으로 (Shortened Words in Konglish: From the Perspective of Morphology and phonology)

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