STUDIES IN THE PHONOLOGY OF ASIAN LANGUAGES VII KOREAN AFFRICATES.
Abstract
In Korean three affricate phonemes are found, all articulated with the tip of the tongue at the back of the teeth, and none phonemically distinguished by voicing. For a language such as this, acoustic parameters must be established which will enable the acoustic phonetician to distinguish the affricates, all articulated at the same point, as clearly as he can distinguish stops articulated at different points in the oral cavity. To describe more accurately the nature of distinctive features and acoustic cues of the phonological entities, the linguist employs acoustical equipment such as the sound spectrography, speech synthesizer, etc. Through the use of equipment of this type, acoustic phoneticians are able to identify many physical manifestations of different sounds, and have related them to their linguistic functions. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0674932
Entities
People
- Mieko S. Han
- Stephen B. Ross
Organizations
- University of Southern California