The Production of English Voiceless and Voiced Fricatives: An Electroglottographic Study

• 영문명: The Production of English Voiceless and Voiced Fricatives: An Electroglottographic Study
• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: 김지예(Ji Yea Kim)
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』제30권 2호, 117~131쪽, 전체 15쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.05.31

영문 초록

The present study investigates the voicing contrast in English fricatives. Special attention is paid to Korean speakers’ production of English voiceless and voiced fricatives in both word-initial and word-final positions, which is compared to a native English speaker’s production. While a good deal of previous research has focused on acoustic characteristics, such as the duration of frication noise, this study uses electroglottographic data and examines fundamental frequency (f0), open quotient (OQ), and speed quotient (SQ). Overall results show that the two groups of speakers were similar in the f0 and OQ values: both values were higher when the target fricative was voiceless than when it was voiced. However, while SQ values were also higher for voiceless fricatives than for voiced fricatives for the native English speaker, the opposite pattern was observed for Korean speakers.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Production Experiment

3. Discussion

4. Conclusion

References

키워드

English voiceless fricatives production electroglottography fundamental frequency open quotient speed quotient