Syllable-Based Speech Segmentation by Native Korean Listeners

Two experiments using the syllable-monitoring task in which subjects detect a given syllable in a series of auditory presented word stimuli were conducted to investigate the language-specific characteristics of speech segmentation in Korean. According to the recent studies of cross-language speech perception, each language has its own segmentation unit and the unit tends to be used in the speech perception of other languages. The purpose of this study was to test the validity of such suggestions in speech segmentation by native Korean listeners. Experiment 1 was performed to confirm the segmentation unit of Korean speech by native Korean listeners. Contrary to the results of previous studies, a significant syllable effect was found in CV words, but not in CVC words. Experiment 2 examined the segmentation of spoken Japanese words by native Korean listeners to find whether they use syllable as a segmentation unit during listening to Japanese speech. The results of Experiment 2 showed the syllable effect that was not revealed in speech segmentation by native Japanese listeners. These results suggest that native Korean listeners segment Japanese speech as well as Korean speech using a syllable as unit. We discussed our results in terms of language-specific speech segmentation.

keywords: speech perception, language-specific segmentation, syllable effect, syllable, mora, 말소리 지각, 언어특유적 분절, 음절 효과, 음절, 모라, speech perception, language-specific segmentation, syllable effect, syllable, mora

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Vol.16 No.3

Syllable-Based Speech Segmentation by Native Korean Listeners

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The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology