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Title:
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Australian English Pronunciation Acquisition by Korean and Japanese Learners of English
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Author:
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See-Gyoon Park
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Email:
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Degree Awarded:
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The University of Queensland
, Department of English
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Degree Date:
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1955
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Linguistic Subfield(s):
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Phonetics
Phonology
Psycholinguistics
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Subject Language(s):
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English
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Director(s):
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John Ingram
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Abstract:
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In the Area of second language (L2) sound acquisition, the extent to which prior native language (L1) phonological learning is influential has been controversial. Traditionally, the importance of prior L1 phonological learning in L2 sound acquisition has been supported. However, some scholars (Briere, 1996; Nemser, 1971; Tarone, 1976) questioned this traditional thinking. They claimed that prior L1 phonological learning was just one of several factors including language-dependent acoustic phonetic effects and language-universal phonological markedness conventions (Eckman, 1977, 1987), which influence second language learners' adaptation to the L2 phonological system. Recently, however, there has been a return to an emphasis upon the importance of language-specific factors in L2 sound acquisition. New theories, which represent refinements of the traditional Contrastive Analysis Hypothesis (CAH), have been developed (Flege, 1984, 1987a, b; Best, 1993, 1994; Kuhl, 1991, 1993). These models, along with the traditional CAH, are assessed in a series of experiments involving perception and production of monophthongal vowels of Australian English (AE) by Korean and Japanese learners of English. Also, language-specific phonological learning and language-universal phonetic/acoustic factors are investigated in a comparative study of Japanese and Korean learners' perception and production of the /l-r/ contrast. Predictions of performance based upon the contrasting phonological status of liquids in Korean and Japanese and the effects of phonological environment on the phonetic salience of the /l-r/ distinction are tested.
Chapter 1 provides a historical overview of recent lanauage acquisition studies and the role of language-specific and language-universal influences on second language accommodation. In Chapter 2, a detailed argument for the aim, the subjects, methods, and material of the experiments is presented. The main body of experimental research is contained in Chapters 3 to 6 which examine Korean and Japanese learners' perception and produciton of English monophthongal vowels and liquids. Chapters 3-5 report experiments on the perception and production of AE monophthongal vowels by Korean and Japanese learners of English and the results and analysis of the experiments are described. In Chapter 6, through the experiments of perception and production of English /l-r/ consonants by Korean and Japanese speakers of English, a main question of this thesis, namely, the relative importance between the language-specific prior L1 phonological learning and the language-universal acoustic/phonetic effects is discussed. In Chapter 7, on the basis of the outcomes from Chapters 3 to 6, an expanded discussion as to the relationship between the language-specific prior L1 phonological learning and the language-universal acoustic/phonetic effects in L2 sound acquisition is provided.
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