A cross-linguistic acoustic comparison of unreleased word-final stops: Korean and Thai

Kimiko Tsukada

A cross-linguistic acoustic comparison of unreleased word-final stops: Korean and Thai

Kimiko Tsukada^*

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This study compared acoustic characteristics of final stops in Korean and Thai. Word-final stops are phonetically realized as unreleased stops in these languages. Native speakers of Korean and Thai produced monosyllabic words ending with [p t k] in each of their native languages (L1). Formant frequencies of /i a u/ at the vowel's offset were examined. In both languages, the place effect was significant and interacted with the vowel type. For non-front vowels (/a/ and /u/), F2 offset was highest before [t], while for the front vowel (/i/), it was highest before [k]. Preliminary results of a perception experiment with English-speaking listeners suggest that the absence of release bursts is most detrimental to the intelligibility of [k], least for [p] and intermediate for [t].

Original language	English
Title of host publication	8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004
Editors	S. H. Kim, D. H. Youn
Place of Publication	Korea
Publisher	Sunjin Printing Co.
Pages	1293-1296
Number of pages	4
Publication status	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004 - Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea, Republic of Duration: 4 Oct 2004 → 8 Oct 2004

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Other	8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004
Country/Territory	Korea, Republic of
City	Jeju, Jeju Island
Period	4/10/04 → 8/10/04

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A cross-linguistic acoustic comparison of unreleased word-final stops: Korean and Thai. / Tsukada, Kimiko.
8th International Conference on Spoken Language Processing, ICSLP 2004. ed. / S. H. Kim; D. H. Youn. Korea: Sunjin Printing Co., 2004. p. 1293-1296.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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