영어 폐쇄음 삽입 (Stop Epenthesis in English)

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초록

This study investigates stop epenthesis occurring in nasal-fricative sequences in English to shed light on dialectal differences between American English and British English, differences in duration between the underlying /t/ and the epenthetic [t], and correlation between duration of /t/ and perception of epenthetic stop. We discuss whether fricative voicing, tautosyllabicity of the /ns/ cluster, and the position of stress have an affect on stop epenthesis. This study conducted production and perception experiments. In a production experiment, five American speakers and two British English speakers produced real English words with /nts, ns, ndz, nz/ clusters. The results showed that stop epenthesis occurred more frequently in American English than in British English. The closure duration of the underlying /t/ was significantly longer than that of the epenthetic [t]. The stop [t] was more frequently epenthesized in the /ns/ cluster than in the /nz/ cluster. It was also more frequently inserted when /n/ and /s/ belong to the same syllable than when they are heterosyllabic. Stress had little affect on the duration of the epenthetic [t]. Subjects identified the epenthetic stop in a perception experiment where the closure duration of the epenthetic stops was manipulated with seven steps ranging from zero to 30ms. The results revealed that tautosyllabicity of the /ns/ cluster was the primary cue in perceiving the epenthetic [t] but voicing of fricatives and the position of stress did not have an affect on the perception of the epenthetic [t].

영어초록

This study investigates stop epenthesis occurring in nasal-fricative sequences in English to shed light on dialectal differences between American English and British English, differences in duration between the underlying /t/ and the epenthetic [t], and correlation between duration of /t/ and perception of epenthetic stop. We discuss whether fricative voicing, tautosyllabicity of the /ns/ cluster, and the position of stress have an affect on stop epenthesis. This study conducted production and perception experiments. In a production experiment, five American speakers and two British English speakers produced real English words with /nts, ns, ndz, nz/ clusters. The results showed that stop epenthesis occurred more frequently in American English than in British English. The closure duration of the underlying /t/ was significantly longer than that of the epenthetic [t]. The stop [t] was more frequently epenthesized in the /ns/ cluster than in the /nz/ cluster. It was also more frequently inserted when /n/ and /s/ belong to the same syllable than when they are heterosyllabic. Stress had little affect on the duration of the epenthetic [t]. Subjects identified the epenthetic stop in a perception experiment where the closure duration of the epenthetic stops was manipulated with seven steps ranging from zero to 30ms. The results revealed that tautosyllabicity of the /ns/ cluster was the primary cue in perceiving the epenthetic [t] but voicing of fricatives and the position of stress did not have an affect on the perception of the epenthetic [t].

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