Seung-Eun Chang

Research

Some findings of phonetic research

(2024) Language-Specific Phonology of Heritage Perception: The Case of Korean Intervocalic Stops



Mean percentages of Korean, Mandarin, English, and heritage speakers’ judgments along the VOT continuum of Korean stops: the L2 groups of L1 Mandarin and L1 English speakers show a classic categorical perception in discriminating VOT differences, while monolingual Korean and heritage speakers’ pattern showing no categorical perception was significantly different from that of the other two groups.

The unexpected insensitivity or inattention to the VOT variation of Heritage listeners suggests that the linguistic behavior of Heritage listeners resembles that of native listeners in their abstraction away from phonologically irrelevant phonetic details, and their perception has been optimized to signal to only those aspects that are relevant to the phonemic cues in the target language.

(2021) Hyper-articulation effects in Korean glides by heritage language learners



Mean F0 (Bark) values for the two speaking styles at three timings (i.e., syllable onset, vowel midpoint, and syllable offset) for all ten speakers. The dashed line indicates casual speech and the solid line indicates clear speech.

Boxplot of F0 (Bark) values at syllable offset, broken down by each speaker and by speaking style (light boxes ‘casual speech’; dark boxes ‘clear speech’). Speakers are arranged by gender (i.e., 1-5 are females; 6-10 are males). Asterisks indicate that the syllable duration change was significant (p < 0.01) for each speaker, according to speaking style.

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(2019) A phonetic study of Korean heritage learners’ production in Korean word-initial stop

Mean values of VOT and f0 for the production of Korean stops (plain, aspirated, and tense) by L1 Korean, Heritage learners, and L2 Korean

(2017) Enhancement effects of clear speech and word-initial position in Korean glides

Mean F1 and F2 (in Bark) spaces for “wae,” “oe,” “ye,” and “e” in clear speech and casual speech by timing of measurements and word position

(2016) Hyperarticulated production of Korean glides by age group

Mean values of F1 and F2 at the timing of the test syllable onset and vowel midpoint of “wae” and “oe” by speaking style and age

(2015) Degree and direction of foreign accent in L2 and L3 Korean speech

Mean foreign accent ratings for native English speakers who had not learned any other language before learning Korean (Group I) and who learned Japanese before learning Korean (Group II)

(2013) Effects of fundamental frequency and duration variation on the perception of South Kyungsang Korean tones

The average number of “rising tone” responses according to the timing of the f0 peak, initial f0, and syllable duration

(2011) A cross-linguistic study of Korean laryngeal stops by native speakers of Chinese, English, Korean, and Spanish

Mean values with standard errors for f0 , VOT, and H1-H2, for the production of Korean stops (Plain, Aspirated, Tense) by native speakers of Korean, Chinese, English, and Spanish

(2008) The effect of weak tone on the F0 peak alignment & (2007) The Phonetics and Phonology of South Kyungsang Korean Tones

A schematic depiction of three tone types (Mid or toneless, High, Rising) of South Kyungsang Korean in different suffixed words

(2007) Single H and doubly-linked H in South Kyungsang Korean

Relative fall delay (the fall delay divided by the test syllable duration) and Peak Plateau (ms) of single H and doubly linked H by morpheme type