An Acoustic Analysis of Stress Realization in English NN Compounds by Korean Speakers

• 발행기관: 현대문법학회
• 저자명: Ilgwon Sohn
• 간행물 정보: 『현대문법연구』제127호, 209~239쪽, 전체 31쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2025.09.30

국문 초록

This study examines how Korean EFL learners realize lexical stress in English NN compounds, focusing on the effects of compound structure and lexical familiarity. The results show that learners generally produced higher pitch on the first constituent and exhibited limited differentiation in intensity, with stress consistently placed on the first constituent regardless of canonical assignment. The arcsine-transformed analyses revealed that pitch was the predominant cue in ‘argument+ head’ compounds, whereas in ‘attribute+head’ neither cue served as a reliable marker. Lexical familiarity enhanced acoustic contrast, affecting both cues in ‘attribute+head’ compounds but mainly intensity in ‘argument+ head’ compounds, highlighting intensity’s greater sensitivity to familiarity. Overall, the findings suggest that Korean learners’ stress production is shaped more by cue selection strategies and familiarity effects than by native-like stress assignment rules.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. Methodology

4. Result and Discussion

5. Conclusion

References

키워드

NN Compound Familiarity Arcsine Transformation Argument+Head Attribute+Head