Korean Accents“Young Kim” By: Chelsi Biener and Jessalee Cruz Code name: Young Kim Age: Over 30 years 58 Lived in: Seoul, Korea Lives in: Hamilton, New Jersey Work experience: Registered Nurse Project Goals: Our goal in this presentation is to analyze “Young Kim” ‘s speech patterns. We also interviewed her to understand her point of view on accents through her personal experiences. Links to each video of "Young Kim" speaking will be at the beginning of the slide we start talking about that subject such as her introduction, paragraph, and interview. During the Paragraph video we have broken down each sentence and written exactly where to find it. Overall Young Kim reads in citation form Citation form is when a word is pronounced carefully as a single item Falls under the concept of connected speech First Sentence Alveolar Tap/Alveolar Stop Alveolar tap is defined as an allophone of /t/ and /d/ The voiceless /t/ alveolar stop phoneme turns into a voiced /d/ alveolar stop phoneme. These two are a cognate of each other. Example: the to /da/ Can be seen at 00:14 First Sentence Continued Phonological Process Cluster Simplification: part of the word is omitted Example: act to /ak / Can be seen at 00:16 Articulation Error Cluster Simplification: part of the word is omitted Example: form to /fowm/ Can be seen at 00:19 Second sentence Consonants Example: division to /divizion/ Can be seen at 00:24 She replaces the voiceless fricative /s/ with the voiced fricative /z/ Manner of articulation: fricative Defined as continuous airflow through the mouth Fricatives are made by moving two vocal organs together to restrict the release of the sound Third sentence Vowel Mispronunciation Example: large to /lodʒe/ Can be seen at 00:32 The phoneme /a/ is pronounced as /ae/ which changes the sound of the ending of the word Could also fall under the category of elision; the /r/ is omitted Consonants Example: round to /lound/ Can be seen at 00:34 The phoneme /r/ is replaced with /l/ /r/ and /l/ are both in the same manner, and both phonemes are voiced: liquid Liquid: air escapes through the mouth along the lowered sides of the tongue Third Sentence Continued Connected Speech Elision: elimination of phonemes or syllables, in particular, phonetic contexts Example: apparently to /aperenly/ Can be seen at 00:42 Fourth sentence Consonants Example: legend to /leʃion/ Replaces the /g/ phoneme with /ʃ/ /g/ is a velar stop and /ʃ/ is a palatal fricative Can be seen at 00:48 Phonological Process: Final consonant deletion Example: gold to /gol/ The /d/ phoneme is omitted Can be seen at 00:52 Sixth sentence Connected Speech: casual Example: pot of gold to /potovagol/ The sentence sounds like one big word Can be seen at 1:10 Interesting Comments on the Interview Originally “Young Kim” was nervous to use English; she worked in a field and did labor work in order to stay away from the language barrier. After 15 years, she decided she wanted to reach her full potential and go back to school to become a registered nurse. She still does not like to use the phone because she cannot understand the other people and does not believe the other people can effectively understand her. “Young Kim” has a laid back personality and likes to sit back and watch what is happening around her. Comments continued When she was going to school, she felt ashamed of how other people may see her when she speaks, so she did not ask questions or share her opinions in class. She was quiet when she was in class. While interviewing her, she said that she felt that others thought she was less intelligent and not as educated as the average person because of her accent. “Young Kim” believes that it would be helpful for listeners to not only try and pay attention to what she is saying but also to learn more about their culture. She frequently looks away when talking to people because it is disrespectful in the Korean culture to look others in the eye. Comments continued She believes people should base their opinions on people using their personalities and not their accents. She wants people to see her as an intelligent person and not just an immigrant. I learned a lot more about accents and the Korean culture. It was interesting to hear about her struggles and also her successes. During the interview, we were moved and felt sad because it took her 15 years for her to realize that she had the intelligence to enroll in school. Comments Continued We also felt sympathy when she told us that she feels as though people think she is less intelligent because of her accent. Another time we felt moved was when she explained that she worked in the field doing labor for 15 years to stay away from the language barrier. It struck us how sad it was that she separated herself just to avoid something, which she eventually overcame!

• published: 22 Apr 2015
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