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| Title: | Alternation of /n/ and /l/ in Korean language |
| Authors: | Suen, Carmen Yeuk Hay (孫渃琋) |
| Department: | Dept. of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics |
| Issue Date: | 2008 |
| Course: | CTL4235 Project |
| Programme: | BA (Hons) in Linguistics and Language Technology |
| Instructor: | Dr Oh Sunyoung |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to find out the occurrence of alternation of /n/ and /l/ in Korean nouns,
which are noted to have undergone specific nasalization or lateralization. For example,
신라 (a name of an ancient Korean kingdoms) is pronounced as [syil.la] but not
/syin.la/; 찰나 (moment) is pronounced as [chal.la] but not /chal.na/, and 결단력
(the strength of one’s mind or determination) is pronounced as [kyOl.ddan.nyOk]
but not /kyOl.tan.lyOk/. Nevertheless, it is not clear at all when /l/ is assimilated to
/n/ and /n/ to /l/ and also why /n/ undergoes both progressive and regressive lateral
assimilations but /l/ only permits progressive nasal assimilation. In order to answer
these questions, experiments are conducted through collecting phonemes from the
extracted nouns with /n.l/ and /l.n/ produced by native Korean speakers, followed by
data analysis to find the dominant pronunciation pattern. Furthermore, the
phonological phenomena generalized will then be explained based on previous studies
of similar topics. Results of our study show that only Sino Korean compound words
with /n.l/ undergo progressive nasal assimilation, whereas Sino Korean
non-compound words with /n.l/ undergo regressive lateral assimilation. All the words
with /l.n/ undergo progressive lateral assimilation and no phonological change is
found in foreign words in either /l.n/ or /n.l/ sequence. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2031/5373 |
| Appears in Collections: | OAPS - Dept. of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics
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