Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments

PurposeThis study investigates Korean speech sound development, including articulatory error patterns, among the Japanese-Korean children whose mothers are Japanese immigrants to Korea.MethodsThe subjects were 28 Japanese-Korean children with normal development born to Japanese women immigrants who...

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Main Authors: Jeoung Suk Kim, Jun Ho Lee, Yoon Mi Choi, Hyun Gi Kim, Sung Hwan Kim, Min Kyung Lee, Sun Jun Kim
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Language:English
Published: Korean Pediatric Society 2010-09-01
Series:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
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Online Access:http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-53-834.pdf
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author Jeoung Suk Kim
Jun Ho Lee
Yoon Mi Choi
Hyun Gi Kim
Sung Hwan Kim
Min Kyung Lee
Sun Jun Kim
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Sun Jun Kim
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description PurposeThis study investigates Korean speech sound development, including articulatory error patterns, among the Japanese-Korean children whose mothers are Japanese immigrants to Korea.MethodsThe subjects were 28 Japanese-Korean children with normal development born to Japanese women immigrants who lived in Jeonbuk province, Korea. They were assessed through Computerized Speech Lab 4500. The control group consisted of 15 Korean children who lived in the same area.ResultsThe values of the voice onset time of consonants /ph/, /t/, /th/, and /k*/ among the children were prolonged. The children replaced the lenis sounds with aspirated or fortis sounds rather than replacing the fortis sounds with lenis or aspirated sounds, which are typical among Japanese immigrants. The children showed numerous articulatory errors for /c/ and /l/ sounds (similar to Koreans) rather than errors on /p/ sounds, which are more frequent among Japanese immigrants. The vowel formants of the children showed a significantly prolonged vowel /o/ as compared to that of Korean children (P<0.05). The Japanese immigrants and their children showed a similar substitution /n/ for /ɧ/ [Japanese immigrants (62.5%) vs Japanese-Korean children (14.3%)], which is rarely seen among Koreans.ConclusionThe findings suggest that Korean speech sound development among Japanese-Korean children is influenced not only by the Korean language environment but also by their maternal language. Therefore, appropriate language education programs may be warranted not only or immigrant women but also for their children.
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spelling doaj.art-6385002af34b4aa287791ade612f40462022-12-21T19:18:05ZengKorean Pediatric SocietyKorean Journal of Pediatrics1738-10612092-72582010-09-0153983483910.3345/kjp.2010.53.9.8342010530904Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environmentsJeoung Suk Kim0Jun Ho Lee1Yoon Mi Choi2Hyun Gi Kim3Sung Hwan Kim4Min Kyung Lee5Sun Jun Kim6Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medial School, Jeonju, Korea.Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medial School, Jeonju, Korea.Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medial School, Jeonju, Korea.Department of Clinical Speech Pathology/Research Institute of Speech, Chonbuk National University Medial School, Jeonju, Korea.Department of Pediatrics, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.Department of Early Childhood Education, Kijeon College, Jeongju, Korea.Department of Pediatrics, Chonbuk National University Medial School, Jeonju, Korea.PurposeThis study investigates Korean speech sound development, including articulatory error patterns, among the Japanese-Korean children whose mothers are Japanese immigrants to Korea.MethodsThe subjects were 28 Japanese-Korean children with normal development born to Japanese women immigrants who lived in Jeonbuk province, Korea. They were assessed through Computerized Speech Lab 4500. The control group consisted of 15 Korean children who lived in the same area.ResultsThe values of the voice onset time of consonants /ph/, /t/, /th/, and /k*/ among the children were prolonged. The children replaced the lenis sounds with aspirated or fortis sounds rather than replacing the fortis sounds with lenis or aspirated sounds, which are typical among Japanese immigrants. The children showed numerous articulatory errors for /c/ and /l/ sounds (similar to Koreans) rather than errors on /p/ sounds, which are more frequent among Japanese immigrants. The vowel formants of the children showed a significantly prolonged vowel /o/ as compared to that of Korean children (P<0.05). The Japanese immigrants and their children showed a similar substitution /n/ for /ɧ/ [Japanese immigrants (62.5%) vs Japanese-Korean children (14.3%)], which is rarely seen among Koreans.ConclusionThe findings suggest that Korean speech sound development among Japanese-Korean children is influenced not only by the Korean language environment but also by their maternal language. Therefore, appropriate language education programs may be warranted not only or immigrant women but also for their children.http://kjp.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjped-53-834.pdfSpeech developmentPhoneticsBilingualismKoreanJapanese
spellingShingle Jeoung Suk Kim
Jun Ho Lee
Yoon Mi Choi
Hyun Gi Kim
Sung Hwan Kim
Min Kyung Lee
Sun Jun Kim
Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
Korean Journal of Pediatrics
Speech development
Phonetics
Bilingualism
Korean
Japanese
title Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
title_full Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
title_fullStr Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
title_full_unstemmed Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
title_short Korean speech sound development in children from bilingual Japanese-Korean environments
title_sort korean speech sound development in children from bilingual japanese korean environments
topic Speech development
Phonetics
Bilingualism
Korean
Japanese
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