Eun Jong Kong

Acoustic realization and category split in L1 English speakers’ L2 Korean stop production*

This study investigated L2 Korean lenis and aspirated stops produced by L1 English adult learners in the early stages of L2 learning, examining how they utilize voice onset time (VOT) and F0 for category distinction over the course of L2 learning. Narrative speech samples (568 word-initial stops) were collected from 34...