24 Jul 2007

Conference preparation posters

Adult dyslexics were tested on a range of tasks which were presented in two closely matched versions: a segmental version and a suprasegmental version. The tasks targeted phonological contrasts on one hand and the metalinguistic ability to manipulate phonological units on the other hand. The dyslexic group showed a deficit in suprasegmentals as well as segmentals but only when the tasks involved manipulation. We found no evidence that the representations of suprasegmental contrasts are impaired in the dyslexic participants. (To be presented at the ICPhS.)

This study investigates tonal targets in Daegu Korean. Through our analysis of F0 and alignment, especially focusing on the turning point, we identified the different features between the rise before the accent and the fall after the accent. In the contour before the accent, we identified the turning point from the low plateau to the rise, anchored to the end of the syllable immediately preceding the accented syllable. On the other hand, in the contour after the accent, the turning point was not clear and, even if it exists, it was delayed. These results are against the theory in previous literature that the accented syllable is associated with H*+L in this dialect. (To be presented at the ICPhS.)

In some languages, such as Korean and Japanese, various postlexical tonal phenomena, such as downstep, upstep, and edge tones, and the interplay between those and the lexical tonal phenomena have been found. Also, those postlexical tonal phenomena have been attributed to the prosodic structure. This presentation deals with these issues with special reference to Masan/Changwon Korean, whose postlexical tonal phenomena have not been studied well. This presentation reports the results of the fieldwork on the lexical and postlexical tonal phenomena of Masan/Changwon Korean, and proposes the prosodic model to account for the phenomena. (To be presented at the workshop on "Intonational Phonology: Understudied or Fieldwork Languages".)

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