The Distribution of Speech Errors in Prosodic Phrases in Korean
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In order to examine the distribution of errors in different phrases in the Korean prosodic hierarchy, 12 native Korean speakers were recorded while producing tongue twisters. The resulting errors were categorized and their location coded with respect to the prosodic structure of the utterances in which they occurred. Findings were that a disproportionate number of errors occurred in initial or early position of Accentual Phrases (AP) and towards the end of Intermediate Phrases (ip) and Intonation Phrases (IP). The findings are interpreted to suggest that the AP is a structural unit that enables the serially encoded of speech sounds, while the ip/IP is a functional planning unit in which meaningful chunks of speech are organized for output.
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