초록 열기/닫기 버튼
Phonological theorists working on Korean has frequently assumed that there is a prohibition against a lateral consonant in syllable onset position (Iverson and Kim 1987, Han 1993, Suh 1993, Yoo 1996, Lee 2001). It has also been claimed that due to this prohibition, an underlying liquid in recent loanwords is realized as a flap, not as a lateral in onset position (Yoo 1996, Lee 2001). Based on the results from production experiments, this paper argues against the view that the prohibition against a lateral in syllable onset position is active in loanwords. According to our production experiments, an underlying liquid was realized as a lateral in most loanwords. The results from production experiments also suggest that the prohibit-tion against a lateral is still strongly active in Sino-Korean words. According to our production experiments which included Sino-Korean words with /pL/, /kL/, /mL/, and /NL/, a lateral surfaced in onset position in a very small number of cases. In addition, by showing that /nL/ can be realized as either [ll] or [nn], the experiment results support Seo’s (2001a, 2001b, 2002) prediction on the direction of assimilation in /nL/.
키워드열기/닫기 버튼
Korean liquid, onset, Sino-Korean words, loanwords
