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This study presents the results from an auditory analysis of younger Korean speakers’ production of three different double consonant clusters, /lk, lm, lp/ in syllable-final position of 16 monosyllabic word stems. When coda simplification occurred conforming to the syllable structure of Korean, /lk/ and /lp/ were mostly realized as [l], the first liquid element (C1), whereas few [C2] tokens occurred. In addition, a substantial amount of [C1C2] realizations were identified, indicating the possibility of ongoing sound change towards either [C1] or [C1C2]. Importantly, the degree of [C1C2] realizations was conditioned by both the type of C2 and prosodic factors. Clusters were faithfully realized in the order of [lp], [lm], and [lk], suggesting that articulatory effectiveness and sonority serve as licensing conditions. As an effect of prosodic position, [lm] and [lk] clusters tended to be simplified to [l] phrase-initially, which we interpret as a syntagmatic effect. An effect of contrastive focus was also found for [lk], increasing the degree of [C1C2] realization. Implications for the relationship between variant choice and prosodic motivation are discussed.
