TONAL TARGETS AND THEIR ALIGNMENT IN DAEGU KOREAN

Akira Utsugi1, Hyejin Jang2 & Minyoung Seol2
1JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad / University of Edinburgh; 2Korea University

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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.