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Difference or Disorder?

 Language family: Korean is currently considered a language isolate. Two of the more

prominent theories about possible language families are referred to as the Southern

Theory and the Northern Theory. The Southern Theory proposes that the Korean people

and language originated in the South Pacific region and the Korean language is related to

the Dravidian languages of India or to the Austronesian languages of Southeast Asia and

the Pacific. The Northern Theory proposes that Korean is a member of the Altaic family

(Kim, 1987; Kim & Pae, 2007).

 Official language in: South Korea, North Korea

DEVELOPMENTAL NORMS FOR SPEECH

Age Sound
2 /p*, ph, t*, h/

3 /k*, th, p, m, t, n, ŋ, tɕ, tɕ*, tɕh /
4 /k, kh/

5 /l/
6 /s, s*/
The sound is produced with greater articulatory strength.

(Kim, 1996; Kim & Pae, 2005; Oum, 1994)

PHONOLOGY AND PHONOTACTICS

Patterns of Native Language Influence: Example:
Replacement of /b/ with /p/ bear ‐ pear

[b] exists as an allophone of /p/ in Korean, but
never appears in word initial position.

Replacement of /f/ with /p/ feel ‐ peal

Replacement of /v/ with /b/ van ‐ ban

Omission or distortion of /z/ he’s ‐ he (verb omission error) 55
peas ‐pea (plural error)
zoo – choo

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