A regional language refers to a language used in a specific region. As Busan became a metropolis, the Busan regional language was more influenced by standard languages and other regional languages than before. In this study, we compared the speech of ...
A regional language refers to a language used in a specific region. As Busan became a metropolis, the Busan regional language was more influenced by standard languages and other regional languages than before. In this study, we compared the speech of teenagers, representing the current young generation, and the speech of those in their 60s, representing the elderly, to find out how much the Busan regional language has changed compared to the past. This study examined the changes in the phonological phenomena of the Busan regional language, especially focusing on the vowel phonological phenomena.
First, in Chapter 1, the background of the study was revealed and previous studies were reviewed. This study was conducted to find out the changing aspects of the Busan regional language. Looking at previous studies on the Busan regional language, it was confirmed that the shape of the Busan regional language changes over time. In Chapter 2, the phonological system of the Busan region, which will be covered in this paper, was established, and the phonological phenomena of the Busan regional language were examined. 19 consonants, 7 vowels, and 9 double vowels were set. Then, Monophthongization, Labialization, and Umlaut of the Busan regional language, which were covered in the previous discussion, were examined. Chapter 3 analyzed the words uttered by informants in the Busan region through the research data to find out the realization of the vowel phonology phenomenon of the Busan regional language.
In this study, among the vowel phonological phenomena of the Busan regional language, Monophthongization, Labialization, and Umlaut were subdivided and studied according to the phonological system set in this paper. Speech data were collected through data reading and speech induction conversations. According to the phonological system set above, Monophthongization selected nine words containing each of the nine double vowels, and asked informants to read the sentences containing the corresponding words. The words are 'gyehoek, gyeongnyeok, gyuje, pyohyeon, gyaut, twigim, dwaeji, gwolli, gwaja'. After examining Monophthongization, the realization aspect of Labialization and Umlaut was analyzed. First, First, the words that occured Labialization and Umlaut were selected from the research of Kim Young-sun (2001) and Choi Hyun-jeong (2012) and the speech of Busan people. The selected word was investigated based on the pronunciation heard in the recording and the vowel formant analysis data through Praat while inducing informants to speak naturally. Labialization selected 'dudeurida, bappeuda, meogeora, deowora', and Umlaut selected 'geoda, danggida, ganda, jogeum, nupyeora' as investigative words.
Five female high school students in their teens and five females in their 60s from the Busan area were selected as informants. The gender of the informant is all female, and neither the informant nor the informant's parents have lived in another area for more than two years. The teenage informant was a student in high school.
After collecting the data, I listened to how the utterances sounded, wrote down the pronunciations, and obtained the vowel formants through Praat. Speech was analyzed through data obtained from pronunciation and vowel formants. Based on the analysis results, I studied the location and pronunciation of articulations uttered by each informant. Based on the research data, the speech of teenagers and those in their 60s were compared to find out the difference between standard speech and informants' speech, and whether there was a difference in speech between those in their 60s and those in their teens.