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Title: On the role of contrastivity in the development of the /e ∼ε/ merger in Korean.
Authors: Eychenne, Julien1 jeychenne@hufs.ac.kr, Jang, Tae-Yeoub2 tae@hufs.ac.kr
Source: Journal of East Asian Linguistics. May2018, Vol. 27 Issue 2, p111-139. 29p.
Subject Terms: *Contrastive linguistics, Functional load (Linguistics), Phonetics
Abstract: This paper seeks to assess the role of functional factors in the development of the /e ∼ε/ unconditioned merger that has taken place in Seoul Korean. We explore several alternative measures of functional load, one measure of phonetic distance evaluated on a perceptual scale, and a simple integrative measure, which combines functional load and phonetic distance into a single ‘contrastivity index.’ Our results show that, while both functional load and perceptual distance hint at the fact that /e ∼ε/ was a weak contrast, this effect is clearest when these two factors are integrated together, especially when functional load is measured as phone-level entropy loss. The proposed metric thus offers a fruitful way of modeling the interaction between functional factors in the development of mergers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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