title: Word-specific effects on sound change of the lexical pitch accent in Kyungsang Korean.
abstract: This study investigated word-specific effects for the on-going sound change of the lexical pitch accent of Kyungsang Korean, arguably induced by influence from the standard Seoul Korean. This study tested whether Kyungsang speakers produced and perceived words used only in Kyungsang areas differently from the words used both in Seoul and Kyungsang areas. In production and perception experiments, Kyungsang speakers exhibited more conservative patterns for the word used only in the Kyungsang area compared to the other type of words. Implications on the sound change of the lexical pitch accent in Kyungsang Korean were discussed based on an exemplar framework.
authors.affiliation: Kyungnam University, 7 Kyungnam-daehak-ro, Masan-happo-gu, Changwon-city, Kyungsang-nam-do 631-701, South Korea hyunjunglee123@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Hyunjung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013067:Speech Perception