Mastering Korean Pronunciation (Tape)

Author: Rong Huiyan
Publisher: Beijing World Publishing & Trading Corporation
Publishing Time: Not Available
Features: Master English Pronunciation, Master French Pronunciation, Master Japanese Pronunciation, Master Korean Pronunciation
Starting from the perspective of Chinese learners, it summarizes the characteristics of Korean and provides detailed explanations of Korean vowels, consonants, consonant endings, and sound changes in an easy-to-understand manner. Korean vowels can be simply divided into monophthongs and diphthongs. Korean consonants can be classified in various ways based on their place or manner of articulation. Our focus is on the manner of articulation, dividing consonants into four types: lenis, fortis, tense, and sonorant. Korean consonant endings are a relatively unique linguistic phenomenon, perfectly reflecting the triphthongation of Korean syllables. Although there are 27 consonant endings in total, their pronunciation methods only number seven, so they are not as daunting as one might imagine. Chapter 5 will introduce some typical sound changes. Phonological changes are often a very frustrating part of learning a foreign language, but there is always a core principle—once you familiarize yourself with the patterns, everything will become much easier.