Korean "Tense" Consonants as Geminates

In this paper, I argue that Korean "tense" consonants are geminates which occupy two C positions in a CV-tier. This argument is supported by phonetic evidence such as a longer closure duration of the tense consonants and phonological evidence such as the distribution, integrity, and inalte...

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Main Author: Choi, Dong-Ik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Kansas, Department of Linguistics 1995-01-01
Series:Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1808/445