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Kang, Yoojin (2022). Acquisition of /ɯ/ and /ʌ/ variation by mobile Kyungsang Korean and Seoul Korean speakers. The Linguistic Association of Korea Journal, 30(2), 49-70. This study examines the /ɯ/ and /ʌ/ merger in North Kyungsang Korean in the speech of speakers who were born in Seoul and later moved to North Kyungsang after the age of 20 and the /ɯ/ and /ʌ/ contrast in Seoul Korean in the speech of speakers who were born in North Kyungsang and later moved to Seoul as adults. This study focuses on stylistic variation in the use of a new dialect feature in two contexts: Word list and conversational interview. Moreover, this study addresses how various extralinguistic factors, including gender, length of stay in a new region, language attitudes and awareness of the /ɯ/ and /ʌ/ variation, affect mobile speakers' linguistic behavior. The major finding is that both groups of mobile speakers produce a distinction between /ɯ/ and /ʌ/ in word list and interview speech, and there is no appreciable shift in vowel quality in these two contexts. |
