Loanword adaptation between Japanese and Korean: evidence for L1 feature-driven perception

摘要

The purpose of the present study is two-fold. First is to propose that annL1 (host language) speakers’ perception of L2 (donor language) sounds is condi-ntioned by the acoustic cues to the laryngeal features of the L1 grammar in thenloanword adaptation of Korean voiceless stops into Japanese and of the Japanesenvoicing contrast and voiceless geminates into Korean. Second is to suggest thenenhancing role of some L2 or L1 phonetic properties in perceiving L2 variant(s) asndistinctive according to the system of L1 features in loanword adaptation.