Do People Pronounce Words in the Same Way? The Applicability of Phonological Rules in Reading Hangul Words

In the present study we investigated how well phonological rules are applied to when people pronounce words written in Hangul. The results showed that there were differences among the rules in their applicability, even though using the rules was obligatory in principle. In addition, there was a hint for the correlation between the rule applicability and word frequency, with the rules applied better for the words with higher frequency.