Animacy Effect and Language Specificity: Judgment of Unaccusative Verbs by Korean Learners of English as a Foreign Language

Autor/inn/en	Pae, Hye K.; Schanding, Brian; Kwon, Yeon-Jin; Lee, Yong-Won
Titel	Animacy Effect and Language Specificity: Judgment of Unaccusative Verbs by Korean Learners of English as a Foreign Language
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 43 (2014) 2, S.187-207 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-013-9246-6
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Korean; Second Language Learning; Native Language; Linguistic Input; Role; Language Research; English (Second Language); College Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Koreanisch; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Sprachbildung; Rollen; Sprachforschung; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Collegestudent
Abstract	This study investigated the tendency of overpassivization of unaccusative verbs by Korean learners of English as a foreign language (FL). Sixty Korean native college students participated in the study, along with 17 English-speaking counterparts serving as a comparison group. Consistent with the findings of previous research, this study found Korean students' tendency to incorrectly accept passive-voice with inanimate subjects. The results of this study highlighted the role of lexical animacy, the hierarchy of agentivity, and language-specific effects on FL judgment. The findings of this study suggest a robust language-specific L1 effect on L2 acquisition and a greater involvement of cognition in FL use than language input. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10