Isomorphism and language-specific devices in comprehension of Korean suffixal passive construction by Mandarin-speaking learners of Korean

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F21%3A73606763" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/21:73606763 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2020-0036" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2020-0036</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2020-0036" target="_blank" >10.1515/applirev-2020-0036</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Isomorphism and language-specific devices in comprehension of Korean suffixal passive construction by Mandarin-speaking learners of Korean

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Across languages, a passive construction is known to manifest a misalignment between the typical order of event composition (agent-before-theme)and the actual order of arguments in the constructions (theme-before-agent),dubbed non-isomorphic mapping. This study investigates comprehension of asuffixal passive construction in Korean by Mandarin-speaking learners ofKorean, focusing on isomorphism and language-specific devices in the passive. We measured learners’ judgment of the acceptability of canonical and scrambled suffixal passives as well as their reaction times (relative to a canonical activetransitive). Our analysis generated three major findings. First, learners uniformly preferred the canonical passive to the scrambled passive. Second, as proficiency increased, the judgment gap between the canonical active transitive and the canonical suffixal passive narrowed, but the gap between the canonical active transitive and the scrambled suffixal passive did not. Third, learners (and evennative speakers) spent more time in judging the acceptability of the canonical suffixal passive than they did in the other two construction types. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the mapping nature involving a passive voice, indicated by language-specific devices (i.e., case-marking and verbal morphology dedicated to Korean passives), in L2 acquisition.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Isomorphism and language-specific devices in comprehension of Korean suffixal passive construction by Mandarin-speaking learners of Korean

Popis výsledku anglicky

Across languages, a passive construction is known to manifest a misalignment between the typical order of event composition (agent-before-theme)and the actual order of arguments in the constructions (theme-before-agent),dubbed non-isomorphic mapping. This study investigates comprehension of asuffixal passive construction in Korean by Mandarin-speaking learners ofKorean, focusing on isomorphism and language-specific devices in the passive. We measured learners’ judgment of the acceptability of canonical and scrambled suffixal passives as well as their reaction times (relative to a canonical activetransitive). Our analysis generated three major findings. First, learners uniformly preferred the canonical passive to the scrambled passive. Second, as proficiency increased, the judgment gap between the canonical active transitive and the canonical suffixal passive narrowed, but the gap between the canonical active transitive and the scrambled suffixal passive did not. Third, learners (and evennative speakers) spent more time in judging the acceptability of the canonical suffixal passive than they did in the other two construction types. Implications of these findings are discussed with respect to the mapping nature involving a passive voice, indicated by language-specific devices (i.e., case-marking and verbal morphology dedicated to Korean passives), in L2 acquisition.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

O - Projekt operacniho programu

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Applied Linguistics Review

ISSN

1868-6311

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

14

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

DE - Spolková republika Německo

Počet stran výsledku

29

Strana od-do

503-531

Kód UT WoS článku

000734168700001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85103561217