한국어 모어화자의 부정극성 용언 인지 처리: 행동반응 연구
Cognitive Processing of Negative Polarity Verbs in Korean Native Speakers: Evidence from Behavioral Responses.
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This study investigates how Korean negative polarity items (NPIs) are accepted, cognitively processed, and realized in actual language production depending on contextual information. Three experiments were conducted: an acceptability judgment task (assessing grammaticality, and naturalness), a self-paced reading (SPR) task to measure cognitive processing, and a production task. The results of the judgment task showed that NPIs in affirmative sentences were significantly more acceptable when supportive contexts were provided, offering empirical support for context-based accounts proposed in previous theoretical studies. However, reading time analysis revealed that affirmative sentences with NPIs still induced greater cognitive processing costs, suggesting that contextual acceptability does not necessarily ease real-time processing. In the production task, participants predominantly produced negative sentences with NPIs and often avoided using NPIs in affirmative contexts by replacing them with neutral verbs. These findings highlight a discrepancy between acceptability and actual usage, indicating that the use and interpretation of NPIs are influenced by the dynamic interaction of context, processing effort, and linguistic experience. By integrating acceptability, processing, and production data, this study offers a comprehensive account of Korean NPIs and provides theoretical and empirical insights for future research on polarity phenomena.
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This study investigates how Korean negative polarity items (NPIs) are accepted, cognitively processed, and realized in actual language production depending on contextual information. Three experiments were conducted: an acceptability judgment task (assessing grammaticality, and naturalness), a self-paced reading (SPR) task to measure cognitive processing, and a production task. The results of the judgment task showed that NPIs in affirmative sentences were significantly more acceptable when supportive contexts were provided, offering empirical support for context-based accounts proposed in previous theoretical studies. However, reading time analysis revealed that affirmative sentences with NPIs still induced greater cognitive processing costs, suggesting that contextual acceptability does not necessarily ease real-time processing. In the production task, participants predominantly produced negative sentences with NPIs and often avoided using NPIs in affirmative contexts by replacing them with neutral verbs. These findings highlight a discrepancy between acceptability and actual usage, indicating that the use and interpretation of NPIs are influenced by the dynamic interaction of context, processing effort, and linguistic experience. By integrating acceptability, processing, and production data, this study offers a comprehensive account of Korean NPIs and provides theoretical and empirical insights for future research on polarity phenomena.