The Acquisition of Korean Locative Constructions by Native English Speakers
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This paper examines the role of L1 transfer in the domain of the acquisition of the argument structure of Korean locative verbs by native English speakers, using a grammaticality judgment task. In particular, this paper investigates questions such as which L1 grammatical properties transfer, in which case the negative effects of L1 transfer persist, and in this case, what factor is behind it. The acquisition of Korean locative verbs by native English speakers provides a good testing ground for studying the role of L1 transfer in that syntactic properties of Korean and English locative verbs are similar in many aspects but crucially, they are different in some important respects. We predict that where the two languages are similar, L2-Korean learners' performance will be more target-like. Results show that this prediction was clearly borne out, which in turn provides empirical evidence that L1 transfer is indeed operative at the level of syntax. Additionally, this study further shows that effects of negative transfer linger where transferred L1 grammar is more general than corresponding target grammar.
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This paper examines the role of L1 transfer in the domain of the acquisition of the argument structure of Korean locative verbs by native English speakers, using a grammaticality judgment task. In particular, this paper investigates questions such as which L1 grammatical properties transfer, in which case the negative effects of L1 transfer persist, and in this case, what factor is behind it. The acquisition of Korean locative verbs by native English speakers provides a good testing ground for studying the role of L1 transfer in that syntactic properties of Korean and English locative verbs are similar in many aspects but crucially, they are different in some important respects. We predict that where the two languages are similar, L2-Korean learners' performance will be more target-like. Results show that this prediction was clearly borne out, which in turn provides empirical evidence that L1 transfer is indeed operative at the level of syntax. Additionally, this study further shows that effects of negative transfer linger where transferred L1 grammar is more general than corresponding target grammar.
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