Animacy effect and language specificity: judgment of unaccusative verbs by Korean learners of English as a foreign language.
J Psycholinguist Res
; 43(2): 187-207, 2014 Apr.
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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.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Multilingüismo
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Aprendizaje
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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En
Revista:
J Psycholinguist Res
Año:
2014
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Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos