Preposition Pied-piping, Stranding, Doubling, & Dropping in Korean EFL Learners’ Interlanguage

• 발행기관: 한국영어학학회
• 저자명: Eun Young Shin Junghyoe Yoon Taegoo Chung
• 간행물 정보: 『영어학연구』영어학연구 제23권 2호, 89~113쪽, 전체 25쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2017.08.30

영문 초록

This study investigates Korean EFL learners’ interlanguage in the course of the acquisition of preposition stranding and pied-piping in syntactic contexts such as relative clauses and wh-questions with respect to preposition placement. An acceptability judgment task was conducted with Korean EFL learners at different proficiency levels in order to look at the developmental path and the effects of various factors such as clause types, the argumenthood of prepositional phrases, and the interpretability of prepositions. The results of the experiment showed that while preposition dropping and doubling were attested in learners’ interlanguage, their acceptance rates decreased as learners’ general English proficiency increases. While preposition doubling was rejected at an early stage, preposition dropping gradually decreased, which exhibited an interesting contrast with the native speakers‘ judgment.

목차

1. Introduction

2. Literature Review

3. The Study

4. Results

5. Discussion

6. Conclusion and Pedagogical Implications

키워드

preposition stranding preposition pied-piping preposition dropping preposition doubling wh-questions relative clauses interlanguage,EFL