Definiteness Effect and Korean EFL Learners’ Distributional Patterns in Existential There-Constructions

• 영문명: Definiteness Effect and Korean EFL Learners’ Distributional Patterns in Existential There-Constructions
• 발행기관: 융합영어영문학회
• 저자명: 전윤호(Yoon-ho Jeon)
• 간행물 정보: 『융합영어영문학(구.English Reading and Teaching)』제9권 1호, 123~143쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 인문학 > 언어학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.04.30

영문 초록

This study seeks to explore the discrepancies in grammatical judgments between native English speakers and Korean EFL learners when it comes to definite and indefinite NPs in existential there-constructions (ETCs). The experimental results indicate that Korean EFL learners do not exhibit the definiteness effect observed in native speakers. In the experiment, while native English speakers consistently distinguished between definite and indefinite NPs in ETCs, Korean EFL learners displayed varied grammatical judgments, especially concerning definite NPs. Diesing’s (1992) mapping hypothesis provides the theoretical foundation for the constraint that definite NPs are not allowed in ETCs. According to her theory, indefinite NPs simply introduce variables rather than bearing quantificational force on their own, and these variables are bound by existential closure in the domain vP, yielding an existential reading.

목차

Ⅰ. Introduction

Ⅱ. Theoretical Background

Ⅲ. Method

Ⅳ. Results and Discussions

Ⅴ. Conclusion

Work Cited

키워드

there-구문 한정성 효과 삼부 구조 존재양화사 매핑 가설 there-constructions definiteness effect tripartite structure existential quantifier mapping hypothesis