A Study of the Frequency and Salience of Morphosyntactic Features in Korean EFL Input

Autor/in	Schenck, Andrew
Titel	A Study of the Frequency and Salience of Morphosyntactic Features in Korean EFL Input
Quelle	(2010), (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Linguistic Input; Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; English (Second Language); Native Language; Foreign Countries; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; Elementary School Students; Morphemes; Comparative Analysis; Form Classes (Languages); Language Usage; Verbs; Phrase Structure; Contrastive Linguistics; Korean; Word Frequency; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachbildung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Morphology; Morphologie; Morphem; Analytischer Sprachbau; Sprachgebrauch; Phrasenstruktur; Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Koreanisch; Word analysis; Frequency; Wortanalyse; Häufigkeit; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Research suggests that characteristics of EFL input cause morphosyntactic features to be acquired in an order dissimilar to that found in ESL contexts. To determine whether acquisition order for Korean learners could be explained by characteristics of their EFL input, a Korean elementary school curriculum was analyzed. Morphosyntactic features that were reported to be variable in a Korean EFL context, namely, the plural -"s," third person singular -"s," possessive -"'s," past regular, copula ("is"/"are"/"am"), progressive auxiliary ("is"/"are"/"am"), and phrasal verb, were examined in three steps. First, frequencies of less salient morphosyntactic features were compared to those found in native English contexts. Second, use of contraction, which may reduce the saliency of auxiliary verbs, was compared to the use of uncontracted forms. Third, phrasal verb use and the frequency of particle separation were studied. Results revealed that frequencies of the past regular, third person singular, copula, progressive auxiliary, and phrasal verb are significantly lower than those found in native English settings. Further, contractions appear to be used much more often in declarative sentences, which may lower the salience of auxiliary verbs considerably. Collectively, the results suggest that reduced frequency and salience within input have slowed the acquisition of some morphosyntactic features, which may explain why the Korean EFL acquisition order is dissimilar. [This paper was published in "TESOL Review" v2 p97-111 2010.] (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01