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| Autor/in | Lee, Jin-Hwa |
|---|---|
| Titel | A Subject-Object Asymmetry in the Comprehension of "wh"-Questions by Korean Learners of English |
| Quelle | In: Applied Linguistics, 31 (2010) 1, S.136-155 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0142-6001 |
| DOI | 10.1093/applin/amp015 |
| Schlagwörter | Short Term Memory; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Korean; Native Speakers; Grammar; Second Language Instruction; Task Analysis; Pictorial Stimuli; Language Processing; Comprehension |
| Abstract | Previous studies on English as a second language (L2) argue for the relative ease of object "wh"-questions based on the finding that L2 learners are more accurate and faster in judging the grammaticality of object "wh"-questions than that of subject "wh"-questions in English. This article re-examines this claim by investigating L2 learners' comprehension of long-distance "wh"-questions at different stages of English acquisition. A total of 113 Korean-speaking learners of English with different years of English instruction participated in a picture-based comprehension task. Contrary to previous studies, the results of the present study point toward a strong preference for subject "wh"-questions to object "wh"-questions. The learners were more accurate and improved faster in subject "wh"-questions than in object "wh"-questions. In addition, they showed a strong tendency to interpret object "wh"-questions as subject "wh"-questions. These results are in line with distance-based accounts of processing complexity. Subject "wh"-questions are easier to process because the distance between the "wh"-word and the gap is shorter and therefore poses less burden on working memory in subject "wh"-questions than in object "wh"-questions. (As Provided). |
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| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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