The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements
Previous experimental studies have reported clear differences between native speakers and second language (L2) learners as concerns their capacity to extract and exploit morphosyntactic information during online processing. We examined the online processing of nominal case morphology in Korean by na...
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| author | Cheryl Frenck-Mestre Hyeree Choo Ana Zappa Julia Herschensohn Seung-Kyung Kim Alain Ghio Sungryung Koh |
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| description | Previous experimental studies have reported clear differences between native speakers and second language (L2) learners as concerns their capacity to extract and exploit morphosyntactic information during online processing. We examined the online processing of nominal case morphology in Korean by native speakers and L2 learners by contrasting canonical (SOV) and scrambled (OSV) structures, across auditory (Experiment 1) and written (Experiment 2) formats. Moreover, we compared different instances of nominal case marking: accusative (NOM-ACC) and dative (NOM-DAT). During auditory processing, Koreans showed incremental processing based on case information, with no effect of scrambling or specific case marking. In contrast, the L2 group showed no evidence of predictive processing and was negatively impacted by scrambling, especially for the accusative. During reading, both Koreans and the L2 group showed a cost of scrambling on first pass reading times, specifically for the dative. Lastly, L2 learners showed better comprehension for scrambled dative than accusative structures across formats. The current set of results show that format, the specific case marking, and word order all affect the online processing of nominal case morphology. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d56dfad778b44c42a8dab1f43b3743b52023-11-23T15:21:25ZengMDPI AGBrain Sciences2076-34252022-09-01129123010.3390/brainsci12091230The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye MovementsCheryl Frenck-Mestre0Hyeree Choo1Ana Zappa2Julia Herschensohn3Seung-Kyung Kim4Alain Ghio5Sungryung Koh6Laboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-Marseille University, 13284 Marseille, FranceDepartment of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, KoreaLaboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-Marseille University, 13284 Marseille, FranceDepartment of Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Linguistics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USALaboratoire Parole et Langage, Aix-Marseille University, 13284 Marseille, FranceDepartment of Psychology, Seoul National University, Seoul 08826, KoreaPrevious experimental studies have reported clear differences between native speakers and second language (L2) learners as concerns their capacity to extract and exploit morphosyntactic information during online processing. We examined the online processing of nominal case morphology in Korean by native speakers and L2 learners by contrasting canonical (SOV) and scrambled (OSV) structures, across auditory (Experiment 1) and written (Experiment 2) formats. Moreover, we compared different instances of nominal case marking: accusative (NOM-ACC) and dative (NOM-DAT). During auditory processing, Koreans showed incremental processing based on case information, with no effect of scrambling or specific case marking. In contrast, the L2 group showed no evidence of predictive processing and was negatively impacted by scrambling, especially for the accusative. During reading, both Koreans and the L2 group showed a cost of scrambling on first pass reading times, specifically for the dative. Lastly, L2 learners showed better comprehension for scrambled dative than accusative structures across formats. The current set of results show that format, the specific case marking, and word order all affect the online processing of nominal case morphology.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/9/1230case morphologyKoreaneye movementsL2readingvisual world |
| spellingShingle | Cheryl Frenck-Mestre Hyeree Choo Ana Zappa Julia Herschensohn Seung-Kyung Kim Alain Ghio Sungryung Koh The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements Brain Sciences case morphology Korean eye movements L2 reading visual world |
| title | The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements |
| title_full | The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements |
| title_fullStr | The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements |
| title_short | The Online Processing of Korean Case by Native Korean Speakers and Second Language Learners as Revealed by Eye Movements |
| title_sort | online processing of korean case by native korean speakers and second language learners as revealed by eye movements |
| topic | case morphology Korean eye movements L2 reading visual world |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3425/12/9/1230 |
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