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@article{ART002497253},
author={Kwak, Hye-Young and Kim, Soyoung},
title={A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2019},
volume={20},
number={3},
pages={139-152},
doi={10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139}

TY - JOUR
AU - Kwak, Hye-Young
AU - Kim, Soyoung
TI - A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2019
VL - 20
IS - 3
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 139
EP - 152
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This study examines Korean EFL learners’ interpretations of ambiguous focuses in sentences with preverbal only (e.g., Max only carries the stones). Ambiguous sentences containing preverbal only are known to evoke three possible meanings depending on which of the following its scope is assigned to: a noun phrase (NP) as a direct object, a verb (V) or a verb phrase (VP). To investigate which default meaning is preferred in the comprehension of preverbal only, forty four Korean EFL learners and ten native English speakers participated in the study using a sentence completion task which differed from a picture-based Truth-value Judgment Task used in previous studies. Participants were asked to read a background story followed by a sentence with preverbal only and then fill in the blank in a following sentence with NP, V or VP contrast information depending on their preferred interpretation. As a result, Korean EFL learners as well as native English speakers were found to prefer the NP-focused interpretation as the default meaning. These results are discussed in relation to methodological issues and sentence processing principles.
KW - preverbal only/ focus ambiguity/ default meaning/ EFL
DO - 10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139
ER -

Kwak, Hye-Young and Kim, Soyoung. (2019). A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only. Modern English Education, 20(3), 139-152.

Kwak, Hye-Young and Kim, Soyoung. 2019, "A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only", Modern English Education, vol.20, no.3 pp.139-152. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young, Kim, Soyoung "A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only" Modern English Education 20.3 pp.139-152 (2019) : 139.

Kwak, Hye-Young, Kim, Soyoung. A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only. 2019; 20(3), 139-152. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young and Kim, Soyoung. "A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only" Modern English Education 20, no.3 (2019) : 139-152.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young; Kim, Soyoung. A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only. Modern English Education, 20(3), 139-152. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young; Kim, Soyoung. A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only. Modern English Education. 2019; 20(3) 139-152. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young, Kim, Soyoung. A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only. 2019; 20(3), 139-152. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139

Kwak, Hye-Young and Kim, Soyoung. "A study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences regarding focus ambiguity of only" Modern English Education 20, no.3 (2019) : 139-152.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2019.20.3.139