@article{ART002590063},
author={Kim, Chae-Eun},
title={Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2020},
volume={21},
number={2},
pages={38-48},
doi={10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38}
TY - JOUR
AU - Kim, Chae-Eun
TI - Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2020
VL - 21
IS - 2
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 38
EP - 48
SN - 1598-0782
AB - Previous works on English relative clauses (RCs) have tested subject and direct object RCs to find an asymmetrical pattern in L2 syntactic development. Studies on English native speakers and L2 learners of English have shown that both groups were better at subject RCs than any other types of RCs. However, these test items potentially involve compounding factors such as animacy effect and word order canonicity. To resolve this issue, the present study used an elicited production task to see how Korean-speaking adult learners of English perform two types of English oblique RCs. Forty Korean college students (18 high proficiency group; 22 low proficiency group) showed better performance at oblique RCs with a short filler-gap dependency (FGD) than oblique RCs with a long FGD. Both proficiency groups showed better accuracy rates when oblique RCs with a short FGD were elicited. In addition, patterns of non-targeted responses can explain how L2 learners differently process two oblique RCs with dissimilar distance between the filler and the gap. Overall, the test results demonstrated a clear linear distance effect between the filler and the gap in producing oblique RCs.
KW - oblique relative clause/L2/syntactic development/production
DO - 10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
ER -
Kim, Chae-Eun. (2020). Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses. Modern English Education, 21(2), 38-48.
Kim, Chae-Eun. 2020, "Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses", Modern English Education, vol.21, no.2 pp.38-48. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun "Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses" Modern English Education 21.2 pp.38-48 (2020) : 38.
Kim, Chae-Eun. Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses. 2020; 21(2), 38-48. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun. "Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses" Modern English Education 21, no.2 (2020) : 38-48.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun. Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses. Modern English Education, 21(2), 38-48. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun. Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses. Modern English Education. 2020; 21(2) 38-48. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun. Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses. 2020; 21(2), 38-48. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
Kim, Chae-Eun. "Second Language Acquisition of Complex Structures: The Case of English Oblique Relative Clauses" Modern English Education 21, no.2 (2020) : 38-48.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2020.21.2.38
