@article{ART003272098},
author={Hyung-Sun Kim and Ung-Yong Choi},
title={Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange},
journal={Modern English Education},
issn={1598-0782},
year={2025},
volume={26},
pages={460-476},
doi={10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460}
TY - JOUR
AU - Hyung-Sun Kim
AU - Ung-Yong Choi
TI - Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange
JO - Modern English Education
PY - 2025
VL - 26
IS - null
PB - The Modern English Education Society
SP - 460
EP - 476
SN - 1598-0782
AB - This study investigates the development of English verb phrase (VP) constructions among Korean undergraduate learners engaged in Virtual Intercultural Exchange (VIE). Five VP types—Simple Verb, Modal/Do+V, Progressive, Perfect, and Passive—were analyzed across two asynchronous VIE sessions involving both L1 and L2 speakers. Building on Processability Theory (PT), the study extends its application from categorical emergence to frequency-based usage in authentic communication. All VP tokens were identified through dependency parsing, and group differences were assessed using chi-square and Cramér’s V. The results revealed a base-dominant distribution, with Simple Verbs accounting for over two-thirds of all tokens. However, auxiliary-based patterns showed subtle but meaningful contrasts. L1 writers consistently employed the Progressive more frequently, the Perfect remained infrequent but approached L1 usage levels, and the L2 learners’ initial overreliance on the Passive declined in the second session. Modal/Do+V patterns remained stable across groups. Overall, the findings support an extension of PT’s implicational hierarchy to frequency-based usage, suggesting that the frequency of use may be influenced by discourse mode and communicative purpose. This indicates that sustained intercultural interaction fosters selective, gradual convergence in how learners utilize tense–aspect–voice constructions during authentic language use.
KW - processability theory;implicational hierarchy;virtual intercultural exchange (VIE);verb phrase development
DO - 10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
ER -
Hyung-Sun Kim and Ung-Yong Choi. (2025). Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange. Modern English Education, 26, 460-476.
Hyung-Sun Kim and Ung-Yong Choi. 2025, "Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange", Modern English Education, vol.26, pp.460-476. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim, Ung-Yong Choi "Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange" Modern English Education 26 pp.460-476 (2025) : 460.
Hyung-Sun Kim, Ung-Yong Choi. Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange. 2025; 26 460-476. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim and Ung-Yong Choi. "Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange" Modern English Education 26(2025) : 460-476.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim; Ung-Yong Choi. Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange. Modern English Education, 26, 460-476. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim; Ung-Yong Choi. Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange. Modern English Education. 2025; 26 460-476. doi: 10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim, Ung-Yong Choi. Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange. 2025; 26 460-476. Available from: doi:10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
Hyung-Sun Kim and Ung-Yong Choi. "Processability and Frequency in Authentic Use: English Verb Phrase Development in Virtual Exchange" Modern English Education 26(2025) : 460-476.doi: 10.18095/meeso.2025.26.1.460
