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Meaning acquisition of ‘Ka-ta’ by Chinese learners of Korean

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2010, 33(), pp.321-348
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Jin Jeong 1

1경인여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of the study was to investigate the aspects of meaning acquisition of ‘Ka-ta’ by Chinese learners of Korean. The subjects were 20 Chinese intermediate learners of Korean, 20 Chinese advanced learners of Korean, and 20 native speakers of Korean. A sentence-writing task and a sentence-judgment task were used. The study made use of χ², t-test and Welch-Aspin test. The findings were as follows: First, there were significant differences between learners and native speakers. Secondly, there was no significant difference between intermediate learners and advanced learners. Finally, L1 transfer was found in tasks done by learners. The results indicate that even if they are advanced learners, Chinese learners of Korean rely on their L1 and acquire only the prototypical meaning and a limited number of the extended meanings.

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