@article{ART003388750},
author={Xuezhu Quan and Sixuan Zhu},
title={Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean},
journal={The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea},
issn={1226-4822},
year={2026},
volume={34},
number={3},
pages={331-367}
TY - JOUR
AU - Xuezhu Quan
AU - Sixuan Zhu
TI - Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean
JO - The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea
PY - 2026
VL - 34
IS - 3
PB - The Sociolinguistic Society Of Korea
SP - 331
EP - 367
SN - 1226-4822
AB - This study examines how listener position shapes spatial demonstrative choice in Korean and Chinese and whether advanced L1 Chinese learners of Korean show an L1-consistent pattern. Thirty-nine native speakers of Chinese, 24 native speakers of Korean, and 26 learners completed forced-choice tasks involving 16 referent positions in Opposite and L-side speaker–listener configurations. Bayesian mixed-effects analyses showed that native Chinese speakers maintained a broadly speaker-centered zhe–na division, with listener position producing only local boundary modulation. Native Korean speakers displayed an i–geu–jeo organization in the Opposite condition, but the L-side configuration produced a broader reorganization toward an i–jeo opposition, with geu restricted to transitional positions near the listener. Learners reproduced the broad native reorganization, whereas the internal distribution of geu remained more distance-anchored, which constituted an L1-consistent pattern. Their Chinese demonstrative system showed no comparable Korean-like reorganization. These findings indicate that the availability of a geu-dominant region is conditional and gradient, and that sensitivity to listener position does not necessarily entail listener-centered category organization.
KW - spatial demonstratives;listener position;Korean;Chinese;L2 acquisition
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Xuezhu Quan and Sixuan Zhu. (2026). Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 34(3), 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan and Sixuan Zhu. 2026, "Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean", The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, vol.34, no.3 pp.331-367.
Xuezhu Quan, Sixuan Zhu "Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 34.3 pp.331-367 (2026) : 331.
Xuezhu Quan, Sixuan Zhu. Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean. 2026; 34(3), 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan and Sixuan Zhu. "Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 34, no.3 (2026) : 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan; Sixuan Zhu. Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea, 34(3), 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan; Sixuan Zhu. Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean. The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea. 2026; 34(3) 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan, Sixuan Zhu. Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean. 2026; 34(3), 331-367.
Xuezhu Quan and Sixuan Zhu. "Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean" The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea 34, no.3 (2026) : 331-367.
