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Korean Speakers' Access to Universal Grammar : On the Issue of Subjacency Violation = 한국인의 보편 문법에의 접근성; 하위 인접 조건의 위반에 관한 고찰

서명/저자: Korean Speakers Access to Universal Grammar : On the Issue of Subjacency Violation = 한국인의 보편 문법에의 접근성; 하위 인접 조건의 위반에 관한 고찰 / 예진희

초록/해제: 요약 :A lot of studies have been investigating the role played by principles and parameters of Universal Grammar (UG) in the second language acquisition (SLA). The question arises whether second language learners are able to reset parameters when their L1 parameters are different from those of L2. There are currently three possibilities. First, UG principles constrain SLA in ways similar to children's first language acquisition; that is, complete access to UG. Second, they initially transfer their L1 value, but subsequently are able to acquire new settings, that is, partial access to UG. Thirdly, they hold on to L1 settings, but are not able to reset them to the L2 values. In order to determine which of these hypotheses is correct, this paper presents an experiment that tested Korean speakers on their ability to judge grammaticality on the three types of sentences containing subjacency. The results were; first, the Korean speakers do comparatively well at judging the subjacency violation and extremely well at judging the no-inversion category. Second, the Korean speakers do not have difficulty acquiring language-particular rules like subject-verb inversion. Concluding these results, this paper claims that the Korean speakers can reset the parameter responsible for the subjacency restriction in English, and thus have full access to UG. It also recommends a further investigation with better methodological process and procedure.