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Sentence processing in Korean: Effects of sentence complexity

담화와 인지
약어 : 담화와 인지
2009 vol.16, no.2, pp.21 - 39
DOI : 10.15718/discog.2009.16.2.21
발행기관 : 담화·인지언어학회
연구분야 : 언어학
Copyright © 담화·인지언어학회
김지현 1

1한국외국어대학교

256 회 열람

In the psycholinguistic literature regarding the ambiguous relative clause (RC) structure, cross-linguistic differences in attachment preferences have been reported. However, while most empirical studies focused on cross-linguistic differences, few published studies investigated factors that could influence attachment preferences within a language. This study has two main research questions. The first is to examine if Korean is really a language with a high attachment (HA) preference. The second is to investigate the effects of sentence complexity on Korean RC processing. The current study finds that the Korean participants showed a low attachment (LA) preference, suggesting that sentence complexity is a factor that may sway RC attachment preference within a language.

entence processing, cross-linguistic differences, sentence complexity, relative clauses, ambiguity

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