| Publications [#322283] of Hae-Young Kim
Papers Published
- Kim, H; Choi, Y, Development of Aspect Morphology in Korean,
Journall of Language Science, vol. 23 no. 4
(2016),
pp. 203-225, The Korean Association of Language Science .
(last updated on 2024/03/28)
Abstract: The present study
examined the development of aspect marking in Korean with a focus on -ko
iss- and –a iss- imperfective markers, compared with progressive and
perfective markers. First, we examined the comprehension accuracy of
3-4-year-old Korean-learning children, while observing their online
interpretation patterns via their eye-fixation. Second, 3-4-year-olds’ production
of aspect markers was elicited, using pictures/videos that portrayed various
aspects of events. Both groups of children comprehended progressive meanings
better than the perfective/resultative meanings. Accuracy between the
imperfective markers didn’t differ but 4-year-olds were more accurate than
3-year-olds. In production, 4-year-olds were more accurate in producing -ko
iss- than -a iss-, while 3-year-olds were less accurate in using both markers.
Eye-gaze patterns showed that children were faster in identifying the
resultative -ko iss- than -a iss- event. Taken together, these results suggest
that Korean children may begin extending the progressive -ko iss- form into
the result state before they fully acquire a new resultative form, indicating
polysemous extension of the existing form as the acquisition mechanism of
aspect morphology.
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