One Is Not Enough
Interactive Role of Word Order, Case-marking, and Verbal Morphology in Children’s Comprehension of Suffixal Passive in Korean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21746308 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gyu-Ho Shin (0000-0002-8157-7148, Palacký University Olomouc, corresponding author), Kamil Ud Deen (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 188-212 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning and Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1547-3341 • E-ISSN: 1547-5441 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15475441.2022.2050237 |
| OpenAlex | W4281840110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 40 |
The present study investigates the role of three structural factors (word order, case-marking, and verbal morphology) in the comprehension of the Korean suffixal passive by Korean-speaking children. To measure the relative impact of each factor on the comprehension of the passive, we devise a novel method where these factors are obscured systematically by employing acoustic masking – chewing and coughing. Results from three picture selection tasks show that (i) the Agent-First preference is not ubiquitously employed by young children, but is dependent on other grammatical cues, (ii) despite mediocre accuracy rates on passive sentences, we nonetheless find evidence that children have some knowledge about the passive construction, and (iii) scrambling of passive sentences does not aid in comprehension. These findings suggest that, in order to understand the acquisition of the passive, all these structural factors need to be considered
Cognitive psychology · Comprehension · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Preference · Scrambling · Word order · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |