Testing the Role of Expectation in L2 Processing of English RCs

On-Soon Lee 한국언어학회 2016 언어 Vol.41 No.3

Lee, On-Soon. 2016. Testing the Role of Expectation in L2 Processing of English RCs. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 41-3, 501-519. Two major explanations for the difficulty of processing object RCs (e.g., The professor that the student criticized went on vacation in Texas.) make two different predictions about where the difficulty first appears. The memory-based account predicts difficulty at the relative clause verb (i.e., criticized), while the expectation-based account predicts difficulty at the onset of the noun phrase within the object RC (i.e., the of the student). To examine why L2 learners had the relative difficulty of processing object RCs, the current study thus examines the two predictions with a sentence continuation and a self-paced reading task in experiments conducted with Korean L2 learners of English. The results show that the learners experienced difficulty processing object RCs at the relative clause verb, but not at the onset of the noun phrase. This finding suggests that English L2 learners’ memory limitations, but not their expectations, explain the difficulty they experience in processing English object RCs (Korea University).

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A Psycholinguistic Measurement of Language Dominance in Bilinguals

On-Soon Lee 한국언어과학회 2017 언어과학 Vol.24 No.4

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Artificial Grammar Learning Ability Predicts L2 Processing of English Number Agreement

On-Soon Lee 서울대학교 언어교육원 2016 語學硏究 Vol.52 No.1

This study investigates why L2 learners differ in their success in learning their second language, by examining the correlation between learning ability in artificial grammar involving an adjacent dependency and ability in processing English number agreement. Thirty-four Korean L2 learners of English completed two tasks: an artificial grammar learning task and a self-paced reading task. The results showed that (a) the L2 learners are able to track a frequent pattern (e.g., adjacent dependency) occurring in the artificial language; (b) the advanced L2 learners were not sensitive to violations of English number agreement in determiner phrases; and (c) the ability to learn a rule in the artificial grammar learning task was positively correlated with the L2 learners’ insensitivity to disagreement in the self-paced reading task. These findings shed light on the effect of the ability to track a rule in an artificial language on L2 sentence processing. The results thus suggest one explanation for why L2 learners’ variations appear in language learning, at least in the case of the comprehension of English adjacent number agreement.

Implicit Statistical Learning Ability in L1 Sentence Processing

( On-soon Lee ) 대한언어학회 2018 언어학 Vol.26 No.3

This paper aims to examine the role of implicit statistical learning ability, as measured by artificial grammar learning, in L1-English speakers’ sentence processing. A total of 44 L1-English adult participants completed two artificial grammar learning tasks and two self-paced English reading tasks. One artificial grammar learning task involved a nonadjacent dependency rule and the other an adjacent dependency rule. One self-paced English reading task contained object relative clauses (a nonadjacent dependency pattern), and the other, number agreement constructions (an adjacent dependency pattern). The results show a significant correlation between the statistical learning of an adjacent dependency rule and the ability to process English number agreement, but not between the statistical learning of a nonadjacent dependency rule and the processing of English object relative clauses. The paper discusses the implications of the partial correlation, and suggests that variations in implicit statistical learning ability may explain why some learners outperform others in the performance of sentence processing.

A Task Effect Based Explanation for Advanced L2 Learners’ Insensitivity to Agreement Errors in L2 Sentence Processing

On-Soon Lee 한국언어과학회 2017 언어과학 Vol.24 No.2

Understanding L2 Speech Production : Implications for Teaching Speaking in EFL Classroom

On-Soon Lee,Jeongyeon Park 아시아영어교육학회 2020 The Journal of Asia TEFL Vol.17 No.3

As communicative competence has become a primary goal of English education in many Asian contexts, EFL curricula increasingly focus on students’ speaking performance. Considering the demands of cultivating competent L2 speakers, this study investigates factors associated with L2 speaking performance in a Korean EFL college classroom setting. Fifty-one students enrolled in a basic English speaking course participated. They completed five tasks measuring two linguistic variables (i.e., learners’ perception of segmental and suprasegmental features), a cognitive variable (i.e., short-term memory), and two language ability variables (i.e., listening comprehension ability and vocabulary size). They also completed a production task (i.e., picture narration). The results indicate that sensitivity to suprasegmental features (e.g., pause, stress, and intonation) and listening ability are associated with the quality of the learners’ spontaneous speech production, while sensitivity to segmental information (e.g., minimal pairs), short-term memory, and vocabulary size are not. These findings suggest the importance of explicit instruction in suprasegmental features to improve L2 production as well as perception ability, and that integrating listening and speaking instruction in L2 curricula may be the most effective means of improving learners’ speech.

Readers’ Language Experience in Generating Korean Wh-Constructions

( On-soon Lee ) 대한언어학회 2019 언어학 Vol.27 No.3

This study investigates the role of language experience, which is shaped by the distributional patterns occurring in input, in structural preferences in language production. In order to accomplish this purpose, a corpus analysis and a sentence completion experiment were conducted. Specifically, thirty-six Korean-speaking adults participated in the experiment, in which they read and completed sentence fragments including either a scrambled or an in-situ wh-phrase. When the participants generated questions, they attached the question-marking particle to a verb as soon as possible after encountering the wh-phrase, suggesting an active dependency formation mechanism. This finding supports the Active Filler Strategy hypothesis, a major account for the processing of filler-gap dependencies, but does not support any effect of the readers’ linguistic experience.

A Test of Frequency-based Processing: Evidence from Korean Numeral Classifier Constructions

On-Soon Lee 서울대학교 언어교육원 2015 語學硏究 Vol.51 No.3

The Korean numeral classifier constructions are a good choice to test frequency-based processing because one of the two types of construction (prenominal and postnominal) occurs more often than the other in production, and distributional frequency matters in comprehension. The study conducted an experiment with a self-paced reading task. Findings showed that (i) comprehension accuracy is significantly higher for the more-frequent postnominal constructions than for the less-frequent prenominal constructions and (ii) reading times at the critical region of prenominal constructions are faster in the condition with a general classifier than in the condition with a specific classifier, although reading times in postnominal constructions did not differ in the two conditions. These findings indicate that the familiarity (i.e., experience) of frequent structures facilitates faster and more accurate comprehension. The study thus contributes crosslinguistic evidence to add to the evidence supporting the frequency-based account based on distribution.