Noh, Eun-Ju, Koh, Sungryong & Yoon, Si On. 2012. The Markedness of Metalinguistic Negation: An Eye-tracking Study. Korean Journal of Linguistics, 37-2, 325-343. This paper is a preliminary research on the interpretation process of metalinguistic negation (or MN) as opposed to descriptive negation (or DN), using an eye-tracking method. It is generally assumed that MN is marked and takes more processing effort than DN. However, there has been no experimental evidence to confirm this assumption. In this research, we conducted two eye-tracking experiments using Korean negative sentences. Experiment 1 was designed to investigate the processing time of the clarification clause of an MN. The results confirmed that the clarification clause takes longer to process when the preceding negation is interpreted as an MN than when it is interpreted as a DN. We conclude that negation tends to be interpreted descriptively on a first pass, and when that DN interpretation turns out to be wrong, it is reanalyzed as an MN on a second pass. Experiment 2 was designed to examine the processing time of an MN when the clarification clause is provided before the negative clause. The results showed that MN takes more processing time than DN, even when the clarification clause is given in advance. The results of these two experiments confirmed the markedness of MN. (Inha University, Seoul National University & University of Illinois)
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Previous Accounts of MN 3. Negative Forms in Korean 4. Experiment 1: Which Type of Negation Is Taken First 4.1. Rationale 4.2 Method 4.3 Results 5. Experiment 2: Which Type of Negation Takes Longer 5.1. Rationale 5.2 Method 5.3 Results 6. Summary and Conclusion References
키워드
metalinguistic negationmarkednesseye-tracking experimentprocessing timego-past time
저자
Eun-Ju Noh [ Inha University ]
First Author
Sungryong Koh [ Seoul National University ]
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