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This study explores Korean EFL learners’ perceptions of quantification and their grammatical sensitivity in the use of count/mass nouns. To investigate the perceptions of adult learners and young learners, it compared the perceptions of thirty children with those of thirty adults using a quantity judgment task. For the adult group, a grammaticality judgment task was additionally administered to investigate their actual use of count/mass nouns. The findings show that both the young and adult learners exhibit a consistent pattern in their perceptions of count/mass nouns giving support to the results obtained in studies which addressed the same topic with learners of different L1 and L2 backgrounds. In the grammaticality judgment task, the adult participants judged the grammaticality of count nouns and subject mass nouns appropriately. They showed a tendency to judge quantity based on numbers for the object mass nouns and the flexible nouns. These results imply that the adult participants’ use of count/mass nouns match their perceptions of count/mass distinction.

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I. Introduction
 II. Literature Review
  2.1 Semantic-based Distinction of Count/Mass Nouns
  2.2 Conceptualization of Count/Mass Nouns in L2 English
 III. Method
  3.1 Participants
  3.2 Instruments
  3.3 Procedure
 IV. Results
  4.1 Quantity Judgment Task
  4.2 Grammaticality Judgment Task
 V. Discussion and Conclusion
  5.1 Young and Adult Learners’ Perceptions of Count/Mass Nouns
  5.2 Adults’ Conceptualization and Use of Count/Mass Nouns
 References
 Abstract

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저자

• Yumi Ma [ Hwakay Elementary School ]
• Yoonja Oh [ Kwangju Women’s University ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학21 [English21]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1738-4052

• 수록기간

  1967~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 820