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The purpose of this study is to compare L1 sentence interpretation strategies in English and Korean within the paradigm of the Competition Model. It further attempts to examine the L2 sentence processing strategies by English-speaking learners of Korean as a second language (KSL) at varying L2 proficiency levels. The present study involved three groups of participants: native English speakers, native Korean speakers, and English-speaking learners of KSL at different proficiency levels (i.e., beginning, intermediate, and advanced). The participants were asked to identify the agents of sentences, each consisting of one verb and two nouns, in which animacy and word order cues either competed or were consistent with each other. The results showed that native English speakers relied heavily on word order as the major cue to L1 sentence interpretation, while native Korean speakers showed great dependence on animacy as the dominant source for L1 sentence interpretation. This study also found a general shift from the syntax-based processing strategies to semantics-based ones in Korean L2 acquisition in accordance with the English KSL learners’ L2 proficiency levels. Learners with lower L2 proficiency transferred L1-based animacy processing strategies to their Korean interlanguage. As their L2 proficiency increased, English KSL learners gradually became less dependent on L1-based animacy processing strategies and more reliant on L2-based word order processing strategies to comprehend sentences in Korean.

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I. Introduction
 II. Competition Model Research
 III. Characteristics of English and Korean
 IV. The Present Study
  1. Research Questions and Corresponding Hypotheses
  2. Participants
  3. Materials
  4. Data Collection Procedure
  5. Data Analysis
 V. Results and Discussion
  1. Hypothesis 1 : L1 Sentence Processing by Native English and Korean Speaker Groups
  2. Hypothesis 2 : L2 Sentence Processing by English KSL Learners at Varying Proficiency Levels
 VI. Conclusion
 Works Cited
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저자

• Euen Hyuk Jung [ 정은혁 | Yonsei University ]

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

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• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810