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Eubank, Bischof et al. (1997) reported optional verb-raising during the course of second language acquisition. Following Beck (1998), they have suggested, accordingly, that L2 knowledge of functional categories associated with feature strength is permanently impaired. In order to reexamine Eubank’s view, this paper investigated EFL learners’ grammars. An oral translation task and a grammaticality judgment task were administered to explore their knowledge of English (ir)regular verbal morphology and verb placement, respectively. This paper argues that despite overall suppression in adult learners’ performance involving lexical verb and adverb placements, the adult EFL learners in this study as well as the study of Eubank and his colleagues attain significant sensitivity to the discrepancy in grammaticality between unraised and raised verbs. Moreover, as far as the EFL learners’ accurate use of suppletive forms is concerned, an agreement feature-checking mechanism appears to be operative in learners’ grammars. Hence these findings call for a reconsideration of Eubank’s view on variability in verb placement in adult learners’ grammars.

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I. Introduction
 II. Theoretical Background
  1. Verb-raising and Feature Strength
  2. L2 English and L1 Koean : Verb Placement and Agreement Morphology
 III. Relevant Second Language Acquisition Hypothesis
  1. The Valueless Feature Hypothesis
  2. Local Impairment Hypothesis
  3. Separation Hypothesis
 IV. Revisiting the Study of Eubank, Bischof et al. (1997)
 V. Methodology
  1. The Participants
  2. Materials and Procedures
 VI. Results
  1. Result of the Oral Translation Task
  2. Results of the Grammaticality Judgment Task
 VII. Conclusion
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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• Choi, Myong-Hee [ 최명희 | Gangneung-Wonju National 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

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  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810