This paper proposes a conceptual framework that reconceptualizes English relative clauses as temporally organized “insertion-return” processing events unfolding during real-time sentence comprehension. Rather than treating relative clauses as abstract syntactic structures to be acquired through explicit rule learning, the framework characterizes grammatical difficulty by the chronological demands associated with suspending, maintaining, and resuming processing as sentences unfold. Within this temporal perspective, subject/object relative clause asymmetry is explained by the differing temporal extent of insertion-return events, providing a unified account of their well-documented asymmetry. The framework further introduces metronomic temporal structures an external scaffold that stabilizes predictive timing during sentence processing and supports the formation of grammatical intuition. By integrating insights from real-time language processing, temporal cognition, and implicit learning, this paper reframes grammatical acquisition as the development of temporally coordinated routines, offering a timing-based perspective on grammar and grammatical intuition.
목차
Abstract 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Background 2.1. Implicit Learning and Grammatical Intuition 2.2. Temporal Organization and Real-Time Language Processing 2.3. Temporal Entrainment and Predictive Timing in Language Processing 2.4. English Relative Clauses as Temporal Processing Difficulty 3. Conceptual Framework 3.1. Metronomic Temporal Structure as an External Scaffold 3.2. Temporal Entrainment as a Framework Mechanim for Stabilizing Predictive Timing 3.3. Relative Clauses as Insertion-Return Processing Events 3.4. An Implicit Pathway to Grammatical Intuition 4. Implications and Future Directions 5. Conclusion References
키워드
시간적 문법삽입–복귀 처리관계절 처리메트로놈 기반 시간 구조암묵적 학습문법적 직관temporal grammarinsertion-return processingrelative clause processingmetronomic temporal structureimplicit learninggrammatical intuition
저자
Yunhyung Ju [ Chung-Ang University/Graduate student ]