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ERIC Number: EJ777803
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Dec
Pages: 35
Abstractor: Author
Reference Count: 45
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0023-8333
On Crosslinguistic Variations in Imperfective Aspect: The Case of L2 Korean
Lee, EunHee; Kim, Hae-Young
Language Learning, v57 n4 p651-685 Dec 2007
This article examines the acquisition of Korean imperfective markers, the progressive "-ko iss-" and the resultative "-a iss-," with a view to understanding how tense/aspect morphology expands beyond prototype associations with inherent aspects of the verbs. We hypothesized that "-a iss-" will develop later than "-ko iss-," but that the development of "-a iss-" will precede or coincide with the expansion of -ko iss- marking for result state meaning. Cross-sectional data were collected from 120 learners of second language Korean using a sentence interpretation task and a guided picture description task. The results support our hypothesized acquisition route of imperfective markers, establishing dynamic durativity as the prototypical meaning of the Korean imperfective "-ko iss-" and suggesting individual variation in expanding the prototype.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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