Wh-movement in the L2 Learner's Initial Syntax

• 영문명: Wh-movement in the L2 Learner's Initial Syntax
• 발행기관: 한국영어어문교육학회
• 저자명: Jung-Tae Kim
• 간행물 정보: 『영어어문교육』영어어문교육 제10권 2호, 1~23쪽, 전체 23쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2004.08.01

영문 초록

This article reports a bi-directional interlanguage study designed to investigate the initial state of L2 acquisition with regard to English and Korean wh-questions. Based on the UG system in line with the minimalist theory, it was hypothesized that the L2 initial state is characterized by the most economical form of syntax in which no overt wh-movement to Spec-CP is assumed. Results of the early interlanguage study showed that 1) Ll Korean learners of L2 English predominantly produced wh-questions with the fronted wh-word, but without productive wh-movement to the Spec-CP position; and 2) Ll English learners of L2 Korean overwhelmingly produced wh-questions with the wh-word remaining in-situ. These results were interpreted as supporting the minimalist account of the L2 initial grammar in that no overt syntactic wh-movement were adopted in early interlanguages of both English and Korean regardless of the learner's L1.

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Abstract

Ⅰ. INTRODUCTION

Ⅱ. THE PRINCIPLE PROCRASTINATE AND THE INITIAL SYNTAX

Ⅲ. EARLY L1 ENGLISH WH-QUESTIONS AND WH-QUESTIONS WITHOUT SUBJECT-AUXILIARY INVERSION

Ⅳ. EARLY L2 WH-QUESTIONS : EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Ⅴ. CONCLUSION

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