On Agreement in Small Clauses in English and Its Acquisition

• 영문명: On Agreement in Small Clauses in English and Its Acquisition
• 발행기관: 한국영어교육연구학회
• 저자명: Hong-ki Sohng
• 간행물 정보: 『영어교육연구』제35호, 235~254쪽, 전체 20쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 교육학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2007.10.30

영문 초록

This paper aims to provide an analysis of the long-discussed agreement phenomena in small clauses in English, and attempts to give an answer to an issue on how Korean speakers learning English can acquire the agreement phenomena in small clauses in English in their learning stages. Based on the constituency of small clauses as TP, this paper shows that agreement both in small clauses and in copula verb constructions is nicely explained under extended Agree put forth in this paper. This paper suggests that, in order to facilitate their acquisition of agreement in small clauses in English, Korean students learning English need to study such Korean sentences as (28) with overt Case agreement and English sentences like (26), which will give them internalized knowledge of extended Agree.

목차

I. Introduction

II. Syntactic Category of Small Clauses

III. Agree in Small Clauses in the Minimalist Inquiries Framework

IV. Acquisition of Agreement in Small Clauses

V. Conclusion

Works Cited

키워드

small clauses Case ϕ-features extended Agree acquisition