Cross-linguistic Influence in the L2 Acquisition of Korean Case Particles by Japanese-Speaking and English-Speaking Learners: L1-L2 Proximity and Learner Perceptions
Year: 2013
Type: article
Abstract: This study employs longitudinal data collected from multiple sources to investigate the acquisition of Korean case particles by 6 learners, 3 with an L1 that has case particles (Japanese) and 3 with an L1 without such a system (English), focusing both on group and individual factors.The findings show that L1-L2 proximity was only an advantage for the Japanese learners in some areas of particle acquisition, namely the use of delimiters (particles marking nominative, accusative, genitive, topic).In the use of postpositions (particles marking dative, locative, comitative, instrumental), the English learners were just as accurate.Also, the Japanese learners produced errors that appeared to result from L1 influence.Notably, they were less consistent than the L1 English learners in supplying particles in obligatory contexts.By interviewing the participants, we found that individual perceptions of proximity (on grammatical, phonological and lexical levels) and associated language use strategies were crucial in explaining the use of Korean particles by these learners.These results draw attention to the importance of individual learner perceptions and strategies in cross-linguistic influence.Table 2.
Authors: Lucien Brown, Noriko Iwasaki
Institutions: University of Oregon, SOAS University of London
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1896728410