한국인 영어 학습자의 중립적 상황에서의 수량 양화사를 포함한 영어 부정문의 선호 의미에 관한 연구

김소영 ; 곽혜영^**

교수, 글로벌문화콘텐츠 학부, 동명대학교, 부산광역시, 남구 신선로 428, Tel: 051) 629-2833 ginlovego7@gmail.com
교수, 영미학 전공, 글로벌비즈니스대학, 고려대학교 세종캠퍼스, 세종특별자치시, 세종로 2511, Tel: 044) 860-1237 hyeyoungku@korea.ac.kr

Study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences in the comprehension of English sentences containing numeral quantifiers and negation in a neutral context

Kim, Soyoung ; Hye-Young Kwak^**

Professor, Div. of Global Cultural Contents, Tongmyong University, Busan 48520, Sinseon-ro 428, Nam-gu, Korea, Tel: 051) 629-2833 ginlovego7@gmail.com
Professor, English Studies Major, College of Global Business, Korea Univ. Sejong Campus, Sejong 30019, Sejong-ro 2511, Korea), Tel: 044) 860-1237 hyeyoungku@korea.ac.kr

Correspondence to: 교수, 영미학 전공, 글로벌비즈니스대학, 고려대학교 세종캠퍼스, 세종특별자치시, 세종로 2511, Tel: 044) 860-1237 E-mail: hyeyoungku@korea.ac.kr

Abstract

Kim, Soyoung and Hye-Young Kwak. 2018. Study on Korean EFL learners’ interpretive preferences in the comprehension of English sentences containing numeral quantifiers and negation in a neutral context. Korean Journal of English Language and Linguistics 18-4, 535-555. This study investigates the default/preferred meanings Korean EFL learners assign to ambiguous English sentences containing numeral quantifiers and negation (e.g., Mary didn’t light two candles in the kitchen) in a neutral context. Ambiguous sentences are claimed to render two interpretations: the quantifier wide scope and the negation wide scope. Forty-five EFL learners and eight English native speakers participated in the study which employed a written Truth Value Judgment Task, where participants judged whether a statement with a numeral quantifier and negation correctly described a given neutral context story. Unlike previous studies, the context stories were constructed so that one interpretation was not favored over the other by the events described in the stories. When comprehending the target sentences, participants accepted the quantifier wide scope interpretation as the default meaning more frequently. The results are discussed with a focus on syntactic and language processing factors.

Keywords:

numeral quantifier, negation, scope ambiguity, neutral context, default meaning, second language comprehension

Acknowledgments

본 논문은 2018년도 고려대학교 글로벌비즈니스대학 교내지원연구비에 의해 연구되었음.

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