Korean Journal of Cognitive Science (인지과학)

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Pronoun Resolution in French Discourse by Korean-learners of French

한국인 프랑스어 학습자의 프랑스어 담화 이해와 대명사 해석 연구

  • Ahn, Eui-Jeen (Department of French Language and Literature, Yonsei University) ;
  • Song, Hyun-Joo (Department of Psychology, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Min-Ju (Department of Psychology, Yonsei University) ;
  • Leem, Jai-Ho (Department of French Language and Literature, Yonsei University)
  • Received : 2014.11.14
  • Accepted : 2014.12.03
  • Published : 2014.12.30
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Abstract

This research examined whether Korean-learners of French were sensitive to discourse structure in anaphoric pronoun resolution. In the experiments, participants read three-sentenced stories and made judgements about how the last sentence of each story makes sense in relation to previous two sentences on a 7-point Likert scale. The stories differed in whether the subject of the last sentence continued the subject of the preceding sentence, and whether the subject of the last sentence was mentioned with a pronoun or a proper noun. The results from French participants replicated the patterns shown in previous studies. In contrast, Koreans exhibited greater difficulty in interpreting pronoun-subject sentences than noun-subject sentences regardless of subject continuity. These findings are discussed within the context of developmental perspective, which suggests the processing of co-referential interpretation may interact with language proficiency.

이 연구는 한국인 프랑스어 학습자들이 프랑스어 담화 내의 대명사를 해석할 때 담화 구조의 영향을 받는지 알아보았다. 한국인 프랑스어 학습자, 프랑스어 원어민 참가자들은 세 문장으로 구성된 46개의 짧은 이야기를 읽고 이야기의 연결이 얼마나 자연스러운지 7점 척도로 평가했다. 이야기들은 마지막 문장의 주어가 이전 문장의 주어와 동일한지 여부와 마지막 문장의 주어가 반복된 명사구 또는 대명사로 지시되었는지에 따라 4가지 경우로 나누어졌다. 프랑스어 원어민 참가자들은 선행연구에서와 같이 마지막 주어가 이전 문장의 주어와 동일할 때, 주어가 변환될 경우에는 대명사보다 반복 명사구로 언급될 때 이야기가 더 자연스럽다고 판단하였다. 반면 한국인 참가자들은 주어 연속 여부에 무관하게 대명사 주어 문장을 반복 명사구 주어 문장보다 부자연스럽다고 판단하였다. 이와 같은 한국인 프랑스어 학습자의 대명사 해석 방식은 영 프랑스어권 아동의 모어 학습과정에서 대명사 해석의 기제 습득과정과 비교하여 논의되었다.

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