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An MP Interpretation of EFL Learner's Linguistic Behavior

Authors
강애진
Issue Date
Mar-2004
Publisher
한국영어학회
Keywords
Universal Grammar (UG); Minimalist Program (MP); the Subjacency Principle; EFL learners; Constructionist Model (CM); the Ontogeny Phylogeny Model (OPM)
Citation
영어학, v.4, no.1, pp 34 - 60
Pages
27
Journal Title
영어학
Volume
4
Number
1
Start Page
34
End Page
60
URI
https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/9662
ISSN
1598-1398
Abstract
This study was an attempt to present an appropriate way of interpreting L2 learners' linguistic behavior within Universal Grammar (UG) framework. Based on the Korean EFL adult learners' performance on the Subjacency violation sentences, the study suggested that the EFL learners are able to acquire subtle knowledge of target grammar and their linguistic behavior should be interpreted with the most recent version of UG theory, the Minimalist Program (MP) notion. The MP notion seems more plausible to accommodate incomplete L2 grammar while acknowledging UG-constrained interlanguage which the previous version, Principles and Parameters (P&P) approach, could not explain very well. The study observed no age-effects among the Korean EFL learners in their linguistic competence measured by the performance on the UG-constraint violation sentences. Having suggested that the MP notion can be a more reasonable tool to explain the EFL learners' linguistic behavior, the study introduced comprehensive hypotheses such as Constructionist Model (CM) and the Ontogeny Phylogeny Model (OPM).
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