Hwang Heeju
Department of Linguistics, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2023 Apr;76(4):905-921. doi: 10.1177/17470218221103544. Epub 2022 Jun 20.
In two written sentence completion experiments, I tested whether the choice of nominative and topic markers is subserved by the same mechanisms as anaphor choice and referent choice in Korean. I found that morphological marker choice was sensitive to various factors including connective, grammatical role, and verb semantics, whereas anaphor choice was sensitive only to grammatical role. I also found that morphological marker choice did not systematically vary with verb semantics unlike referent choice. These findings reveal two important properties of referential form production. One is that morphological marker choice relies on different mechanisms than underlie anaphor choice and referent choice. Another is that connective plays a significant role in determining referential form. Despite its role in referent choice and pronoun comprehension, connective has received little attention in current models of referential form production. The current study is the first to systematically test the effect of connective on referential form choice and to demonstrate its effect on morphological marker choice. By revealing how morphological marker choice is related to anaphor choice and referent choice, and identifying the factors that influence morphological marker choice, the results of the study improve our theoretical understanding of morphological marker production and reference production.
在两项书面句子完成实验中，我测试了韩语中主格和话题标记的选择是否与指代选择和所指对象选择受相同机制的支配。我发现形态标记的选择对包括连接词、语法角色和动词语义在内的各种因素敏感，而指代选择仅对语法角色敏感。我还发现形态标记的选择不像所指对象选择那样随动词语义系统地变化。这些发现揭示了指称形式产生的两个重要特性。一个是形态标记的选择所依赖的机制不同于指代选择和所指对象选择所依据的机制。另一个是连接词在确定指称形式方面起着重要作用。尽管连接词在确定所指对象和代词理解中发挥作用，但在当前的指称形式产生模型中却很少受到关注。本研究首次系统地测试了连接词对指称形式选择的影响，并证明了其对形态标记选择的影响。通过揭示形态标记选择与指代选择和所指对象选择之间的关系，并确定影响形态标记选择的因素，该研究的结果增进了我们对形态标记产生和指称产生的理论理解。
