중국인 학습자의 인과관계 연결어미 습득 양상 연구 -‘-아서’, ‘-니까’, ‘-느라고’, ‘-므로’를 중심으로- = Acquisition Study on Korean Causal Connective Endings ‘-aseo’, ‘-nikka’, ‘-neurago’, ‘-meuro’ by Chinese Learners

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This study aims to analyze the acquisition patterns of the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of the Korean causal connective endings like ‘-aseo’, ‘-nikka’, ‘-neurago’, ‘-meuro’ for Chinese learners.
In this study, 30 intermediate learners and 30 advanced learners of Chinese nationality took a grammaticality judgment test, and after the experiment, the researcher interviewed those who wish to join the interviews.
First of all, the acquisition patterns about the syntactic characteristics of causal connective endings were investigated. By exploring the differences of proficiency between the learners, a statistically significant difference was found in the connective endings ‘-aseo’, ‘-neurago’, and ‘-meuro’. Next, a statistically significant difference in both intermediate and advanced learner groups was discovered, when the acquisition patterns in the same level of language proficiency were researched. In the intermediate group, the highest percentage of correct answers of causal connective endings’ syntactic characteristics was appeared in ‘-nikka’, followed by ‘-neurago’, -‘aseo’, and then ‘-meuro’. From a statistical perspective, differences were seen from ‘-aseo vs -nikka’, ‘-nikka vs -neurago’, and ‘-nikka vs -meuro’ by detailed constraints. In the advanced group, the highest percentage of correct answers of syntactic characteristics was identified in ‘-nikka’, followed by ‘-aseo’, ‘-neurago’, and then ‘-meuro’. Also, a difference was captured from ‘-nikka vs -meuro’ by detailed constraints, showing statistical significance.
Secondly, the acquisition patterns on the semantic and pragmatic characteristics of causal connective endings were studied. By comparing the acquisition patterns between different levels of proficiency, it is found out that all causal connective endings show statistical significance. Moreover, when the acquisition patterns of the same level of proficiency were analyzed, a statistical difference was observed from ‘-aseo vs -neurago’ and ‘-aseo vs -meuro’ in the intermediate group. In the advanced group, the difference was seen from ‘-aseo vs -nikka’, ‘-aseo vs -neurago’, and ‘-aseo vs -meuro’.
Third, the overall syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics were studied. By observing the difference between proficiency on overall syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics, it is found out that the advanced group showed superior stance for learning all syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic characteristics of connective endings when compared to the intermediate group. Moreover, a significant difference was observed from the intermediate group, when the acquisition patterns of ‘syntactic vs semantic, pragmatic’ characteristics were studied in the same level of proficiency. This means that the learners from the intermediate group are not learning semantic and pragmatic characteristics in as balanced manner as syntactic characteristics.
This study is significant in that it studies the acquisition patterns of Korean causal connective endings of Chinese learners from diverse perspectives. Based on these findings, it is hoped that more studies will continue on the acquisition patterns of more various Korean connective endings in the future.