Seung Kyung Kim

Dr. Seung Kyung Kim


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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

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11 September 2022 in Brain Sciences
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CFCheryl Frenck-Mestre
Cheryl Frenck-Mestre
HCHyeree Choo
Hyeree Choo
AZAna Zappa
Ana Zappa
JHJulia Herschensohn
Julia Herschensohn
SKSeung Kyung Kim
Seung Kyung Kim
SKSungryung Koh
Sungryung Koh
Previous experimental studies have reported clear differences between native speakers and second language (L2) learners as concerns their capacity to extract and exploit morphosyntactic information during online processing. We examined the online processing of nominal case morphology in Korean by native speakers and L2 learners by contrasting canonical (SOV) and scrambled (OSV) structures, across auditory (Experiment 1) and written (Experiment 2) formats. Moreover, we compared different instances of nominal case marking: accusative (NOM-ACC) and dative (NOM-DAT). During auditory processing, Koreans showed incremental processing based on case information, with no effect of scrambling or specific case marking. In contrast, the L2 group showed no evidence of predictive processing and was negatively impacted by scrambling, especially for the accusative. During reading, both Koreans and the L2 group showed a cost of scrambling on first pass reading times, specifically for the dative. Lastly, L2 learners showed better comprehension for scrambled dative than accusative structures across formats. The current set of results show that format, the specific case marking, and word order all affect the online processing of nominal case morphology.