Contribution to Book
The development and use of the Spanish copula with adjectives by Korean-speaking learners
New perspectives on the study of ser and estar
(2015)
Abstract
The current investigation explores the development and use of the Spanish copulas with adjectives by Korean-speaking learners. Twenty-three adult university-level Korean-speaking learners of Spanish in South Korea completed a sociolinguistic interview task, a background questionnaire, and a grammarbased proficiency test. A variationist analysis identified the range of forms produced in the [copula + adjective] (i.e., attributive) context, the frequency of use of each form, and the relationship between frequency and other factors, both linguistic and individual. Our findings show common patterns between Koreanspeaking learners and the English-speaking learners in previous research but also attest to distinct frequencies of use at earlier proficiency levels.
Keywords
- variationist approach,
- sociolinguistic competence,
- developmental omission,
- Korean learners,
- L2 Spanish,
- Spanish copula,
- cross-linguistic influence
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 15, 2015
Editor
Isabel Pérez-Jiménez, Manuel Leonetti, and Silvia Gumiel-Molina
Publisher
John Benjamins
Series
Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 5
DOI
10.1075/ihll.5.11gee
Citation Information
Kimberly L. Geeslin and Avizia Yim Long. "The development and use of the Spanish copula with adjectives by Korean-speaking learners" AmsterdamNew perspectives on the study of ser and estar (2015) p. 293 - 324 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/avizia-long/15/