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The Sociolinguistic Journal of Korea Vol.34 No.3 pp.331-367
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14353/sjk.2026.34.3.11
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.14353/sjk.2026.34.3.11
Effects of Listener Position on Demonstrative Choice Across Two-Dimensional Space: Evidence From Korean, Chinese, and L2 Korean
Abstract
This study examines how listener position shapes spatial demonstrative choice in Korean and Chinese and whether advanced L1 Chinese learners of Korean show an L1-consistent pattern. Thirty-nine native speakers of Chinese, 24 native speakers of Korean, and 26 learners completed forced-choice tasks involving 16 referent positions in Opposite and L-side speaker– listener configurations. Bayesian mixed-effects analyses showed that native Chinese speakers maintained a broadly speaker-centered zhe–na division, with listener position producing only local boundary modulation. Native Korean speakers displayed an i–geu– jeo organization in the Opposite condition, but the L-side configuration produced a broader reorganization toward an i–jeo opposition, with geu restricted to transitional positions near the listener. Learners reproduced the broad native reorganization, whereas the internal distribution of geu remained more distance-anchored, which constituted an L1-consistent pattern. Their Chinese demonstrative system showed no comparable Korean-like reorganization. These findings indicate that the availability of a geu-dominant region is conditional and gradient, and that sensitivity to listener position does not necessarily entail listener-centered category organization.
초록
Vol. 40 No. 4 (2022.12)
Frequency Published four times annually in March, June, September, and December
Doi Prefix 10.14353/sjk.
Year of Launching 1993
Publisher The Sociolinguistic Society of Korea
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