Linearization strategies in Korean language production

This paper analyzes the linearization strategies during language production in Korean. Following Levelt (1989) and Ferreira and Henderson (1998), participants were presented with network branches, varying in length and complexity. The reference of describing the left or right branch first is the dependent measure. Korean participants showed a left-ward bias regardless of the type and length of the networks. These results are consistent with some aspects of Levelt’s Memory Load Principle (MLP); however, they differ from the outcome that MLP would predict. Furthermore, the results show that the Conceptualizer is not a language-independent component in language production, but is governed by language-oriented constraints. (Pukyong National University)