연변 조선족 대학생의 3중 어휘 표상과 처리

Lexical Representation and Processing in Korean-Chinese-English trilingual College Students in Yanbian

Three repetition priming experiments were conducted to examine trilingual lexical processing by Korean-Chinese college students in Yanbian, China. To measure intra-language and inter-language priming effects, primes were presented masked or visible. For visible primes, two SOAs (stimulus onset asynchrony) were adopted: 100 msec and 300 msec. Target words were presented in Korean (L1) in Exp. 1, in Chinese (L2) in Exp. 2, and in English in Exp. 3. The results of three experiments revealed significant intra- and inter-language priming effects, but those effects were larger for Chinese primes than for Korean primes. The priming effects for English targets were also larger when the targets followed Chinese primes than Korean primes. In sum, the processing of Chinese words (L2) were faster than Korean words (L1). The results were difficult to explain with the RHM model in which L1 plays a dominant role. Based on the results, trilingual lexical representation and processing were discussed.