‘한국어-영어’ 이중언어 아동의 모국어 어휘 손실에 대한 종단연구

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The current study investigates L1 vocabulary decline by a bilingual child whose first language input substantially stopped after her immersion into the L2 dominant environment. The participant of the study is a Korean girl at the age of 6:10, who moved to the USA with her family and began attending an elementary school soon after arriving. The analysis of the data is based on the findings of timed picture-naming tasks between the ages of 6:11 and 7:8. Main results are in the following. First, the initial signs of L1 vocabulary attrition was observed after just two months of decreased exposure to Korean. Second, less than four months later, she was not able to attempt to produce half of L1 words, exchanging half of the test items with L2 counterparts. Third, at the age of 7:8, a greater decline in L1 vocabulary occurred, producing only a quarter of the items in L1 and showed severe difficulties in retrieving L1 words. To explain this noticeable degree and rapid rate of L1 vocabulary attrition, we discuss the young age of the participant and her attitudinal changes toward L1 and L2.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 서론
• Ⅱ. 이론적 배경 및 선행 연구 검토
• Ⅲ. 연구 방법
• Ⅳ. 결과 및 논의
• Ⅴ. 결론 및 제언
• 참고문헌