This study analyzed the patterns of relative clauses (RCs) used on the College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT), a standardized test for college admissions in Korea. The researchers investigated the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy and the impact of the antecedent’s animacy on RCs. Also, it was explored how NPs in the subject position of object RCs affected language processing, specifically, the condition where relativizers were omitted and the reasons for producing passive subject RCs. Data were collected from the CSAT and mock tests from 2019 to 2023. The analysis of 622 RCs yielded the following results: First, the frequency of RCs appeared in the following order: subject RCs, object RCs, then OBL. Second, the object RCs showed a preference for inanimate antecedents whereas the subject RCs used did not show a preference for animate antecedents. Third, NPs in the subject position with sentences containing object RCs predominantly took the form of pronouns, with common nouns used less frequently.

1. 서론
2. 이론적 배경
    2.1. 명사구 접근 위계
    2.2. 선행사 유생성
    2.3. 목적격 관계절의 주어 명사구
3. 연구 방법
    3.1. 연구 자료
    3.2. 분석 방법
4. 분석결과
    4.1. 대학수학능력시험 영어 영역 읽기 지문에 나타나는 관계절의 명사구접근 위계
    4.2. 대학수학능력시험 영어 영역 읽기 지문에 나타나는 관계절의 선행사유생성
    4.3. 대학수학능력시험 영어 영역 읽기 지문에 나타나는 관계절의 주어명사구
5. 결론
REFERENCES

• 임남순(Graduate Student, Department of English Education, Pusan National University) | Namsoon Im
• 김채은(Professor, Department of English Education, Pusan National University; 2nd College of Education, 2 Busandaehak-ro 63beon-gil, Geumjeong-gu, Busan, 46241, Korea) | Chae-Eun Kim Corresponding author