English prototyped small clauses in the interlanguage of Chinese/Taiwanese adult learners
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11655858 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marina Yueh-ching Chen (China University of Technology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-33 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Second language Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-6583 • E-ISSN: 1477-0326 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1191/0267658305sr243oa |
| OpenAlex | W1976737227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 19 |
This study of consider and find attempts to shed light on second language acquisition of English small clause complements, as in we consider [Mary intelligent] and we find [Mary interesting]. It examines how learners’ First language (Mandarin Chinese) interacts with the target language. The analysis is based on the results of two kinds of tasks: grammaticality judgements, intended to elicit nonnative participants’ implicit knowledge as compared with the responses of native participants; and oral translations to test their explicit access to this knowledge. The results indicate that Chinese learners tend to avoid sentences that contain small clause complements. A related finding is that, like small clause complements, infinitival complements are under-generated and not preferred by the subjects; tensed clauses and clauses introduced by that are preferred. It is suggested that learners’ difficulty with small clause complements involves underlying first language transfer. On the other hand, the difficulty with infinitive clauses may be related to universal developmental order, as the interpretation for an NP involves an extra mechanism, Exceptional Case Marking
Grammar · Grammaticality · Interlanguage · Linguistics · Mandarin Chinese · Relative clause · Second-language acquisition · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
Crosslinguistic Influence in Second Language Acquisition
Language Transfer
The architecture of the language faculty
Small Clauses
Lectures on Government and Binding
Knowledge of language
Research on Metalinguistic Judgments
The status of CP and the tensed complementizer that in the developing L2 grammars of English
Second Language Acquisition Studies
Subjects Across Categories
Natural Sequences in Child Second Language Acquisition 1
On the Nature of Syntactic Variation
Linguistic theory and psychological reality
Small clause results
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,11 |
| Citation span | 2008 - 2026 (19) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |