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Yu, Chi-fang; Butler, Michael – 2000
Chinese students have particular problems with the intersection of two English verb classes: transitional event verbs and state verbs of having and being. The problem is that these two verb classes appear to "pair up." Chinese students tend to be unaware that these two classes pair up. This study investigated whether lexical aspect could…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
