Acquisition of Base-Generated Topics by English-Speaking Learners of Chinese.

Yuan, Boping

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ERIC Number: EJ519956

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Acquisition of Base-Generated Topics by English-Speaking Learners of Chinese.

Yuan, Boping

Language Learning, v45 n4 p567-603 Dec 1995

Investigated the acquisition of base-generated topics in Mandarin Chinese by British students learning Chinese. The hypothesis is not confirmed that it would not be difficult for English speakers to acquire the base-generated topic in Chinese because in the acquisition of Chinese, English-speaking learners are exposed to positive evidence of base-generated topics. (32 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Hypothesis Testing, Learning Processes, Mandarin Chinese, Second Language Learning, Sentence Structure, Syntax, Tables (Data), Test Construction, Test Results

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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