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Download full textLee, Joyce; Wu, Kam Yin; Lee, Eric Ping Chung – THAITESOL Journal, 2022
Syntactic complexity is a crucial aspect of linguistic proficiency and thus understanding and supporting such development in learners is a keen concern for language teachers. Research conducted has shown growing sophistication of noun phrase structures by writers of different abilities in academic writing (Biber & Gray, 2010; Liu & Li,…
Descriptors: Syntax, Writing Skills, Language Proficiency, Technical Writing
Direct linkTo, Carol Kit Sum; Stokes, Stephanie; Man, Yonnie; T'Sou, Benjamin – Language and Speech, 2013
This study investigated the noun definitions given by Cantonese speakers at different ages. Definitional responses on six concrete nouns from 1075 children aged 4;10 to 12;01 and 15 adults were analyzed with reference to the semantic content and the syntactic form. Results showed that conventional definitions produced by Cantonese adult speakers…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Nouns, Definitions, Age Differences
Xu, Xiang – International Education Studies, 2009
From the point of view on postcolonial theories, this paper explores English language's influence on normal Chinese and Hong Kong Chinese, and concludes the advantage and disadvantage of this phenomenon.
Descriptors: Chinese, Foreign Policy, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
