Second language acquisition of the Chinese particle le
Second language acquisition of the Chinese particle le
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汉语助词le的第二语言习得
DOI:
10.1111/j.1473-4192.1995.tb00072.x
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发表时间:
1995
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Xiaohong Wen
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Xiaohong Wen
This study investigates English speakers' interlanguage constructions using the Chinese perfective aspect and the sentence-final modal particle. The speech data produced by two different levels of learners were collected, compared and analyzed. The results show that although the surface forms of the perfective aspect -le and sentence-final le are identical, they are learned differently, with the perfective aspect -le acquired first. Furthermore, at the early stage of acquisition of sentence-final le, English-speaking learners experience acquisition difficulties and transfer their Ll-based default value to their L2 Chinese. The explanation for the variation in the acquisition le is due both to syntactic and semantic/functional sources. Structural markedness and functional and pragmatic complexity are important factors in accounting for the variation in acquiring le for Chinese L2 learners.