Thesis. 1976. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics. / Microfiche copy available in Archives and Humanities. / Vita. / Bibliography: leaves 286-288. / Ph.D.

Gu, Chenjie. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-168). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Contents / Acknowledgements / List of Abbreviations / List of Tables / Abstract / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Issues in Bilingual First Language Acquisition / Chapter 1.2 --- Minimal Default Grammar and Acquisition Stages in Child Language / Chapter 1.3 --- Input Ambiguity in Bilingual First Language Acquisition / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization of the Thesis / Chapter Chapter Two --- Theoretical Framework / Chapter 2.1 --- Dative Constructions in English and Cantonese / Chapter 2.1.1 --- English Dative Constructions / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 2.1.3 --- The Syntax and Semantics of Dative Constructions / Chapter 2.1.3.1 --- Larson (1988): VP Shell / Chapter 2.1.3.2 --- Decomposing Dative Verbs / Chapter 2.1.3.3 --- English Double Object Datives as Low Applicative Constructions / Chapter 2.2 --- Previous Acquisition Studies on Dative Constructions / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Chan (2003): Acquisition of Cantonese Inverted Double Object Datives / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Snyder and Stromswold (1997): Acquisition Order and Parameter Setting / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Viau (2006): Lexical Decomposition and Primitives in Acquisition / Chapter Chapter Three --- "Acquisition Tasks, Hypotheses and Methodology" / Chapter 3.1 --- Acquisition Task for Bilingual Children / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Acquisition of English Dative Constructions / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Acquisition of Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Possible Areas of Crosslinguistic Influence in Bilingual Acquisition / Chapter 3.2 --- Methodology / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Cantonese-English Bilingual Children: The Hong Long Bilingual Child Language Corpus / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Monolingual English-speaking Children / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Monolingual Cantonese-speaking Children: The Hong Kong Cantonese Child Language Corpus (CANCORP) / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Measure for Acquisition / Chapter Chapter Four --- The Acquisition of English Dative Constructions / Chapter 4.1 --- Order of Emergence of Double Object Datives and Prepositional Datives / Chapter 4.2 --- The Acquisition of To-datives / Chapter 4.2.1 --- To-datives and Triadic Directional to in Bilingual Children / Chapter 4.2.2 --- To-datives and Triadic Directional to in Monolingual Children / Chapter 4.3 --- The Acquisition of For-datives / Chapter 4.3.1 --- For-datives in Bilingual Children / Chapter 4.3.2 --- For-datives in Monolingual Children / Chapter 4.3.3 --- To-datives and for-datives / Chapter 4.4 --- Double Object Datives and Dative Alternation / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Double Object Datives and Dative Alternation in Bilingual Children / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Double Object Datives and Dative Alternation in Monolingual Children / Chapter 4.5 --- Summary / Chapter Chapter Five --- The Acquisition of Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 5.1 --- Order of Emergence of Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Order of Emergence in Bilingual Children / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Order of Emergence in Monolingual Children / Chapter 5.2 --- The Acquisition of Inverted Double Object Datives / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Order of Emergence and Preference of Target vs. Non-target Forms / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Underlying Form and Surface Order / Chapter 5.3 --- The Acquisition of Serial Verb Dative Constructions / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Target and Non-target Serial Verb Dative Constructions / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Serial Verb Dative Constructions and [Bei2-Goal-Theme] Constructions / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary / Chapter Chapter Six --- Discussions / Chapter 6.1 --- Crosslinguistic Influence in the Acquisition of Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.1.1 --- Crosslinguistic Influence on English Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.1.2 --- Crosslinguistic Influence on Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.2 --- Vulnerable Domains in Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.2.1 --- Vulnerable Domains in English Dative Construction / Chapter 6.2.2 --- Vulnerable Domains in Cantonese Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.3 --- Other Factors in the Acquisition of Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Input frequency / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Parameters in Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.3.3 --- Default Grammars of Dative Constructions / Chapter 6.4 --- Summary / Chapter Chapter Seven --- Conclusions and Suggestions for Future Research / Chapter 7.1 --- Conclusions / Chapter 7.2 --- Open Questions / Chapter 7.3 --- Suggestions for Future Research / Chapter 7.3.1 --- Experimental Studies of Dative Constructions / Chapter 7.3.2 --- Dative Constructions in Other Languages / Chapter 7.3.3 --- Other Related Constructions / References