Thesis (Ph.D.)--Georgetown University, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (PhD) -- University of Canberra, 2007. / Includes bibliography (p. 280-308).

Thesis (M. Ed. (Education))--Rhodes University, 2006. / A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Huang Pai-yuan. / Thesis submitted in: December 1999. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-140). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Acknowledgements --- p.i / List of Abbreviations --- p.vi / List of Tables and Figures --- p.vii / Abstract --- p.xi / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Goal of Child Language Research and Bilingual First Language Acquisition --- p.3 / Chapter 1.2. --- Single System Hypothesis Vs. Separate Systems Hypothesis --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Single System Hypothesis --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- Separate Systems Hypothesis --- p.8 / Chapter 1.3. --- Autonomous Development Hypothesis Vs. Interdependent development Hypothesis --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.1. --- Autonomous Development Hypothesis --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3.2. --- Interdependent Development Hypothesis --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4. --- The Present Study --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.1. --- On the Issue of Transfer in BFLA --- p.17 / Chapter 1.4.2. --- A review of Peng (1998) --- p.18 / Chapter 1.5. --- Preview of Other Chapters --- p.20 / Notes to Chapter One --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Methodology --- p.22 / Chapter 2.0 --- Introduction --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1. --- Source of Data --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Family Background and Linguistic Input --- p.22 / Chapter 2.1.2. --- Collection of Data --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1.2.1. --- Audio Recording --- p.24 / Chapter 2.1.2.2. --- Data Transcription --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1.2.3. --- Transcription of Cantonese data --- p.25 / Chapter 2.2. --- General Development of the Two Languages in the Bilingual Child --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- Language Dominance --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Indices of Timmy's Bilingual Development --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.2.1. --- MLU (Mean Length of Utterance) --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.2.2. --- Syntactic Complexity --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3. --- Hypothesis and Predictions --- p.37 / Chapter 2.4. --- Analysis of Data --- p.38 / Notes to Chapter Two --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Development of Null Subjects in the Bilingual Subject's English --- p.39 / Chapter 3.0 --- Introduction --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1. --- Null Subject Phenomenon in Child Language --- p.39 / Chapter 3.1.1. --- Competence Accounts --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1.2. --- Performance Accounts --- p.43 / Chapter 3.1.3. --- Null Subjects in Timmy's English --- p.45 / Chapter 3.2. --- Properties of Null Subjects in Monolingual Child English --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3. --- Findings from Bilingual Corpus Data --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.1. --- The Null Subject Rate in Timmy's English over the Period of Study --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.2. --- Null Subject with INFL Properties --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3.2.1. --- Null Subject and Inflected “be´ح --- p.51 / Chapter 3.3.2.2. --- Null Subjects and Modals / Semi-auxiliaries --- p.52 / Chapter 3.3.2.3. --- Null Subjects and Morphemes (/ Verbal Affixes) “-ed´ح，“-s´ح --- p.59 / Chapter 3.3.2.4. --- Null Subjects in Finite Subordinate Clauses --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3.2.5. --- Expletive Subjects and Null Subjects --- p.63 / Chapter 3.3.3. --- Null Subjects and Person: Sub-divisions --- p.66 / Chapter 3.4. --- General Development of Grammatical Subjects in Timmy's English Data --- p.68 / Chapter 3.5. --- Findings from Diary Data --- p.72 / Chapter 3.6. --- Conclusion --- p.73 / Notes to Chapter Three --- p.74 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Development of Null Objects in the Bilingual Subject's English --- p.75 / Chapter 4.0 --- Introduction --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1. --- Null Object Phenomenon in Child English --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1.1. --- Competence Accounts --- p.75 / Chapter 4.1.2. --- Performance Accounts --- p.76 / Chapter 4.2. --- Properties of Null Objects in Child English --- p.77 / Chapter 4.3. --- Findings from Bilingual Subject's English Corpus Data --- p.79 / Chapter 4.3.1. --- Rate of Null Objects in Timmy's English over the Period of Study --- p.79 / Chapter 4.3.2. --- Comparison with Monolingual English Child Data --- p.82 / Chapter 4.3.3. --- Null Objects and Persons: Sub-division --- p.84 / Chapter 4.4. --- General Development of Grammatical Object --- p.86 / Chapter 4.5. --- Findings from Diary Data --- p.89 / Chapter 4.6. --- Conclusion --- p.90 / Notes to Chapter Four --- p.90 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Development of Null Subjects and Null Objects in the Bilingual Subject's Cantonese --- p.91 / Chapter 5.0 --- Introduction --- p.91 / Chapter 5.1 --- An Overview of Null Arguments in Cantonese --- p.91 / Chapter 5.1.1. --- Null Arguments as a Grammatical Option in Cantonese --- p.91 / Chapter 5.1.2. --- Distribution of Null Arguments in Cantonese Sentences --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2 --- Rate of Null Subjects and Null Objects in Adult Cantonese --- p.98 / Chapter 5.3. --- Development of Null Subjects in Monolingual Cantonese Children --- p.100 / Chapter 5.4. --- Development of Null Subjects in Timmy's Cantonese --- p.103 / Chapter 5.4.1. --- The Rate of Null Subjects Over the Period of Study --- p.103 / Chapter 5.4.2. --- Comparison with Monolingual Cantonese Child Data --- p.108 / Chapter 5.5. --- Development of Null Objects in Monolingual Cantonese Children --- p.109 / Chapter 5.6. --- Development of Null Objects in Timmy's Cantonese --- p.112 / Chapter 5.6.1. --- The Rate of Null Objects in Timmy's Cantonese Over the Period of Study --- p.112 / Chapter 5.6.2. --- VP-ellipsis in Timmy's Cantonese Corpus Data --- p.115 / Chapter 5.6.3. --- Comparison with Monolingual Cantonese Child Data --- p.116 / Chapter 5.7 --- Findings from Diary Data --- p.117 / Chapter 5.8 --- Conclusion --- p.119 / Notes to Chapter Five --- p.120 / Chapter Chapter Six: --- Discussion of Findings and Conclusions --- p.121 / Chapter 6.0 --- Introduction --- p.121 / Chapter 6.1. --- A Summary of the Findings in the English Data --- p.122 / Chapter 6.2. --- A Summary of the Findings in the Cantonese Data --- p.124 / Chapter 6.3. --- Possibility of Interaction between the Two Language Systems and the Nature of Transfer --- p.125 / Chapter 6.4. --- Un-learning Null Arguments in Ll English --- p.129 / Chapter 6.5. --- Conclusions --- p.129 / Chapter 6.6. --- Suggestions for Further Study --- p.130 / Notes to Chapter Six --- p.130 / Appendices --- p.131 / References --- p.133

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

何偉傑. / 呈交日期: 2000年9月. / 論文(哲學博士)--香港中文大學, 2001. / 參考文獻 (p. 335-360) / 中英文摘要. / Cheng jiao ri qi: 2000 nian 9 yue. / Available also through the Internet via Dissertations & theses @ Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / He Weijie. / Lun wen (Zhe xue bo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2001. / Can kao wen xian (p. 335-360) / Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.

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