Wong Shee-hei. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 173-181). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Abbreviations --- p.iii / List of Tables and Figures --- p.v / Abstract / -English --- p.vii / -Chinese --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter One: --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1. --- An Overview --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Reasons for the Study --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2. --- Previous Research --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2.1. --- Studies on the Acquisition of Chinese as Second Language --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.2. --- Studies on the Acquisition of English Passives by ESL learners --- p.12 / Chapter 1.2.3. --- Studies on the English L2 Overpassivization Errors ´ؤ Passivization of Unaccusative Verbs by ESL --- p.14 / Chapter 1.3. --- Theories of Interlanguage --- p.19 / Chapter 1.3.1. --- Prior Linguistic Knowledge and Language Transfer --- p.19 / Chapter 1.3.2. --- Language Universals and Universal Grammar --- p.22 / Chapter 1.4. --- Research Question of the Present Study --- p.24 / Chapter 1.5. --- Preview of Other Chapters --- p.24 / Notes to Chapter One --- p.25 / Chapter Chapter Two: --- Passive Constructions and Related Structures in Chinese and English --- p.27 / Chapter 2.0. --- Introduction --- p.27 / Chapter 2.1. --- Chinese Passives --- p.29 / Chapter 2.1.1. --- Chinese Bei-passives --- p.32 / Chapter 2.1.1.1. --- Some Characteristics of Chinese Bei-passives --- p.35 / Chapter 2.2. --- English Passives --- p.41 / Chapter 2.2.1. --- English Be-passives --- p.42 / Chapter 2.2.2. --- Get/Have-passives in English --- p.44 / Chapter 2.3. --- Structures related to Passives --- p.46 / Chapter 2.3.1. --- Topic Structures --- p.46 / Chapter 2.3.1.1. --- Topic-comment Structure in Chinese --- p.47 / Chapter 2.3.1.2. --- Topic Structure in English --- p.50 / Chapter 2.3.2. --- Unaccusative Verbs --- p.50 / Chapter 2.3.2.1. --- Chinese Unaccusative Construction --- p.53 / Chapter 2.3.2.2. --- English Unaccusative Construction --- p.56 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Japanese Unaccusative Construction --- p.58 / Chapter 2.4. --- Conclusion and Interlanguage Problems Predicted --- p.60 / Notes to Chapter Two --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter Three: --- Methodology --- p.64 / Chapter 3.1. --- Aims of the Experiment --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2. --- Research Hypotheses --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3. --- Subjects in the Experiment --- p.68 / Chapter 3.4. --- Types of the Test Structures --- p.70 / Chapter 3.5. --- Experiment Materials --- p.75 / Chapter 3.5.1. --- The Picture Description (PD) Task --- p.75 / Chapter 3.5.2. --- The Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) Task --- p.77 / Chapter 3.6. --- Experimental Procedure and Test Scoring --- p.83 / Notes to Chapter Three --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter Four: --- Results of the Experiment --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1. --- Overall Results --- p.85 / Chapter 4.1.1. --- The Picture Description (PD) Task --- p.86 / Chapter 4.1.2. --- The Grammaticality Judgment (GJ) Task --- p.101 / Chapter 4.2. --- English-speaking Learners verse Controls --- p.119 / Chapter 4.3. --- Japanese-speaking Learners verse Controls --- p.125 / Chapter 4.4. --- Possible Shortcomings of the Experiment --- p.126 / Chapter 4.4. --- Conclusion --- p.127 / Notes to Chapter Four --- p.128 / Chapter Chapter Five: --- Discussion and Conclusions --- p.129 / Chapter 5.1. --- The Research Questions and Hypotheses --- p.129 / Chapter 5.2. --- A Summary of the Findings in the PD Task --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3. --- A Summary of the Findings in the GJ Task --- p.132 / Chapter 5.4. --- Some Important Issues --- p.133 / Chapter 5.4.1. --- Evidence of Ll Transfer --- p.133 / Chapter 5.4.2. --- Overpassivization of Chinese Unaccusative Verbs and the Universality of Overpassivization Phenomenon in IL Grammar --- p.136 / Chapter 5.4.3. --- Further Difficulties in the Acquisition of Chinese Passives and Related Structures --- p.139 / Chapter 6.5. --- Conclusions --- p.140 / Chapter 6.6. --- Suggestions for Further Studies --- p.142 / Appendices --- p.145 / References --- p.173
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_323906 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Contributors | Wong, Shee-hei., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Modern Languages and Intercultural Studies. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, iv, ii, iv, 181 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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