Past tense marking in Chinese-English interlanguage. Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title Past tense marking in Chinese-English interlanguage.

Creator

  • Author: Flahive, Patrick J.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Chair: Larson-Hall, Jenifer
    Contributor Type: Personal
    Contributor Info: Major Professor
  • Committee Member: Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi
    Contributor Type: Personal
  • Committee Member: Ross, John Robert, 1938-
    Contributor Type: Personal

Publisher

  • Name: University of North Texas
    Place of Publication: Denton, Texas

Date

  • Creation: 2004-12
  • Digitized: 2007-12-06

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This data study concentrates on the past tense marking in the interlanguage (IL) of Chinese speakers of English. Following the assumptions of Hawkins & Lizska, (2003), it is assumed that unlike native speakers of English, Chinese speakers of English have a higher level of optionality within the past tense marking of their grammars. It is claimed that the primary reason for this occurrence is the lack of the functional feature T(ense) [+/-past] in Mandarin Chinese. If a particular functional feature is missing in a learner's L1 grammar, it is thought that it will be absent in one's L2 grammar as well. Three advanced Chinese speakers of English were tested on the past tense marking in their IL production. Both spontaneous oral and reading speech were used for this data analysis.

Subject

  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: Grammar, Comparative and general -- Tense.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Tense.
  • Library of Congress Subject Headings: English language -- Study and teaching -- Chinese speakers.
  • Keyword: past tense
  • Keyword: Chinese interlanguage

Collection

  • Name: UNT Theses and Dissertations
    Code: UNTETD

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries
    Code: UNT

Rights

  • Rights Access: unt
  • Rights License: copyright
  • Rights Holder: Flahive, Patrick J.
  • Rights Statement: Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Resource Type

  • Thesis or Dissertation

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • OCLC: 58676686
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc4664

Degree

  • Degree Name: Master of Arts
  • Degree Level: Master's
  • Degree Discipline: English as a Second Language
  • Academic Department: Department of English
  • Degree Grantor: University of North Texas

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