The Right Periphery in L2 Chinese: How Sentence-Final Particles are Represented in English-Chinese Interlanguages (Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics)

By: Shanshan Yan

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Synopsis: The Right Periphery in L2 Chinese is among the first books to try to incorporate both advanced linguistic and acquisition perspectives to show how eight sentence-final particles are represented in English-speaking learners’ L2 Chinese. This book will inform researchers of the general construction of the right periphery in L2 grammars. Drawing on up-to-date theoretical frameworks and findings from advanced empirical studies, it sketches the general picture of the periphery that these particles occupy in English-Chinese interlanguages. Readers will grasp the problems and difficulties, and particularly the ambiguities, which learners of Chinese must grapple with in the process of acquiring sentence-final particles. Possible influential factors underlying the acquisition process are explicitly discussed as well. Researchers will also find insights in the advanced methodologies and statistics that are used to study Chinese. The book will be illuminating for researchers interested in SLA, linguists of generative theories, and educators teaching Chinese as a second/foreign language.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 160 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781000819519
Related ISBNs:: 9781032230474, 9781032230481, 9781003275428
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 12/29/22
Copyrighted By:: Shanshan Yan. The right of Shanshan Yan to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Language Arts, Foreign Language Study
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.