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Direct linkPerry, Conrad; Kan, Man-Kit; Matthews, Stephen; Wong, Richard Kwok-Shing – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2006
In this study we examined syntactic ambiguity resolution in two different Chinese languages, Cantonese and Mandarin, which are relatively similar grammatically but very different phonologically. We did this using four-character sentences that could be read using two, two-syllable sequences (2-2) or a structure where the first syllable could be…
Descriptors: Syntax, Mandarin Chinese, Chinese, Syllables
Peer reviewedChen, Shu-Hui Eileen – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1998
The pragmatic function of conveying given and new information is one of the most important universal communicative functions that language serves. This study investigates how Mandarin-speaking children and adults utilize surface cues of word order, marked grammatical structure, and emphatic stress to determine whether information is given or new…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication (Thought Transfer), Determiners (Languages), Elementary Education
