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Chang, Yufen – ProQuest LLC, 2012
First language (L1) attrition research focuses on syntactic and morphological deterioration in environments where L1 "attriters" rarely have contact with their L1, such as immigrants. There is no study that investigates L1 attrition in tones and in contexts where L1 can still be often heard. This study examines this attrition type in…
Descriptors: Language Skill Attrition, Foreign Countries, Tone Languages, Syntax
Wang, Chyan-an Arthur – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The dissertation examines the resultatives in Mandarin Chinese (henceforth Mandarin) and Taiwanese Southern Min (henceforth Taiwanese), a notoriously difficult construction that has drawn extensive attention in the literature. With a microparametric approach, I offer a syntactic analysis for two kinds of resultatives, phrasal resultatives and…
Descriptors: Verbs, Syntax, Figurative Language, Phrase Structure