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Peer reviewedHu, Mingliang – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1993
Discussed the relationship between definiteness and word order (WO) from three aspects: the position of the unquantified noun phrases as related to their definiteness; effects of quantifiers on WO; and relative order of different noun phrases in the same clause. Data verify that the correlation between definiteness and WO is valid for larger…
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Patterns, Language Research, Mandarin Chinese
Peer reviewedHuang, Lillian Meei-jin; Davis, Philip W. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1991
Contrasts symmetrical and asymmetrical features of word order in Mandarin and English, focusing on the preverbal and postverbal positional contrast, and revealing several cognitive sources for similarities between the two languages. (53 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Patterns, Mandarin Chinese
Peer reviewedHu, Mingliang – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1992
The function of word order is examined in light of interference in the learning of English discourse by Chinese speakers and vice versa. Emphasis on different devices in coding discourse functions is shown to be reflected in interference between the two languages. (13 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Chinese, Contrastive Linguistics, Discourse Modes, English
