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Download full textYip, Virginia; Matthews, Stephen – CUHK Papers in Linguistics, 1991
This paper discusses two influential studies on relative clauses (RC), and addresses the development of relative clauses in the interlanguage of advanced Chinese English-as-a-Second-Language speakers in light of the theory of Accessibility Hierarchy (AH). As the two theories predict, avoidance of RCs is typically found with oblique and genitive…
Descriptors: Chinese, English (Second Language), Error Patterns, Interlanguage
Yip, Virginia, Ed. – CUHK Papers in Linguistics, 1991
Papers in this volume include the following: "Constraints on Dative Acquisition by Chinese ESL Learners" (Hua Dong Fan); "The Learnability of Locality Conditions on Quantification" (Thomas Lee); "Do Learning Environments Make a Difference? A Study on the Acquisition of the English Interrogatives by Three Types of Cantonese…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, High Schools
