Processing relative clauses in Chinese as a second language
2014 ◽
Vol 30
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pp. 439-461
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This project investigates second language (L2) learners’ processing of four types of Chinese relative clauses crossing extraction types and demonstrative-classifier (DCl) positions. Using a word order judgment task with a whole-sentence reading technique, the study also discusses how psycholinguistic theories bear explanatory power in L2 data. An overall preference for DCl-first structures and an advantage of DCl-subject relative clauses over the other three structures were found. Results were largely compatible with the filler-gap domain theory and indicated a weak subject-gap advantage. These motivations are subject to influences from other factors, and a multi-constraint proposal was proposed.
2009 ◽
Vol 31
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pp. 167-207
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2007 ◽
Vol 28
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pp. 295-315
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1999 ◽
Vol 2
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pp. 103-125
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1987 ◽
Vol 8
(4)
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pp. 329-350
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2009 ◽
Vol 31
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pp. 323-361
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2018 ◽
Vol 21
(3)
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pp. 489-504
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2019 ◽
Vol 5
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pp. 195-222
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2017 ◽
Vol 40
(3)
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pp. 677-692
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