母语为英语和泰语的汉语高级学习者有定范畴习得研究——以单句内光杆NP标记“们”为例

Acquisition of Chinese Definiteness Category by L1-English and L1-Thai Advanced Learners of Chinese:Evidence from Adding the Suffix Mento Bare NP in Simple Sentences

为了探查汉语本族语者对"们"的标记规律的语感以及二语学习者对"们"的标记规律的习得情况,本文采用图片诱导的句子完型填空任务,考察了汉语高级水平的泰语母语者和英语母语者以及汉语本族语者为单句内部5个句法位置的光杆普通NP标记"们"的语感倾向。结果发现,本族语者有给谓语前位的NP加"们"的显著倾向。二语者对"们"的标记规律的习得受到汉语表达有定性的语序手段(即有定效应)与母语的有定标记的强制性这两个因素的共同影响。谓语前位的NP标记"们"的规律首先被二语者习得。以"们"的标记的习得为个案,本文进而探讨了汉语作为二语的有定范畴习得的一般规律。

In this study we design a picture-elicited sentence cloze task to explore Chinese native speakers＇ language sense to add men （们） to NP, as well as to explore L2 learners＇ acquisition of the rules. The test investigates the choices of adding men to bare NPs referring to people in five syntactic positions in simple sentences, as made by Chinese native speakers and L1-English and L1-Thai advanced learners of Chinese. Our results show that native speakers have a significant bias in favor of adding men to pre-verb NP. Learners＇ acquisition of the rules to add men to NP is significantly influenced by the Chinese word order devices of definiteness （namely definiteness effect） as well as the obligatoriness of the acquire the rules to add men to pre-verb NP earlier than on of the rules to add men as a case study, this article of the acquisition of L2 Chinese definiteness category.