An Empirical Study of Unaccusativity Hierarchy Acquisition of Chinese EFL Learners:Testing Split Intransitivity Hierarchy Theory

摘要：

　　On the basis of the semantic properties of verbs,Split Intransitivity Hierarchydivides unaccusative verbs into hierarchies of subclasses.The present research makes an empirical study of the acquisition of different hierarchies of unaccusative verbs of the Chinese EFL learners.It reveals that Chinese EFL learners show significant difference in the acquisition of different hierarchies of unaccusative verbs,which supports theSplit Intransitivity Hierarchytheory.In terms of the development patterns of different subclasses of unaccusative verbs,verbs of change of location are acquired at earlier stages,presumably at pre-university stage,while the acquisition of all other subclasses of unaccusative verbs is significantly improved in a rising slope pattern with better English proficiency level.

关键词： unaccusativity unaccusative hierarchy acquisition developmental pattern

作者: Lin DENG

作者单位: School of Foreign Languages,Xian Shiyou University,Xian,P.R.China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2017东北亚语言学文学和教学国际论坛(2017 NALLTS)

会议地点: 山西吕梁

会议语种:英文

页码: 405-411

在线出版日期: 2017-06-23（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）