The Polysemy of the Chinese Action Verb “Dǎ” and Its Implications in Child Language Acquisition

The Chinese verb “dǎ” is a polysemous and frequently used verb. Studies have shown that it is one of the earliest verbs acquired by monolingual children by the age of five year old, they can use most of the commonly used senses in their daily life. But whether it is an easy task for bilingual childr...

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Main Authors: Sak, Hui Er, Gao, Helena Hong
Other Authors: Dong, Minghui
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82306
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/43511
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English