A study on classifier acquisition in Chinese learning

Chinese learners are always unable to distinguish Chinese noun classifiers from measure words, because they only treat classifiers as grammatical components in the language. This inappropariate correlation makes it particularly difficult for foreign Chinese learners to master noun classifiers, as th...

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Main Author: Ouyang, Shixiao
Other Authors: Helena Gao Hong
Format: Student Research Poster
Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-950562020-09-27T20:28:36Z A study on classifier acquisition in Chinese learning Ouyang, Shixiao Helena Gao Hong School of Humanities and Social Sciences Chinese classifier Cognitive linguistics Chinese learners are always unable to distinguish Chinese noun classifiers from measure words, because they only treat classifiers as grammatical components in the language. This inappropariate correlation makes it particularly difficult for foreign Chinese learners to master noun classifiers, as the acquisition of classifiers involves semantic undersatanding and categorization concept from which the classifiers are approached. The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish learners' acquisition of noun classifiers as well as that Chinese-Swedish bilingual children, by carrying out tests on these two groups' noun classifier productions. From the experiments, the bilingual children are found to have a higher percentage of classifier production than Swedish speakers. Different patterns of acquiring classifiers have also been noticed from these two groups . The results of this study provide a good reference for Chinese learners whose native language does not include the lexical category of classifier, as well as for future studies on cognitive linguistics. [3rd Award] 2013-01-31T02:19:25Z 2019-12-06T19:07:26Z 2013-01-31T02:19:25Z 2019-12-06T19:07:26Z 2008 2008 Student Research Poster Ouyang, S. (2008, March). A study on classifier acquisition in chinese learning. Presented at Discover URECA @ NTU poster exhibition and competition, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95056 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8983 en © 2008 The Author(s). application/pdf
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Cognitive linguistics
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Cognitive linguistics
Ouyang, Shixiao
A study on classifier acquisition in Chinese learning
description Chinese learners are always unable to distinguish Chinese noun classifiers from measure words, because they only treat classifiers as grammatical components in the language. This inappropariate correlation makes it particularly difficult for foreign Chinese learners to master noun classifiers, as the acquisition of classifiers involves semantic undersatanding and categorization concept from which the classifiers are approached. The aim of this study is to investigate Swedish learners' acquisition of noun classifiers as well as that Chinese-Swedish bilingual children, by carrying out tests on these two groups' noun classifier productions. From the experiments, the bilingual children are found to have a higher percentage of classifier production than Swedish speakers. Different patterns of acquiring classifiers have also been noticed from these two groups . The results of this study provide a good reference for Chinese learners whose native language does not include the lexical category of classifier, as well as for future studies on cognitive linguistics. [3rd Award]
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