Noun phrases in Chinese and English: A study of English structural problems encountered by Chinese ESL students in Hong Kong

Noun phrases in Chinese and English: A study of English structural problems encountered by Chinese ESL students in Hong Kong

• Chan, Alice Y. W. Dept. of English and Communication, City University of Hong Kong

Language, Culture and Curriculum, 17(1), 33-47, 2004

Routledge

2004

• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBF Teaching Methods of Grammar & Rhetoric & Their Outcomes

Foreign Countries Nouns English (Second Language) Chinese Structural Linguistics Phrase Structure Second Language Instruction Second Language Learning Form Classes (Languages) Structural Grammar Hong Kong

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

This paper gives a contrastive analysis of noun phrases in English and Chinese. The syntactic features of the structures, the devices used to mark distinctions in number, case and gender, as well as the similarities and differences between English and Chinese relative clauses are discussed. Partly due to the documented differences between these structures in the two languages, and partly due to students' incorrect mastery of the target language, Chinese ESL learners in Hong Kong encounter a lot of problems with English noun phrases, including topic-comment structures, choice of relative pronouns in relative clauses, resumptive pronouns, and missing subjects. The paper attempts to find the sources of the problems and proposes a system of teaching priorities for the benefit of teachers and students.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 07908318

• 10.1080/07908310408666680

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2010-09-24