Optional Elements and Variant Structures in the Productions of "Bei2" "to Give" Dative Constructions in Cantonese-Speaking Adults and Three-Year-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Wong, Anita M.-Y.; Chow, Dorcas C.-C.; McBride-Cheng, Catherine; Stokes, Stephanie F.
Titel	Optional Elements and Variant Structures in the Productions of "Bei2" "to Give" Dative Constructions in Cantonese-Speaking Adults and Three-Year-Old Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 37 (2010) 1, S.175-196 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000909009416
Schlagwörter	Verbs; Adults; Toddlers; Sino Tibetan Languages; Language Usage; Language Patterns; Language Acquisition; Child Language; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Sentence Structure; Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Parent Child Relationship; Measures (Individuals); Grammar; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Infant; Infants; Toddler; Kleinkind; Sprachgebrauch; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Sprachaneignung; Spracherwerb; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache; Structural analysis; Strukturanalyse; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Messdaten; Grammatik; Hongkong
Abstract	To express object transfer, Cantonese-speakers use a "ditransitive" ([V-R-T] or [V-T-R] where V = Verb, T = Theme, R = Recipient), or a more complex prepositional/serial-verb (P/SV) construction. Clausal elements in Cantonese datives can be optional (resulting in "full" versus "non-full" forms) or appear in variant orders (full non-canonical and full canonical). We report on usage of dative constructions with the word "bei2" "to give" in 86 parents and 53 three-year-old children during conversations. The parents used more P/SV than ditransitive "bei2"-datives, and vice versa for the children. Both groups showed a similar usage pattern of optional elements and variant structures in their ditransitive and P/SV "bei2"-datives. The roles of multiple construction types, optional elements and variant structures in children's learning of "bei2"-dative constructions are described. (Contains 3 tables and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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