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Second Language Acquisition Of Chinese Verb-Noun Collocations, Ying Cai
Second Language Acquisition Of Chinese Verb-Noun Collocations, Ying Cai
Masters Theses
This study aims to investigate the acquisition of verb-noun collocations in Chinese by learners who study Chinese as a foreign language. By conducting a survey, this research attempt to discuss the following issues. 1) Does learners’ acquisition of verb-noun collocations increase with years of learning? 2) Is learners’ acquisition of verb-noun collocations related to the usage frequency of the verbs? 3) Are there any differences between patient objects and non-patient objects in verb-noun collocation acquisitions? 4) Does natural L2 exposure have an impact on collocational competence?
Seven verbs are selected in this study, 看 kan, 开 kai, 做 …