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Publication details [#64676]
Chang, Hui and Lina Zheng. 2018. Asymmetries of null subjects and null objects in L1-English and L1-Japanese learners’ Chinese. Linguistics 56 (5) : 1141–1166.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter
Journal WWW
Annotation
Based on the HSK Dynamic Composition Corpus, this inquiry explored the use of Chinese null arguments by advanced adult L1-English and L1-Japanese learners with Chinese native speakers as a baseline. Several asymmetries were found. It was claimed that positive evidence in the target input as well as the nature of the subject and the object led to the asymmetric use of null subjects and null objects in L2 Chinese.