Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research -

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Résumé :
Key Issues in Chinese as a Second Language Research presents and discusses research projects that serve as theoretical grounding for improving the teaching and learning of Chinese as a Second Language (CSL) in order to help researchers and practitioners better understand the acquisition, development and use of CSL. With the exception of the first chapter, which is state-of-the-art, each chapter makes an attempt to bring together theory and practice by focusing on theory-building and theory application in practice. The book is organized around areas where most future research is needed in CSL: phonology, semantics, grammar and pragmatics. Comprised of contributions from an international group of scholars working on cutting-edge research, this is the ideal text for researchers, graduate students and practitioners in the area of Chinese as a Second or Foreign Language.

Sommaire:

Introduction

Part I. SLA Theories as Related to Chinese

Chapter 1. The Theoretical Landscape of Second Language Acquisition

ZhaoHong Han

Part II. Chinese Phonology

Chapter 2. De-stress in Mandarin: Clitics, Cliticoids and Phonetic Chunks

Hana T??skov?

Chapter 3. The Effects of Tonal Markedness in Second Language Chinese Tones

Hang Zhang

Chapter 4. From Phonological Studies to Teaching Mandarin Tone: Some Perspectives on the Revision of the Tonal Inventory

Carlotta Sparvoli

Part III. Semantic Aspects and Vocabulary

Chapter 5. Adjectival Category

Giorgio Francesco Arcodia and Bianca Basciano

Chapter 6. Chinese Vocabulary Acquisition and Teaching: Basic Concepts and Research Results

Chiara Romagnoli

Part IV. Chinese Grammar

Chapter 7. The Grammar of Chinese Nouns

Chaofen Sun

Chapter 8. Acquisition of Word Order in Chinese as a Foreign Language: Replication and Extension

Wenying Jiang

Chapter 9. The Instantiation of Binding Through Pragmatic and Syntactic Processes

Darcy Sperlich

Chapter 10. L2 Acquisition of Aspect in Mandarin Chinese

Feng-hsi Liu

Part V. Pragmatic Aspects

Chapter 11. Development of Pragmatic Competence: Compliment Responses by L2 Learners of Chinese

Xiaoping Gao

Chapter 12. Intercultural Communicative Competence and Emotion Amongst Second Language Learners of Chinese

Wei-Lin Melody Chang and Michael Haugh

Chapter 13. Foundations for Content Learning in Chinese: Beyond the European Base

Jane Orton, Yin Zhang and Xia Cui