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Abstract: Speaker’s referential choice with elementary Chinese learners and native Chinese speakers is investigated by comparing participants’ descriptions of the “frog story” picture book. The description data are elicited from 22 speakers with elementary Chinese learners and 24 speakers with native Chinese speakers. Firstly, a multivariate analysis of variance is used to test there is a significant group difference between the speakers with elementary Chinese learners and native Chinese speakers. Then, two mixed-effect logistic regression models are used to examine the effect of listener’s language proficiency on redundancy in speakers’ referential choice. The analysis shows the effect of pronoun that speakers with high language proficiency use more pronouns and decrease redundancy. The findings support the ideas that speakers increasing redundancy when talking to less proficient language learners is the requirement of communicative efficiency, other than discourse adaptation.Abstract: Speaker’s referential choice with elementary Chinese learners and native Chinese speakers is investigated by comparing participants’ descriptions of the “frog story” picture book. The description data are elicited from 22 speakers with elementary Chinese learners and 24 speakers with native Chinese speakers. Firstly, a multivariate analysis of vari...Learn More
Abstract: This paper discusses the motives for the generation of Chinese trisyllables and their generative mechanisms, and analyzes the generative laws of trisyllabic rhyme scheme 2+1 forms and 1+2 forms on this basis. The emergence of Chinese trisyllables is the result of the joint action of the need for semantic expression and the principle of linguistic economy. Due to the bisyllabification of Chinese language, the expression form of the unit above the word usually exceed two syllables, and the superiority of three-syllable words lies in the fact that they have richer semantics than two-syllable words and are more economical than four-syllable words. There are two ways to generate three-syllable words: one is to generate three-syllable words directly; one is to generate three-syllable words by compressing four-syllable words, and the principle of compression is that the ones that carry more information are not easy to be compressed, and the ones that carry less information are easier to be compressed. In the generation of three-syllable modifier-head structures, the two-syllable nouns at the back are prioritized to be compressed, so there are far more 2+1 forms than 1+2 forms; while in the generation of three-syllable predicate-object structures, the two-syllable verbs at the front are prioritized to be compressed, so there are far more 1+2 forms than 2+1 forms.Abstract: This paper discusses the motives for the generation of Chinese trisyllables and their generative mechanisms, and analyzes the generative laws of trisyllabic rhyme scheme 2+1 forms and 1+2 forms on this basis. The emergence of Chinese trisyllables is the result of the joint action of the need for semantic expression and the principle of linguistic e...Learn More