Ke Peng's Presentation at the 23rd North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-23).

1. L2 Acquisition of Chinese Directed Manner of Motion with Goal PPs Ke Peng • 彭珂 University of Arizona Western Kentucky University kekepengpeng@gmail.com

4. Tasks and Participants

6. Acquisition of GOALBrief Discussion

7. 1. Introduction causativedirected manner of motion

9. the boy/ agent

10. the ball/ theme

11. to the wall/ goal[ENG] The boy kicked the ball to the wall. [CHN] 男孩把球踢到了墙边。 the boy BA ball kick to wall-side ‘The boy kicked the ball to the side of the wall.’

13. the nurse/ agent

14. the old lady/ theme

15. to the house/ goal[ENG] The nurse walked the old lady (back) home. [CHN] 护士陪(着)老太太走(回)到家。 the nurse accompany (ZHE) old lady walk (back) home ‘The nurse accompanying the old lady walked (back) home.’

18. lexical approach (Jackendoff, 1990; Rappaport-Hovav & Levin, 1999; Wechsler, 2005)

20. Manner Languages: Satellite-framed lexicalizationManner Verb [MANNER/CAUSE + MOVE] + Satellite [PATH]

21. Path Languages: Verb-frame lexicalizationPath Verb [PATH + MOVE] (+ adjunct MANNER/CAUSE expression)

22. Chinese (Chen, 2003; Lin, 2003)

23. Equipollently-framed Language (Slobin, 2004)

25. Chinese-English variation: Lexicalization Parameter

26. CAUSATIVE: Light Verb Ba

27. GOAL: Light Verb Dao

30. switch setting & parameter selection (Haegeman, 1988)

31.  not explaining language variability  feature assembly (Lardiere, 2008)

32. Cross-linguistic variation btw. L1 and L2 in patterns of semantics-syntax correspondence affect L2 acquisition (Juffs, 1996)

33. Overgeneralization

34. L1 permits more ways of realizing a particular argument structure in the syntax than the L2

35. Undergeneralization

37. Frog Story Retelling (Lin, 2003)

38. Difficult to elicit the kind of verbs

39. Difficulty with the prepositional phrases

40. Translation Task (Error Analysis, N=33)

41. Creative expressions[CAUSE] 玛丽把/使马跳过栏杆。Mary BA bǎ/shǐmǎtiàoguolángān Mary take/cause horse jump over fence

43. Participants

44. Native Speakers (N= 40) – reliability & validity

45. Crobach’sα = 0.701

46. Non-native Speakers (N= 33) – intermediate & advanced

47. Conducted online: DatStat Illume

49. 3. Methodology:Experiment (Task 2) Vocabulary 抱:bào(hold...in the arm) 把:bǎ(Ba Construction) 他: tā(he) 小孩: xiǎohái(little baby) 床上:chuáng(bed) shàng(top/up)到:dào(to) 着/著:zhe(Zhe Construction)

50. 3. Methodology: Variables

51. 3. Methodology: Variables

52. 4. Results: TRANSITIVITY Q: distinction btw. transitive & intransitive verbs

53. 4. Results: TRANSITIVITY Q: distinction btw. transitive & intransitive verbs

55. significant differences amongst the three groupsF(2,70)= 28.96, p < .001

56. significant differences btw. transitive and intransitive sentencesF(1,70) =28.96, p < .001

57. significant interaction btw. the participant groups & TRANSITIVITY F(2,70) = 48.42, p< .001

58. Simple effect of the factor TRANSITIVITY for intermediate learners F(1,16)= 4.21, p = .057

59. Simple effect of the factor GOAL for advanced learners F(1,15)= 24.92, p < .001

60. Simple effect of the factor GOAL for native speakers F(1,39)= 719.66, p < .001

61. similar judgment on transitive sentences

62. F(2,72)=2.23, p= .116

63. different judgment on intransitive sentences

65. Yes for advanced learners.

66. transitive verb

67. Yes for both NNS groups.

68. intransitive sentences

70. 4. Results: GOAL Q: distinction btw. Pre- & post-verbal PPs

72. significant differences amongst the three groups F(2,70)= 4.27, p < .001

73. significant differences btw. pre- and post-verbal PP F(1,70)= 30.43, p < .001

74. significant interaction btw. the participant groups & GOAL F(2,70) = 4.125, p< .050

75. Simple effect of the factor GOAL for intermediate learners F(1,16)= 2.11, p = .165

76. Simple effect of the factor GOAL for advanced learners F(1,15)= 2.32, p = .148

77. Simple effect of the factor GOAL for native speakersF(1,39)= 120.01, p < .001

78. significant difference in their judgment on Pre-verbal PPF(2,72)=17.83, p< .001 (Post Hoc Comparison: sig. differences btw NNSs & NSs)

80. No.

81. Post-verbal PPs for GOAL

82. Yes for both advanced.

83. Pre-verbal PPs

85. SLA: Parameter Setting or Feature Assembly?

86. Understand the interlanguage development process

87. Identify the challenges in CFL students’ learning