Deaf and hard of hearing (D/hh) children’s acquisition of Passives in Chinese

• 作 者: Tang Gladys;Lam Scholastica;Li Qun;Li Jia;Cheung Karen;Yiu Chris;
• 机 构: Chinese University of Hong Kong
• 出 处: 第五届形式语言学国际研讨会
• 发表日期: 2011年期

@@ Language development by deaf and hard-of-hearing (D/hh) learners has recently attracted attention especially from the perspective of theories of language acquisition. To date, relevant research is largely from studies involving English, with results showing that D/hh learners demonstrate various degrees of language delay when compared with age-appropriated peers. This phenomenon is evidenced by their preference for adhering to the canonical SVO word order, as such syntactic operations like wh-movement or passivization which disrupts this order are bound to lead to learning difficulty (Tervoort 1970; Power & Quigley 1973; Quigley et al. 1974; Berent 1996).