Concepts and Principals in the Labeling of Vocabulary Words in Chinese Language Teaching Materials

• Main Authors: Hsu, Shu-ting, 許淑婷
• Other Authors: Teng, Shou-hsin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/45755625628350473726

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 華語文教學系 === 101 === This thesis primarily discusses the principles and concepts of labeling vocabulary in Chinese language teaching materials. The third chapter discusses definitions and the types of words. In addition, this study discusses the difference between words and phrases, including how teaching materials can present verb-complement structures and idiomatic expressions. In the fourth chapter the author establishes a syntactic categories system and discusses the labeling of vocabulary words in teaching materials, using syntactic function to divide the syntactic categories system into eight categories: noun, verb, adverb, preposition, conjunction, particle, measure word, and determiner. In accordance with Chafe’s (1970) concept of “verb-central”, which holds that verbs are the central element of syntax, this study divides verbs into several subcategories based on those proposed by Teng (2010), who divides verbs into action verbs, state verbs and process verbs. After investigating the characteristics of individual verbs, another level of labels were added. We divided action, state and process verbs into transitive and intransitive verbs. State verbs were categorized as either attributive state verbs or predicative state verbs, and auxiliary verbs. Finally, verbs were categorized as either separable words or post-verbal subjects. Finally, the author reviews the adequacy of vocabulary labeling in Chinese language teaching materials, and, based on syntactic category errors collected from a classroom environment, proposes principles and recommendations for the labeling of vocabulary.