The influence of the finite and non-finite distinction in the L1 on the acquisition and processing of multi-verb constructions in the L2 : a bidirectional study of Chinese learners of English and English learners of Chinese
English and Chinese are typologically different in the composition of Multi-Verb Constructions (MVCs), which refer to a series of verbs appearing in a mono-clause, without pauses or conjunctions. English MVCs contain a finite verb which inflects with tense, combined with non-finite forms (e.g., The...
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University of York
2018
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| Online Access: | https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.749544 |