The use of passives and alternatives in English by Chinese speakers

Cognitive Approaches to Pedagogical Grammar: A Volume in Honour of René Dirven

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 385-415

  Chen, Liang ^a   Oller, John W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced learners of english; Alternatives; Chinese; Conceptual transfer; Construction; Degree of agency; Flexibility; Frog stories; Motion pictures; Motivation; Naturalistic setting; Packaging; Passive; Perspective; Speaker construal; Structural device; Transitive event

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149085390     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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