The acquisition of verb particle construction in Cantonese-English bilingual children.

Wong, Hin Yee. ; Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2010. ; Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-202). ; Abstracts in English and Chinese. ; Acknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; List of Tables ; Abstract ; Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction ; Chapter 1.1 --- Bilingual first language acquisition --- p.1 ; Chapter 1.2 --- Cross-linguistic Influence --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.2.1 --- Definition --- p.3 ; Chapter 1.2.2 --- Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual development --- p.5 ; Chapter 1.3 --- Structural overlap --- p.7 ; Chapter 1.4 --- Language dominance --- p.14 ; Chapter 1.5 --- Language Input --- p.17 ; Chapter 1.6 --- Individual variation --- p.18 ; Chapter 1.7 --- English VPC and Cantonese DVC --- p.20 ; Chapter 1.8 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.24 ; Chapter Chapter Two --- The structure of English VPC and Cantonese DVC ; Chapter 2.1 --- English VPCs --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.1.1 --- Semantic classes of English VPCs --- p.28 ; Chapter 2.1.2 --- The Structure of English VPCs --- p.32 ; Chapter 2.1.3 --- Linear order of VPCs --- p.38 ; Chapter 2.1.4 --- "Differentiating verb particles, prepositions and adverbs" --- p.41 ; Chapter 2.2 --- Cantonese DVCs --- p.45 ; Chapter 2.2.1 --- Cantonese directional verbs --- p.46 ; Chapter 2.2.2 --- Cantonese simple DVCs --- p.50 ; Chapter 2.2.3 --- Cantonese complex DVCs --- p.51 ; Chapter 2.2.4 --- Structure of Cantonese DVC --- p.52 ; Chapter 2.2.4.1 --- Simple DVCs vs Complex DVCs --- p.52 ; Chapter 2.2.4.2 --- Insertion of dak1 and m4 --- p.56 ; Chapter 2.2.5 --- Aspectual meanings in directional complements --- p.58 ; Chapter 2.3 --- Typological Differences between English VPCs and Cantonese DVCs --- p.59 ; Chapter 2.3.1 --- Talmy (2000)'s classification of languages --- p.59 ; Chapter 2.3.2 --- English VPCs vs Cantonese DVCs --- p.62 ; Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.65 ; Chapter Chapter Three --- The acquisition of English VPCs in monolingual and bilingual children ; Chapter 3.1 --- "Snyder (1995, 2001) The Compounding Parameter on ...