TY - BOOK ID - 16599070 TI - Interlanguage and learnability : from Chinese to English PY - 1995 VL - 11 SN - 9027224773 9786613280190 9027281734 1283280191 9789027224774 9789027281739 1556192495 9781556192494 PB - Amsterdam: Benjamins, DB - UniCat KW - English language KW - Language and languages KW - Interlanguage (Language learning) KW - Language acquisition KW - Languages, Mixed KW - Foreign language study KW - Language and education KW - Language schools KW - Study and teaching KW - Chinese speakers. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Language and languages Study and teaching KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:16599070 AB - This book investigates a set of structures characteristic of Chinese speakers' English interlanguage (CIL) in the light of grammatical theory and principles of learnability. As a study of CIL grammar, it illuminates both the theory of interlanguage syntax in general and some specific problems in the acquisition of English by Chinese L1 learners. A set of interrelated structures are investigated, including topicalization, passive, ergative, "tough movement" and existential constructions. ER -