Boping Yuan
University of Cambridge
31 Papers
279 Citations
Boping Yuan is an academic researcher from University of Cambridge. The author has contributed to research in topics: Second-language acquisition & Syntax. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 28 publications. Previous affiliations of Boping Yuan include Fudan University & Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Papers
Interpretation of binding and orientation of the Chinese reflexive ziji by English and Japanese speakers
TL;DR: This paper reported on an empirical study of the interpretation of the Chinese reflexive ziji by English and Japanese speakers, and found that it is much easier for Japanese speakers than for English speakers to acquire the long-distance binding of ziji, which is asymmetric in finite and nonfinite clauses in English speakers' L2 grammars of Chinese.
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The status of thematic verbs in the second language acquisition of Chinese: against inevitability of thematic-verb raising in second language acquisition
TL;DR: This article investigated the status of thematic verbs in second language acquisition (SLA) of Chinese learners by French-speaking, German-speaking and English-speaking learners and reported that the thematic verb does not raise.
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Acquiring the unaccusative unergative distinction in a second language: evidence from English-speaking learners of L2 Chinese
TL;DR: This article found that the lexical-semantic distinction between unaccusative and unergative verbs is acquired very late by English-speaking learners, and that the acquisition does not proceed in a linear fashion.
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Asymmetry of Null Subjects and Null Objects in Chinese Speakers' L2 English.
TL;DR: The authors investigated the unlearning of null subjects and null objects by 159 Chinese learners in their L2 acquisition of English and found that there is an asymmetry in Chinese learners' L2 English, which is opposite to that found in English L1 acquisition: Chinese learners are able to reject the incorrect null subject in English, but unable to detect the ungrammaticality of the null object.
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Domain-wide or variable-dependent vulnerability of the semantics—syntax interface in L2 acquisition? Evidence from wh-words used as existential polarity words in L2 Chinese grammars:
TL;DR: The results suggest that the semantics—syntax interface can be established between the EPWs and some of their potential licensers in L2 Chinese grammars, but not others, which indicates that L2 learners’ success or failure in acquiring syntax in English and Japanese speakers is unclear.
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