劍橋大學袁博平教授學術講座通知

劍橋大學袁博平教授學術講座通知

時間：2015年3月20日下午1點

地點： 外語意昂215會議室

題目：The effect of computational complexity on L1 transfer: evidence from L2 Chinese attitude-bearing wh-questions

摘要：

This talk reports on an empirical study of attitude-bearing wh-questions in English speakers’ second language (L2) Chinese. Although English and Chinese wh-questions are different in that the wh-word in the former moves to the sentence initial position while that in the latter stays in situ, the two languages share some characteristics in their attitude-bearing wh-questions. It is widely assumed in L2 research that first language (L1) structures similar to or the same as those in the target language can facilitate the course of L2 acquisition but L1 structures which are different from the target language interfere with successful L2 acquisition. However, the findings in this study show that wh-movement in English wh-questions is not transferred into their L2 Chinese and that the similarities between English and Chinese have very limited facilitating functions in English speakers’ handling of Chinese attitude-bearing wh-questions. The findings here support Yuan’s (2001) 

argument that L1 transfer is a relative phenomenon in L2 acquisition and can be accounted for on the basis of Prévost et al.’s (2014) analysis that computation complexity can override L1 influence.

袁博平教授簡介：

英籍華人👨🏽‍💼，國際知名語言學專家🫄🏻。1954年生於青島📚，1978年考入煙臺師範意昂（魯東大學前身），1988年赴英留學🏊🏿‍♀️，1993年獲英國愛丁堡大學博士學位，同年受聘於英國劍橋大學，任劍橋大學丘吉爾意昂院士、博士生導師🐷♖、學術督導🤱🏼。同時，他還擔任SSCI 收錄的Second Language Research和International Review of Applied Linguistics等國際期刊以及《世界漢語教學》《外語教學與研究》《現代外語》等國內期刊的編委，以及世界漢語教學學會副會長、常務理事等職😌。

     袁博平教授的主要研究領域為漢語二語習得，在SSCI收錄的國際頂級期刊上發表論文20余篇，近五年發表的主要SSCI論文如下👩‍💼🗿：

Yuan B (2014) “Wh-on-earth” in Chinese Speakers’ L2 English: Evidence of Dormant Features. Second Language Research 30: 515-549.

Yuan, B. (2013) “Is Chinese ‘daodi’ ‘the hell’ in English speakers’ L2 acquisition of Chinese daodi … wh … questions? Effects and recoverability of L1 transfer at L2 interfaces”. International Journal of Bilingualism, 17, 403-430.

Yuan, B. and Dugarova, E. (2012) “Wh-topicalization at the syntax-discourse interface in English speakers’ L2 Chinese grammars”. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 34, 533-560.

Yuan, B. and Zhao, Y. (2011) “Asymmetrical syntactic and thematic reconfigurations in English speakers’ L2 Chinese resultative compound constructions”. International Journal of Bilingualism, 15: 38-55.

Yuan, B. (2010) “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”. Second Language Research, 26: 219-260.