LINGUIST List 9.402

Thu Mar 19 1998

Qs: Eng Acq Order,Chinese,Motherese/ASL,-ed Verbs

Editor for this issue: Martin Jacobsen <martylinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. Lynae Vandermeulen, English Acquisition Order
2. gplal, Learning/Teaching Chinese as L2/L1/FL ?
3. Mike Ananny, Looking for Information on Motherese in Sign Languages
4. monica l. gonzalez, -ed Verbs

I was wondering if anybody out there could suggest to me some good
journal articles or books that deal with English Acquisition order.
Specifically, anything you've read (and thought was worthwile) about
what the English Acquisition order for ESL students (specifically
Asian students) actually is, as well as research about whether these
acquisition orders are actually valid and/or useful.

Any thoughts or articles about the applications of these ideas to
teaching or textbook development would also be much appreciated.

Thank you very much!

Lynae Vandermeulen
lynaevmesther.nwciowa.edu

 Can you tell me in our planet Who are doing ( original ) research
on learning (or teaching ) Chinese as a second language or foreign
language or first language ( Esp. those outside mainland China ) ?
And on What specific domains or topics ? How can I contact them ?
Please tell me their specific email addresses and home page
addresses..
 I am going to undertake a research project, I badly need all
the information concerning ( original ) research on learning/acquiring
(or teaching ) Chinese as a second language or foreign language,
publication lists or reference lists concerned are also welcome !.
 I am looking forward to hearing from you, the sooner the
better! And, first of all, when you see this email, please reply to
me so that I can know that you have got my message !

 Best wishes,

 Sincerely yours,

 Huang Zidong,
 Institute of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics,
 Guangdong University of Foreign Studies,
 P. R. China

 Email: < gplalgdufs.edu.cn >

 March, 1998

I'm wondering if anyone knows of any reference material regarding the
use of motherese in ASL or any other sign language.

Thanks,
Mike Ananny
m.anannyutoronto.ca

University of Toronto
Canada

A group of students from the cuny graduate center is working on a
pilot study investigating the past tense morpheme -ed and its
allomorphs, we would like to know if someone could point us in the
direction of a list of verbs listed by frequency. We were told this
list exists we just don't know where. It would be much appreciated.

Monica Gonzalez
Ph.D. Program in Linguistics
Graduate School and University Center
City University of New York
33 West 42nd. Street
NYC,NY 10036