汉语作为第二语言话题句习得研究

本文通过测试语料和自由作文语料考察母语为英语、日语和韩国语的汉语习得者在各种汉语话题句的合法度判断、话题回指辨认和话题句运用方面表现出来的共性和差异，探讨制约汉语话题句习得的因素。我们的发现主要有三点：第一，习得者并没有经历一个普遍的话题为主的阶段;第二，习得者在初期是以SVO的最简结构来分析句子的，因此句子结构影响他们对话题的使用和理解；第三，母语中的话题突出特点可以正迁移到话题突出的目标语中，但由于习得者的保守性，母语正迁移在习得后期比早期更明显。

Using both test data and production data, this paper examined and compared the patterns displayed by learners of different mother tongue backgrounds in understanding and using different topic constructions. We have three major findings: 1) learners do not seem to go through a universal stage of 'topic prominence'; 2) at early stages learners seem to use the simplest SVO structure to analyze sentences and as a result the complexity of sentence structures influence their understanding and use of topic sentences; 3) 'topic prominence' in mother tongue does positively transfer to a 'topic prominent' target language but this transfer is more obvious in later stages than in earlier stages because of the conservatism of learners.