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CHAPTER 1 Space in language typology andlanguage acquisition
1.1 SPACE ACROSS LANGUAGES
1.2 SPACE IN LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
1.3 THE STUDY OF SPACE IN CHINESE
1.4 SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER 2 Encoding motion events:typological and developmental perspectives
2.1 LEXICALIZATION PATTERNS OF MOTIONEVENTS ACROSS LANGUAGES
2.1.1 Satellite-framed vs.verb-framed languages
2.1.2 Chinese in motion event typology
2.2 UNIVERSALITY VS.LANGUAGE-SPECIFICITYREGARDING SPACE IN CHILD LANGUAGE
2.2.1 Universal determinants in children's acquisition of spatial language
2.2.2 Language-specificity in children's acquisition of spatial expression
CHAPTER 3 Encoding motion events:linguistic devices and their acquisition
3.1 ENCODING MOTION EVENTS IN ENGLISH
3.1.1 Path satellites and Manner verbs
3.1.2 Encoding caused motion events in English
3.1.3 English children's learning of Verb + Satellite combinations
3.2 ENCODING MOTION EVENTS IN CHINESE
3.2.1 Expressing voluntary motion events in Chinese
3.2.2 Expressing caused motion events in Chinese
3.2.3 Chinese children's acquisition of grammatical forms in motion expressions
CHAPTER 4 Methodologies in analyzing motion expressions
4.1 RESEARCH QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES
4.2 RESEARCH DESIGN AND STIMULI
4.2.1 Voluntary Motion cartoons
4.2.2 Caused Motion cartoons
4.2.3 Participants
4.3 DATA TRANSCRIPTION AND DATA CODING[3]
4.3.1 Transcribing the data
4.3.2 Data coding: An overview
4.3.3 Particular coding issues regarding the Chinese data
CHAPTER 5 A comparison of English and Chinese in adults' production
5.1 THE VOLUNTARY MOTION TASK
5.1.1 Information selection and frequency of expression
5.1.2 Information locus
5.1.3 Information density: overall density and local density
5.1.4 Overall pattern of information distribution across an utterance
5.2 THE CAUSED MOTION TASK
5.2.1 Information selection and frequency of expression
5.2.2 Information locus
5.2.3 Information density of utterances
5.2.4 A general pattern of information distribution
5.3 THE TYPOLOGICAL STATUS OF CHINESEIN A BIPARTITE TYPOLOGY
5.3.1 Results of re-coding the Chinese data
5.3.2 Expressing caused motion events in Chinese and in French
5.3.3 Further discussion
CHAPTER 6 Universal and language-specific influencesin children's acquisition of voluntary motion expressions
6.1 THE M+P RESPONSE WITH TEST ITEMS
6.1.1 Predictions and general findings
6.1.2 Frequency of M+P responses across ages within English: significant developmental progressions
6.1.3 M+P responses across ages within Chinese
6.1.4 Significant differences between Chinese and English age-matched children
6.1.6 Discussion
6.2 THE MANNER-ONLY RESPONSE WITHCONTROL ITEMS
6.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS REGARDINGTHE VM TASK
CHAPTER 7 Universality and language-specificity in children's acquisition of caused motion expressions
7.1 PREDICTIONS
7.2 RESULTS
7.2.1 Developmental progression across age groups
7.2.2 Significant cross-linguistic differences at the same age
7.2.3 Significant differences between horizontal and vertical motion expressions
7.3 CONCLUDING REMARKS REGARDINGTHE CM TASK
CHAPTER 8 Conclusions
8.1 MAIN FINDINGS AND CONTRIBUTIONS OFTHE PRESENT STUDY
8.2 DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH
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