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Chapter 1 Introduction1

1.1 Research Orientation1

1.2 The Unaccusative Verbs:the Target of Research1

1.3 Rationale for the Study2

1.4 Key Research Questions8

1.5 Organization of the Book9

Chapter 2 In Search of Theoretical Foundation10

2.0 Introduction10

2.1 Empirical Basis of UTH12

2.2 The Single-Argument Linking Rule14

2.3 Three Stages of the Unaccusative Acquisition in L2 English18

2.4 General Predictions of UTH21

2.5 A General Comment on UTH22

Chapter 3 Cross-linguistic Analysis of Unaccusativity26

3.0 Introduction26

3.1 An Overview of Unaccusativity28

3.1.1 Unaccusative Hypothesis29

3.1.2 Unaccusativity Hierarchy30

3.1.3 Approaches to Unaccusativity35

3.2 Unaccusativity of English and Other Languages43

3.2.1 Deep vs.Surface Unaccusativity43

3.2.2 Definiteness Effect(DE)46

3.2.3 Diagnostics for Unaccusativity47

3.2.4 The Passive vs.the Unaccusative58

3.2.5 Summary61

3.3 Issues Pertaining to Chinese Unaccusativity61

3.3.1 Subclasses of Chinese Unaccusatives62

3.3.2 Surface Unaccusativity70

3.3.3 DE of Chinese Unaccusativity72

3.3.4 Diagnostics for Chinese Unaccusativity74

3.3.5 The Unaccusative and the Passive in Chinese85

3.4 Summary and Conclusions91

Chapter 4 Predictions on L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusatives by English-L1 Learners94

4.0 Similarities and Differences Between English and Chinese Unaccusativity:A Revisit94

4.1 Implications of Cross-linguistic Differences for L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusatives97

4.1.1 L1 Transfer and Markedness Theories97

4.1.2 Effect of Markedness on L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusatives100

4.2 Research Hypotheses103

Chapter 5 The Empirical Study107

5.0 Research Design107

5.1 Participants108

5.2 Instrumentation112

5.2.1 Verb Tokens113

5.2.2 Writing Production Task(WPT)115

5.2.3 Grammaticality Judgment Test(GJT)116

5.3 Data Collection118

5.4 Data Preparations and Data Analysis118

5.4.1 Scoring of WPT Data119

5.4.2 Scoring of GJT Data119

5.4.3 Data Preparations119

5.4.4 Statistical Analysis120

Chapter 6 Results for Research Hypotheses Testing121

6.0 Introduction121

6.1 Results for Hypothesis 1121

6.2 Results for Hypothesis 2125

6.3 Results for Hypothesis 3127

6.4 Results for Hypothesis 4131

6.5 Results for Hypothesis 5133

6.6 Results for Hypothesis 6136

6.7 Results for Hypothesis 7140

6.8 Results for Hypothesis 8142

Chapter 7 General Discussion145

7.0 Introduction145

7.1 Summary of Major Findings146

7.1.1 Linguistic Finding:Chinese Unaccusativity Hierarchy146

7.1.2 Empirical Findings147

7.2 Unaccusative-Related Phenomena in L2 Acquisition of Chinese153

7.3 Factors Involved in L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusativity157

7.3.1 Developmental Route of L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unergatives157

7.3.2 Developmental Route of L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusatives158

7.3.3 Other Issues Concerning the Plough-shaped Route of Development167

7.4 Summary169

Chapter 8 Condusions,Pedagogical Implications,and Recommendations for Further Research172

8.1 Conclusions:A Modified Developmental Model for L2 Acquisition of Chinese Unaccusatives172

8.2 Pedagogical Implications174

8.3 Recommendations for Further Research176

References178

Appendix A Tables 1-6188

Appendix B Research Instruments190

Appendix C An Example Test of HSK209

List of Tables62

3.1 Classifications of Chinese Unaccusatives62

3.2 Distribution of Some Features of 18 Basic Chinese One-place Verbs64

4.1 Significant Similarities and Differences Between English and Chinese Unaccusativity95

5.1 Background Information About L2 Participants（N=60）111

5.2 Means and Standard Deviations for Four Participant Groups111

5.3 Scheffé Tests of Means for Four Participant Groups112