Chinese syntax,
for example: dou quantification, case marking in ba structure, complex
predicates, A not A questions, negation, and the adjectival intensifier
hen, etc..
First and second
language acquisitions of Chinese, for example: L1A of Mandarin classifiers,
aspects, and modals, SLA of Mandarin reflexives and obligatory pro drop,
etc..
Chinese pedagogy,
for example: the teaching of writing and listening, classroom teacher
student interaction, prompting, and error analyses, etc..
Teaching:
I teach Chinese
languages classes of all levels I also teach the following classes regularly:
Introduction to
Chinese Linguistics (CHI 5210/LIN 522U) Grammar of Chinese (CHI 5230/LIN
5240) Languages of Asia (CHI 3020)
Contact me:
E mail: my first name
@ wayne.edu
Tel: (313) 577 0905
Fax: (313) 577 0905
Mail: Near Eastern and Asian Studies
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, 48202