This thesis is about the expression of ingressive aspect: language elements that focus on the beginning of a situation. The aim is to conduct a fine-grained analysis and comparison of the aspectual...Show moreThis thesis is about the expression of ingressive aspect: language elements that focus on the beginning of a situation. The aim is to conduct a fine-grained analysis and comparison of the aspectual semantics of three ‘manifestations of ingressivity’: the ingressive suffix -qilai起來 in Mandarin and the ingressive adverbs chū初 and shǐ始 from pre-Tang Chinese. The comparison reveals both similarities and differences. First, the three ingressive markers share a basic conceptual structure consisting of [+BEGIN] and [+focusBEGIN], but -qilai 起來 additionally consists of the optional component [±STAND UP] due to limited semantic bleaching of the source structure’s lexical semantics, i.e. the verb qǐlai 起來 ‘to stand up’. This explains the fact that Stage Level States selecting -qilai起來 may shift optionally to Activities, as metaphorical extensions of ‘standing up’ (i.e. ‘increase’) license dynamic interpretations. This same optionality may be explained for the pre-Tang Chinese adverbs through the causative potential of the predicate, which likewise optionally entails ‘increasing’. Second, combinatory possibilities can be described for shǐ始 without additional restrictions, while those of -qilai起來 and chū初 can be accounted for with one disjunctive rule each: -qilal起來 requires the predicate to be durative, atelic, or both; chū初 requires it to be dynamic-durative, telic, or both. In terms of ingressive subtypes, this means that chū初 is typically inceptive, -qilai起來 is more inceptive than inchoative, and shǐ始 is actually ingressive in that inceptive and inchoative interpretations are equally available.Show less
'Code-switching' is een onderwerp waarbij veel vragen worden gesteld. Het bestuderen van asymmetrische en symmetrische 'Code-switching' en de tijdkosten, zijn actuele onderzoeken. Veel definities...Show more'Code-switching' is een onderwerp waarbij veel vragen worden gesteld. Het bestuderen van asymmetrische en symmetrische 'Code-switching' en de tijdkosten, zijn actuele onderzoeken. Veel definities brengen 'Code-switching' in verband met Transfer ? Hoe onderscheidt men Transfer en leerstrategieen ? Is 'Code-switching een oorzaak van cross-linguitic activation of wordt 'Code-switching' tevens gebruikt als een leerstrategie. Onderzoekers bestuderen neurocognitieve mechanismen om meer te leren over 'Code-switching' en of het alleen een kenmerk bij tweetalige sprekers is.Show less
In my paper I decided to compare how fast people learn Dutch as their third language compared to how they learn it as their fourth. My hypothesis was that the people who learn it as fourth are...Show moreIn my paper I decided to compare how fast people learn Dutch as their third language compared to how they learn it as their fourth. My hypothesis was that the people who learn it as fourth are gonna be better (they'll have better mastery of the language after the same amount of time following the same course compared to people who learn it as their third language). To test my hypothesis I ran an experiment with the help of students who were learning Dutch at the Leiden University. They came from 2 different courses and each group had a selection of students who learned Dutch as third or fourth language.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Nederlandse taal en cultuur (BA)
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Een beschrijving van de weg-constructie en zijn plaats in de constructiegrammatica, alsmede de rol van aspectualiteit met betrekking tot het doelelement van de weg-constructie.
