中文摘要 |
The present paper aimed to elucidate the process of object-action naming for L1 speakers and L2 learners of Chinese, as revealed in two picture naming tasks. Speech samples were collected from nineteen L1 speakers of Chinese and eleven L2 learners of intermediate Chinese proficiency level in southern Taiwan. Each participant individually completed the tasks. Sixty black-and-white pictures were adopted as instruments for the naming tasks. Among them, there were thirty-five object pictures and twenty-five action pictures. Object pictures were divided into seven sub-categories, while action pictures were composed of four sub-categories. Oral productions were tape-recorded and transcribed for analysis. The number of correct responses and the duration of response time were calculated; both error types and frequency were counted and discussed. Statistical analysis was conducted to examine the frequent error types made by these L2 learners of Chinese. Findings in the current study helped characterize the naming performance for L2 learners of intermediate Chinese proficiency and contributed to the future vocabulary instruction in Chinese. |