Wakul Theerawongsakorn. Pedagogical grammar of the aspect. Master's Degree(Chinese as a Foreign Language). Chulalongkorn University. Office of Academic Resources. : Chulalongkorn University, 2006.
Abstract:
To study the grammatical structure and semantic grammar of the aspect marker ZHE in Mandarin Chinese and to compare this with the aspect marker /jù:/ in Thai. Also, it focuses on Thai university students errors, analyses them, and takes the results as input to design grammar lessons on ZHE in order to encourage Thai university students in their understanding and precise usage of ZHE. The research finds that the grammatical structures of Mandarin and Thai have some differences and some similarities. For example in both Mandarin and Thai ZHE (in Mandarin) /jù:/ (in Thai) are collocated after the verb if no object is present in the sentence. However, if an object is in a sentence, ZHE remains after verb, while /jù:/ is moved to after the object. Semantically, ZHE and /jù:/ are the same and indicate the imperfective, stative progressive and the progressive. The grammar teaching lesson of the aspect marker ZHE is structured in the following order 1) meaning, 2) grammatical structure, and 3) the usage of ZHE with different types of verb. As the aspect marker ZHE has to be incorporated with a verb, the lesson concentrates on explaining the on-going action or state of both teacher and students in the classroom to encourage students memory and accurate usage of ZHE in everyday life.