The Grammaticalization of "Have": A Corpus Study on Cantonese-English Bilinguals

Presented research on Cantonese-English bilinguals' acquisition of "have" at the 5th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics.

Presented research on Cantonese-English bilinguals’ acquisition of “have” at the 5th International Conference on Theoretical East Asian Psycholinguistics.

Highlights

  • Used CHILDES data to show delays in acquiring English “have V-ed” due to interference from Cantonese aspect markers, supporting the Interdependence Hypothesis on cross-linguistic influence.

Metadata

  • Context: Cross-Strait Summer Academic Exchange of the Junzheng Fund
  • Role: Project Lead and First Author
  • Timeline: Jul 2024 - Aug 2024