Despite the growth of research in learning and teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language
(CFL), no scoping review of research published in international, anglophone journals has …

Written by a team of leading experts working in different SLA specialisms, this fourth edition
is a clear and concise introduction to the main theories of second language acquisition …

This article describes a new Chinese Elicited Imitation Test (EIT) and reports on a study that
investigated the degree to which it functions as a tool that can be used in second language …

Since its inception, the research on grammar development in L2 Chinese has grown into
one of the most prolific areas in Chinese second language acquisition. Following …

This article investigates bilingual versus monolingual construal of manner of motion in
speech and gesture across three languages—Mandarin, Japanese, and English—argued to …

Cross‐linguistic research on motion events has shown that Spanish speakers and English
speakers have different patterns of thinking for speaking about motion, both linguistically …

This study explores the effects of instruction on the acquisition of motion event construal
among learners of English as a second language. The challenge for learners with Verb …

It has been noted that Chinese shows both satellite‐and verb‐framed properties (Beavers,
Levin, & Tham,; Slobin,), a fact that offers the opportunity to explore the typological influence …

The Chinese resultative verb compounds (RVCs) are an important yet challenging
compound structure for second language (L2) Chinese learners. However, there is little …

Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics (SAPERE) publishes new
developments and advances in all the fields of philosophy, epistemology, and ethics …