A Study Of Order Of Compound Directional Complements And Objects In Teaching Chinese As A Second Language

As one hot subject in the grammatical study of modern Chinese, directionalcomplement teaching is of great importance in teaching Chinese as a second language,and it is quite a difficulty for overseas students to master the correct order ofcompound directional complements and the objects.This paper analyzes structures of “transitive verb+compound directionalcomplement+patient object”（including Structure A: VC₁C₂O, Structure B: VC₁OC₂and Structure C: VOC₁C₂） based on textual analysis of corpus, and summarizescontributing factors confining object position by studying verb “ná” and complement“chūlái” in Chinese. Besides, further study is carried on the textual level, andsuggestions on textbook designing are provided.The first chapter outlines main research findings on the order of compounddirectional complements and the objects, which are mostly about ontology languageand foreign students’ acquisition. Based on the current findings and teaching practice,the content of this research is confirmed: Structure A, B and C composed of transitiveverb, compound directional complement and patient object.The second chapter studies verb “ná” and complement “chūlái” in Chinese basedon the Modern Chinese Corpus, and discusses pragmatic and mood characteristicsdeciding different positions of patient objects. Distributing factors on frequency ofStructure A, B and C are also listed on the textual level.In the third chapter, deficiencies of current textbooks are discussed in terms oflanguage point explanation, example sentences and relevant exercises. Suggestionsare also provided on textbook designing.The conclusion comes in the fourth chapter, in which all study results aresummarized, and defects and flaws are pointed out.