Analysis Of Acquisition Errors Of Thai Students’ Using On Chinese Structural Particle "De (得)"

Chinese structural particle "de (得)" has a high use frequency. The semantic, grammatical, and pragmatic functions of it are complicated, and it is a challenge for Thai students to understand the trifle differences between them and use it appropriately.In this thesis, the counterparts of Chinese structural particle "de (得)" in Thai are first analyzed and compared for similarities and differences followed by an in-depth comparative analysis of semantic, and pragmatic use of it in both languages. There are so many differences between Chinese and Thai on semantic or syntactic, so Thai students also encountered great difficulties when they study Chinese structural particle. This thesis focuses on acquisition which Thai students study Chinese structure particle "de (得)". In Thai, verb "(?)(Dai)" and conjunction "(?)(Jon)/(?)(Sia-Jon)" corresponds to Chinese structural particle "de (得)".This thesis shows the basic results of previous studies, corpus collected and questionnaires. Through investigation, this thesis’results analyze the acquisition errors which Thai students studying Chinese structure particle "de (得)" have. And then summarize those acquisition errors as following different types, such as misuse, incorrect add, omissions and wrong sequence. And then identify the reasons of caused bias from these types of acquisition errors, such as Thai language disturbance, negative transfer of target language knowledge and the affect of unsuitable learning strategies and learning environment. Through the results of this study, hopefully, Thai students can learn better and develop their Chinese communicative abilities more effectively.