Based on the interlanguage corpus in spoken Chinese, this book compares the corpora of native Chinese and English speakers, and comprehensively describes and analyzes the characteristics and rules of Chinese conjunctions used by native English speakers who use Chinese as a second language at different levels. It also describes the specific mechanism that affects the expression of conjunctions in their interlanguage system in spoken Chinese. The research method of this book is based on the Spoken Chinese Test (SCT) corpus, supplemented by the CCL Modern Chinese and Chinese-English bilingual corpus, and accomplishes the following research objectives: Based on the form, function and evaluation, the frequency characteristics (descriptive analysis), semantic characteristics (descriptive analysis), and the accuracy and coherence characteristics (evaluative analysis) of the use of conjunctions in the spoken language of native English speakers are analyzed and investigated. For the causes of these characteristics, this book analyzes from three perspectives of mother tongue, learners and teaching, and puts forward the corresponding teaching suggestions.

    This book is an empirical study based on native English speakers’ spoken Chinese performance of conjunctions. It is based on the Peking University Spoken Chinese Test Corpus, and is combined with Peking University CCL Modern Chinese and Chinese-English bilingual corpora. The argumentation method is scientific and the experimental data is full and accurate. The argumentation process is clear and the research conclusions are reliable. The research methods and theories used in the book have reference significance for other similar types of Chinese interlanguage phenomena, and the research conclusions made in this book have positive significance for the study of the acquisition of Chinese conjunctions.