21.4062, Qs: Cross-Linguistic Comparison: Khmer and English

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Subject: 21.4062, Qs: Cross-Linguistic Comparison: Khmer and English

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Date: 13-Oct-2010
From: Chheangy Chea [cheachheang at siu.edu]
Subject: Cross-Linguistic Comparison: Khmer and English
 

	
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Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:37:09
From: Chheangy Chea [cheachheang at siu.edu]
Subject: Cross-Linguistic Comparison: Khmer and English

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I am currently working on a case study for my master's thesis. The 
objective is to compare with Lardiere's study on "Case and Tense in 
the 'fossilized' steady state" (Lardiere, 1998). My subject is a native 
speaker of Khmer (Cambodian) who acquired English as a second 
language in the US.

I am doing a cross-linguistic comparison of Khmer and English for my 
literature review part. In order to establish my research, I need to know 
how different Khmer and English are linguistically. My study looks at 
the subject acquiring inflectional morphemes in English. Since I do not 
have Khmer linguistic knowledge, I cannot predict how my subject is 
going to produce English.
  
I have found only one previous study involving Khmer speakers of 
English as subjects (The Convergence of Possessive and Existential 
Constructions by Duff, 1993). It would be very helpful for me if I could 
get access to more studies involving Cambodian speakers of English.

Basically, I have access to only the I-Share database: 

https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/ilcso/cgi-bin/welcome 

In short, I would like any information on the following:
1. Is there any study involving cross-linguistic differences between 
English and Khmer (Cambodian Language)?
2. Is there any study in linguistics involving Cambodians as subjects?

Please list any titles and links (if possible) and please let me know how 
I can get access to them.

Thanks,
Chheangy Chea 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Morphology
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Khmer, Central (khm)




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