Chinese And Thai Adverbs Contrast

This dissertation is primarily concerned with the comparative study of Adverb of Negation, Time, and Quantity in Thai and Chinese language.According to our research, mistakes Thai learners of Chinese language make in using them, have two reasons: both of them being connected to the nature of the native language, Interlanguage, and the second language, Intralanguage.There are two different cases, when it comes to the position of the Adverb of Negation, in a sentence: it can be same in Thai and Chinese, or a slightly different. This is a reason why students often misuse them. For example, in Chinese, "bu"and "mei" can be use for denying, but, in Thai, only one word can be used for denying "mai".As a consequence, Thai students often make mistakes when using "bu"and "mei".When it comes to the Adverb of Time, they have different word-order in Thai, where it can be placed before or after verb, while in Chinese only before the verb. This creates a problem in usage, called mis-order. Additionally, some Adverbs of Time, close in meaning, such as, "changchang" and "wangwang"; "kuai"and "kuaiyao";"zai", "zheng"and "zhengzai"can also often be misused.Furthermore, Thai and Chinese Adverbs of Time, have a different word-order. The same is with Adverb of Quantity, which caused four types of mistakes: mis-order, mis-adding,misuse and missing.This research, based on the comparative study of Adverb of Negation, Time, and Quantity, in Chinese and Thai, as well as analysis of mistakes Thai learners of Chinese make, will be a guideline for the usage of Adverbs of Negation, Adverbs of Time and Adverb of Quantity in Chinese and make a contribution to teaching Chinese as a foreign language as well.