A Study On The Acquisition Of "Le" Of The Thai Students

This paper systematically compares the differences of the Chinese “了” and “????”of Thai language in the syntactic,semantic and pragmatic aspects,on the basis of the usage of “ 了 ”in the HSK dynamic composition corpus of Beijing Language and Culture University and in the compositions of the Thai students in GuangXi University for Nationnalities in order to describe the inter-language system of “了” through error analysis and acquisition order.According to error analysis,the Thai foreign students will make the following 6 kinds of mistakes: easily omission of “le₁”when the verb is followed by a resultative complement;addition of “le₁”after the volitive auxiliary;disorder of “le₁” when the verb is followed by a subsequent clause;omission of “le₂ ”in the “V/adj（+O）+le”structure;addition of “le₂ ”in the negative structure;disorder of “le₂ ”when the verb is followed by a simple object.By making a study into the acquisition order of the syntactic structure of “le ”,the following conclusion can be drew:“tai +adj.+le₂”>“kuai / yao+V/Num +le₂”> “adj./N/Nub+le₂”>“V+le₁+ volume/ time volume /momentum（+O）” > “V₁+le₁+（O/Num）+V₂”> “V+le₂” >“bu+V/adj+le₂”>“bie +V+le₁+O”> “V+le₁+O”>“V+O+le₂”>“V+ Num（+O）+了₂”>“mei（you）+V（+O）+le₂”>“V+le₁+O/Num+le₂”>“V+le₁+V”。Finally,according to the acquisition order and characteristics of “le”,suggestions are made on the teaching order of “le” for the Thai students.