Abstract:

The combined descriptive-complement structure “zhe NV de C” is a high-frequent format used in modern spoken Chinese, with a variety of forms and semantic types of complements, which often results in a variety of learning errors such as wrong addition, wrong order and wrong substitution when second language learners learn it. Among them, complex adjectival complements are one of the most common types of complements used by international students. To address these types of errors and the reasons behind them, such as negative native language transfer and generalization of knowledge of the target language, teaching strategies such as contextual teaching, enhanced repetition and gradual progression should be adopted to better help second language learners internalize the grammatical knowledge of Chinese complements.

Key words: dynamic-complement structure, “zhe NV de C”, sentence with “de”, complement teaching