TABLE 2.

Processing strategies, specific presentations, and TA evidence.

Strategy	TA evidence
Intuition
Feeling	我听起来就不对.
	It doesn’t sound right to me.
Confession	我见过这个，可是意思忘了.
	I have seen this one, but forgot its meaning.
Cliché	这就是我常说的/这就是一个成语.
	This is just what I often say/This is just an idiom.
“A just means A”	我很高兴就是我很高兴.
	wǒ-hěn-gāo-xìng [I am very happy] just means wǒ-hěn-gāo-xìng [I am very happy].”
Example
Give an example	他通过了考试, 真是’出人意料.’.
	He passed the exam; it is truly chū-rén-yì-liào [beyond all expectations].
Interpretation
Interpret the meaning	‘一见钟情’就是第一次见面就爱上了彼此.
	yī-jiàn-zhōng-qíng [fall in love at first sight] means falling in love with each other during the first meeting.
Interpret the context of usage	‘不敢当’ 就是别人夸你的时候你说, 谦虚的.
	bù-gan-dǎng [I truly don’t deserve this] is what you say when people praise you in order to be modest.
Association
Associate a synonym/antonym	‘等不及’就是’不耐烦.’.
	děng-bù-jí [can’t wait] is just bu-nai-fan [impatient]
Associate another FS	没听过’好意思,’ 只听过’不好意思.’.
	Haven’t heard of hǎo-yì-si [have the nerve], only heard of bù-hǎo-yì-si [be ashamed of].
Associate L1	对, 韩语里也有这样的说法.
	Correct. Koreans also have this saying.
Metalinguistics
Syntactic analysis	对，是动词加补语的结构..
	Correct. It is a verb plus a complement structure.
Semantic analysis	应该是表达和自己的情绪有关系,因为有哭和笑两个字.
	It should be related to one’s emotions, because there is a kū [cry] and xiào [smile] in it.
Pattern analysis	‘谈天说地,’ 对的, 中文里说’天’就一定要说’地’.
	tán-tiān-shuō-dì [talk of everything under the sun], correct. In Chinese, when tán [sky] is mentioned, dì [earth] must also be mentioned.