我国学生英语演讲中的语块特点:基于语料库的考察

A Corpus-based Study on Chunk Patterns of Chinese EFL Public Speakers

本文运用语料库考察中国英语学习者演讲语块使用的特点,研究发现:(1)中国英语演讲选手使用4类语块:多元词、短语架构、习俗语和句子构造框架,4类语块的使用频率存在差异,较少使用习俗语和多元词,但后者的丰富度最大;(2)中国演讲选手的语块使用与英国演讲者相比存在显著差异,在语块总体丰富度上未见显著差异,但表现出过多使用习俗语块的倾向;(3)大学生与中学生无显著差异,但大学生的语块丰富度明显高于中学生,中学生的习俗语块使用频数远远超过大学生,但丰富度却较低;(4)英语演讲典型语块错误包括母语迁移错误、习得错误、冗余错误、混用错误等。

This paper describes the patterns of chunks in unprepared public speeches by Chinese EFL learners quantitatively and qualitatively.The present study tries to address four questions:the general patterns of chunks in Chinese EFL public speakers,the differences in formulaic uses between Chinese and English speakers,the differences across secondary and tertiary Chinese EFL speakers and major types of errors and sources.The results show that Chinese EFL learners apply four types of chunks,among which sentence bu...