摘要
本文利用中国英语学习者口语语料库(SECCL),研究记叙文语篇结构和时体使用的关系.结果发现,前景部分和背景部分的时态分布有不同的特点:前景部分使用的主要时体形式是一般过去时和动词原形,背景部分主要是一般现在时和动词原形,但背景部分的时体形式更趋于多样化.这一发现与语篇假设的预测基本一致.
This study investigated the relationship between narrative structure and tense-aspect forms based on the spoken English corpus of Chinese learners (SECCL). It was found that the distribution of tense-aspect forms in the foreground was different from that in the background. The main verb forms used in the foreground were the simple past and the base form, while the simple present and the base form dominated the background. Besides, the background showed a tendency of diversity in English tense-aspect forms. On the whole, the discourse hypothesis is supported by our findings.
出处
《外语与外语教学》
北大核心
2005年第7期15-18,共4页
Foreign Languages and Their Teaching
基金
北京外国语大学中国外语教育研究中心资助
关键词
语篇结构
前景部分
背景部分
时体形式
narrative structure, foreground, background, tense-aspect forms