本科生英语词缀习得研究

ASurvey of the Acquisition of Affixes by College Students

本研究运用描述性统计方法,通过词缀构词测试和访谈,分析学生利用词缀构词知识构词的习得情况。结果发现:(1)学生对利用词缀构词的掌握整体较差;(2)多重词缀和形容词后缀错误最多,前缀、名词后缀及动词后缀次之,副词后缀错误最少。本研究表明:(1)学生对词缀构词法知识的习得比较缓慢。(2)在课堂教学中,对词缀构词法知识的讲解应区别对待,有所侧重。(3)构词法知识的掌握应该为词汇记忆,通过派生拓展领会式词汇以及在阅读中猜测词义服务,谨慎利用构词法知识任意造词。

Based on the affix test and subject interview, this paper analyses the acquisition of affixes by college students by means of descriptive statistics. The findings show： （ 1 ） The acquisition of affixes by college students is unsatisfactory on the whole; （2） Errors come most in multi-affixes and adjective suffixes, less in prefixes, noun and verb suffixes, and least in adverb suffixes. The survey, therefore, suggests ： （ 1 ） The process of affix acquisition is quite slow; （2） Difference should be made in the teaching of affixes ; （ 3 ） The knowledge of affixes should serve for the memorization of vocabulary, for the meaning - guessing of difficult words while reading, not for the freewheeling word-formation.