话语补全测试的有效性研究述评

A Study of the Validity of the Discourse Completion Test

本文概述了国外近30年来对研究人员经常使用的语料收集方法“话语补全测试”的研究。通过该研究，作者旨在指出话语补全测试在收集语料时虽然有其不足之处，但是它在快速、大量地收集语料以及在很大程度上反映日常话语特征方面的优势还是显而易见的。研究人员在充分了解了该方法的利弊后，就能够扬长避短，收集到更加可靠和可信的语料。

This paper presents the study of the much employed data-collecting method Discourse Completion Test （DCT） in the last 30 years. It points out that despite the fact that DCT carries its disadvantages,it can collect a large amount of data quickly,and display the speaker＇ s natural language features. Consequently,it is necessary for the researchers to fully understand DCT＇ s benefits and drawbacks to make it a more reliable and valid data collection technique.