女性英语学习者疑问话语语用分析——一项基于口语语料库的研究

Pragmatic Analyses of Female English Learners'Interrogatives A Spoken Corpus Based Study

鉴于国内关于女性疑问话语的研究多基于国外的研究数据,通过对大学学习者英语口语语料库COLSEC的研究,考察了中国女性英语学习者在口语中使用疑问句的情况,并分析了疑问句分处话轮不同位置时所具有的语用功能。在与男性的对比研究中,使用成对样本T检验和描述性统计方法,发现女性学习者疑问话语的使用显著多于男性,反映出女性英语学习者在会话策略上的不同及对话轮较强的控制能力。

In view of the fact that most domestic researches on women＇s interrogative discourses are based on research data from abroad, this paper chooses COLSEC, inspects Chinese women learners＇ use interrogatives in spoken English and analyses the pragmatic functions each interrogative type performs as they are located in different positions in a turn. In comparison with men, the study employs T-test and descriptive statistics and figures out women learners＇ more use of interrogatives than men, which indicates women learners＇ particular conversation strategy and better control of the turn-taking.