摘要
来自语料库的数据证实了be gonna构式并非be going to构式语法化的最新阶段,两者间是一种变项共存的关系。从历时角度来看,语料库的数据证实了be gonna是削减效应的产物,在过去近百年中并未扩展到正式书面语中去,但其在非正式书面语中的使用频率处于不断上升阶段。从共时角度来看,该构式主要用于口语中的互动性场合。对be gonna的研究,既显示了语料库方法在语法化研究中的巨大作用,也揭示了变项共存状态对语法化研究的重要性。
Statistics from the related corpora confirms that the construction be gonna is not a candidate for the latest stage of grammaticalization of the construction be going to.The two constructions are in the state of variation.From the diachronic perspective,the related statistics reveals that the be gonna construction was the product of the Reduction Effect.Other facts related to the diachronic distributions of the construction are that the construction has not been expanded into formal written English during the past period of nearly one hundred years and its frequency of use in informal written English has been in steady increase.From the synchronic perspective,the construction is mainly used on the interactive occasions in spoken English.While the study of be gonna reveals the great role corpora can play,the distributions of the two constructions in different registers testify the importance of variation in the studies of grammaticalization.
出处
《外语教学理论与实践》
CSSCI
北大核心
2010年第1期62-68,共7页
Foreign Language Learning Theory And Practice