英语常用同义词的语义搭配研究——以very,rather,quite为例的一项基于语料库的个案研究

A Collocation Study of the Commonly Used Synonyms——A Case Study Based on the Corpus Approach

以very,rather,quite为例,运用语料库的研究方法,探讨了语义搭配在区分同义词中的重要作用,以及它对于我们准确使用英语的重要意义。得出结论:三者存在语义上的交叉,但在搭配的典型性上是有区别的,同时又各具其语义特点,rather倾向于和标记性的形容词搭配,而very,quite更倾向于和无标记性的形容词搭配。这也证明了"语言的范畴化是从具体用法中抽象出来的并且有典型到非典型的变化特征"这一认知理念。

Taking＂very＂,＂rather＂,and＂quite＂as an example,this paper uses the corpus approach to explore the importance of semantic collocation in distinguishing the synonyms and its significance for accurately using English.Then it is concluded that the three words are semantically overl appedbut the collocation typicality is to some degree different,while they have their own semantic collocation characteristics：＂rather＂ is disposed to collocate with marked adjectives,but ＂very＂ and＂quite＂tend to collocate with unmarked adjectives,which proves that＂language categories reflect cognitive processes of abstraction from actual usage events and from typicality to untypicality＂.