情状体对一般过去时时体变异的影响——基于记叙文口语语篇的分析

The Influence of Lexical Aspect upon the Simple Past Variation in the Oral Narrative Discourse

以中国英语学习者的记叙文口语语篇为研究语料,分析动词情状体对学习者一般过去时时体变异的影响,可以发现学习者主要使用了一般过去时和一般现在时形式。学习者在使用一般过去时形式时更高频率地使用了达成动词和完结动词,其次是状态动词和活动动词;在四种情状体类型中使用一般过去时形式的正确率呈现出了从高到低即达成动词、完结动词、活动动词到状态动词的顺序。研究结果从共时层面支持了情状体优先假设中第一点内容的成立。

The paper, based on the data of Chinese English learners＇ oral narrative discourse, analyzed how lexical aspect affects their acquisition of the simple past tense. The results indicated that the learners mainly used the simple past tense and the simple present tense. In terms of frequency of using the simple past form, the learners used more verbs of achievement and accomplishment and fewer verbs of state and activity. In terms of rate of correctly using the simple past form, the learners displayed an order of achievement 〉 accomplishment 〉 activity 〉 state. Therefore the paper confirmed the first association of primacy of lexical aspect hypothesis.