摘要
Identifying, describing and analyzing errors have been seen by many linguists as one of the main ways of investigating L2 acquisition.The present paper will focus on analyzing an advanced English learner' s errors in naturally occurring speech. Firstly, it describes in detail the errors that a Chinese advanced learner made in her first few months' the naturalistic communication, then analyzes the main types and causes of errors.Lastly, there is a conclusion that language errors are caused by the limits of human language (L1/L2) abilities and L2 errors are closely related to L1 interference.
许多语言学家认为,对语言错误的识别、描述和分析是探究二语习得的主要方法。本文根据错误分析理论,通过分析自然语境下,一个高级英语学习者的语言错误,剖析了错误的根源及错误类型。最后得出结论:语言错误通常是由第一或第二语言能力的局限性造成的,并且和第一语言的干扰密切相关。
