基于语料库的英语成对作格动词和非成对作格动词的可习得性研究

A Corpus-based Study of the Learnablity of English Paired Ergatives Versus Unpaired Ergatives

英语作格动词可以被进一步区分为成对作格动词和非成对作格动词,这两类作格动词的不同特征使得它们在可习得性上有所不同。文章通过中国学习者英语语料库研究中国英语学习者对这两类作格动词的习得状况,发现对于二语习得者而言,英语成对作格动词比非成对作格动词更难以习得,成对作格动词的习得难度就在于学习者要能认识到该动词的作格式和它对应的及物动词的被动式在语义功能上的差异,该结果也在一定程度上支持了Yip(1995)关于两类作格动词的可习得性的分析预测。

Ergatives can be divided into two groups,with different properties and hence consequences for learnability.Based on the CLEC,this article intends to investigate the acquisition problem posed by paired eratives and unpaired ergatives for English learners.The result supports Yip＇s prediction that paired ergatives should be more difficult to acquire than unpaired ergatives,and the difficulty lies in a semantic distinction between the ergative and passive constructions.