来自不同语言类型的学习者叙述汉语运动事件的实验研究

An Experimental Study of Motion Event Expressions by Chinese L2 Learners from Different Language Backgrounds

不同语言类型的人在描述运动事件时所关注的运动事件成分与所选择的词汇和句法类型是不同的,那么不同语言类型的人在用第二语言叙述时是否也会受到母语类型特征的影响?这种母语类型特征的影响是否还会受到第二语言熟练程度的调节呢?本研究选取来自S型语言和V型语言的两组学习者,收集并分析了他们在用汉语叙述运动事件时的语料。结果表明汉语学习者在叙述运动事件时确实受到母语类型学特征的影响,但这种影响只体现在部分运动事件的成分上,而且学习者的汉语水平制约着母语特征发挥影响。基于此,我们对汉语作为第二语言的词汇句法教学和语篇教学提出了一些建议。

When describing a motion event, people speaking different types of languages are believed to focus on different aspects of the motion and use different lexicalization patterns and syntactic packaging structures. Our focus of interest is whether there is crosslinguistic transfer when adult language learners express motion events with their L2. This paper reports an empirical study on the expressions of adult Chinese L2 learners speaking as 1.1 either a satellite-framed or a verb-framed language, with particular focus on the Path and Manner components of motion. The results suggest that their Ll＇s typological fea- tures are indeed transferred to their L2 description of motion events. However, Li impact is confined to some aspects of events only and constrained by the learner＇s Chinese proficiency. The paper ends with a discussion of the implications of the study for L2 teaching.