英语母语者习得抽象义“在X下”的实证研究

An Empirical Study on the Acquisition of Abstract Prepositional Frame Construction “Zai X Xia”by English Native Speakers

本文以表抽象义的介词性框式结构"在X下"为对象,通过实验研究考察其语义类型和汉语水平两个因素对中、高级英语母语者习得表抽象义"在X下"的影响。研究结果表明:从整体上看,表示情况状态义的"在X下"的习得难于表示条件义的"在X下";高级水平英语母语者的掌握情况好于中级水平英语母语者。此外,本文结合语言迁移理论,从英汉对比、语言标记、语言距离、频度和汉语的欧化现象等方面对影响英语母语者习得表抽象义"在X下"的原因进行分析,并提出了针对英语母语者的教学建议。

This study tak object, the present study affect the acquisition of es prepositional frame construction ＂zai X xia＂ as the research examines whether semantic types and Chinese language proficiency ＂zai X xia＂ by English native speakers by using inter-language corpora survey and experimental investigation method. As the result,case semantic of ＂zai X xia＂ is more difficult than condition semantics of ＂zai X xia＂;High-level English n- ative speakers master better than intermediate-level speakers. Besides, based on language transfer theory,this paper analyzes the reasons which affect the acquisition from comparison between Chinese and English, markedness,language distance, frequency and on the basis of these findings,some pedagogical suggestions for teaching prototype. At last, and learning prep- ositional frame construction are proposed.