英语“OK”语用特征及其生态组构模式的语料库研究

A Corpus-based Approach to the Pragmatic Properties and Eco-combining Patterns of the English Word “OK”

本研究通过COCA、COHA、SOAP等大型美语语料库从共时和历时角度对"OK"的总体分布、词类分布和组构分布进行实证考察,结果发现:"OK"是一个典型的口语表征,口语体中应用最多,而学术体中则最少,1950年后才得以迅猛增长;就词类而言,其形容词应用最多,其中[Be]OK又最突显,1980年代后得以快速增长;就组构(右向、左向及标点符号)而言,主要出现在口语体中,与副词组构最多,也是1980年代后得到较大增长,且前后多用冒号、逗号和句号,不用感叹号。最后,通过Glo Wb E语料库就"OK"在本族语国家中的应用进行比较,发现与副词组构仍最多,同时美国始终是引领者。

This paper examines "OK"via its whole distribution,word class and combining distribution in terms of American corpora( COCA,COHA and SOAP) from synchronic and diachronic perspectives. The results reveal that"OK"is a typical oral representation,most used in spoken language while least used in academic writing,and it flourishes after 1950. As for the word class,it's employed most frequently as an adjective,of which the representation [Be]OK is the most prominent and,moreover,it enters the fast track after1980 s. As to its combination( to the right,left and punctuation),"OK"is chiefly used in spoken language,combined with adverbs,and it also rises quickly after 1980 s in size and frequency,with more colons,commas,periods,but few exclamations. Finally,the paper makes a comparison among different native speakers of English countries in the light of the corpus Glo Wb E,and the result shows that the combination with adverbs is most appreciated,always led by American English.