中美大学生英语议论文语言特征对比研究

A Comparative Study of the Linguistic Features of English Argumentative Essays Written by Chinese and American College Students

以中国三所高校和美国三所高校非英语专业二年级本科生的英语议论文作为样本,对中美大学生英语议论文中的语言特征进行对比。结果表明:(1)两者在词频和抽象名词的使用频率上接近,但中国大学生重复现象严重;(2)在句式结构方面,两者使用的主要句式均为简单句和复杂句,但在关键句型的使用上,两者差异显著;(3)中国大学生的作文往往存在各类语言错误,尤其是中式英语表达。这些发现对英语教学有一定的启发意义。

This paper compares the linguistic features of English argumentative essays written by Chinese and A- merican sophomores from three universities in China and the U.S. respectively. Results show that： （ 1 ） Chinese and American students are similar in using different levels of words and abstract nouns, but the former tend to repeat words in compositions; （2） Chinese and American students mainly use simple and complex sentences among the four types of sentences, but they show significant differences in the use of key sentence patterns ; （ 3 ） Chinese students often make various language errors, especially Chinglish expressions. These findings have some implica- tions for English learning and teaching.