语料库下的英语专业学生Be动词使用情况研究

A corpus-based study of the use of Be verbs by English majors

作为英语中最复杂的一类基本动词,Be动词备受学界关注。学界着重讨论中国学习者在使用Be动词的过程中出现的错误,却鲜少对该类动词的使用情况进行总体研究。通过语料库探讨中国英语专业大学生Be动词使用情况,对相关研究具有启示意义。研究发现英语专业大学生偏向使用表示现在时且作主要动词或体助动词的Be动词,回避使用表示其他时、体并充当被动语态助动词或非谓语动词的Be动词,且使用的Be动词词丛结构受汉语影响。

As the most complicated primary verbs in English,Be verbs have long interested scholars in linguistic field.Scholars mainly focus on the discussion of errors found in learners'use of the Be verbs,but few of them conduct an overall study on how Be verbs are used.Therefore,this research discusses how Chinese English-majored students use Be verbs based on corpuses,so as to shed new light on relevant studies.Through detailed study,it finds that English-majored students prefer present tense Be verbs which serve as main verbs or aspect auxiliaries in sentences while avoiding the use of other Be verbs that function as passive auxiliaries or non-finite verbs.In addition,the formation of Be verbs clusters used by English-majored students is also influenced by Chinese.