基于语料库高中生英语书面语口语化特征研究

A Corpus-based Study on the Colloquial Features in English Writing by Senior High Students

基于包含2900余篇中国高中生同题英语作文的小型自建语料库,本文考察了高中生英语书面语中第一人称代词、第二人称代词、情态动词、缩略式、模糊词和强调小品词等六类口语化特征指标的使用规律。通过对比中国高中生与英国高中生的英语书面语,本文发现,中国高中生英语书面语中第一人称代词、第二人称代词、缩略式和情态动词等口语化特征的使用更为频繁。通过对比中国各年级高中生的英语书面语,本文发现,随着年级的增长,高三年级学生在英语书面语中口语化特征的使用比高一和高二阶段的学生显著减少。

Based on the self-built corpus which contains more than 2900 English texts written by Chinese senior high students,this article examines the use of six indicators for colloquial features in written English,namely the first person pronouns,second person pronouns,modal verbs,abbreviations,fuzzy words and emphatic particles.A comparison between the use of above-mentioned colloquial features in texts written by native English-speaking students and Chinese EFL students in senior high schools shows that Chinese students employ more first person singular pronouns,second person pronouns,abbreviations and modal verbs than their English counterparts do.A between-grades comparison among Chinese EFL students in senior high schools reveals that as grade level increases,there is a significant decline in the use of colloquial features,particularly in written English by students in Grade Three compared with those in Grade Two and Grade One.