基于语料库的中国学习者英语中动结构习得研究

A Corpus-based Study of English Middle Construction Acquisition by Chinese Learners

文章以中国学习者语料库为语料,对中国学习者使用英语中动结构的频率、错误率、难点及错误原因进行分析研究。研究发现,中国学习者使用中动结构的频率与其英语语言水平不相关;使用中动结构的错误率与其英语语言水平负相关;错误主要集中在中动结构一些特性的违背、中动词的错用,以及其他基础语法错误;而出错的主要原因是中动结构自身的复杂性、母语负迁移以及缺少显性教学。

Based on the Chinese Learner English Corpus, this paper analyzes the frequency, error rate, difficulty and error causes of Chinese learners using English Middle Construction (EMC). It is found that the frequency of the Chinese EFL learners using EMC is independent of their English proficiency level;Chinese EFL learners’ performance in the acquisition of EMC is negatively correlated with their English proficiency;the errors are mainly focus on the violation of EMC features, the misuse of middle verbs, and other basic English grammatical errors;the main reasons for the errors are the complexity of EMC, the negative L1 transfer, and the lack of explicit instruction.