语言初始状态对二语词汇复杂性发展的影响

Effects of Language Initial States on Lexical Complexity Development in L2 Writing

基于动态系统理论,采用历时研究与案例研究相结合的方法考察学习者的语言初始状态不同对普通话单言者和闽-普双言者两组被试二语书面语词汇复杂性发展的影响。研究发现,普通话单言者和闽-普双言者均在词汇多样性和词汇复杂度方面的表现有所提高。闽-普双言者更能适应英语中的名词化现象,并且在此期间子系统呈涌现模式,出现吸态的次数较多,在大学阶段同等外部条件下更能够打破外语学习的僵化状态。社会母语经验、环境因素和语言因素等多方面所构成的初始状态对学习者后期的语言发展都会产生潜移默化的影响。

The present study aimed to investigate how the lexical complexity of L2 writing develops over time under the influence of different initial states on mono-Mandarin speakers and bi-Min-Mandarin speakers within the framework of Dynamic System Theory (DST). Results of analysis indicate that while Mandarin monolinguals and Min-Mandarin bilinguals have both improved in terms of lexical diversity and complexity, Min-Mandarin speakers have more abundant social mother-tongue experiences, which helps them adapt better to nominalization in English and possess more attractor states in the emerge patterns of their subsystem. The initial state of social mother tongue experience, environmental factors and linguistic factors exert a subtle influence on the later language development of learners.