高校英语教师磨蚀词汇的语言学特征

Linguistic features of the attritional vocabulary of English teachers in colleges and universities

本研究以四川省8所高校57名英语高水平学习者即英语教师为研究对象,采用词汇测试的方式对受试者的英语词汇的磨蚀状况进行考察,深入分析了磨蚀词汇的具体语言学特征。研究结果表明:(1)英语高水平继续学习者的磨蚀词汇为专业八级词汇,与低水平中断学习者相异;(2)在语言学特征方面,英语高水平继续学习者与低水平学习者在词长方面相异,而在词频和词性方面一致。

57 English teachers from 8 colleges or universities in Sichuan Province participated in a vocabulary test and a survey, for a closer look into the phenomenon of the attrition of English vocabulary and a theoretical explanation of the linguistic features. The study reveals that:(1) The attritional vocabulary is TEM-8 level for the advanced learners, which is different from the intermediate learners;and(2) In terms of linguistic features, the advanced learners differ from the intermediate learners at word length, but they share same word frequency and word class features.