学习者英语动词配价结构使用特征探究

Exploring the Features of Verb Valency Patterns by Chinese EFL Learners

配价语法反映词汇的句法语义关系,为二语习得机制研究提供重要参考信息。本文在配价语法视域下探讨中国学习者配价结构的使用特点。研究以动词prevent为例,对比了本族语语料库和学习者语料库中配价结构使用的类型、分布及准确性。研究发现,在类型上中国学习者使用的典型配价结构和本族语者有显著差异,在准确性方面学生使用的配价结构存在种种误用现象,学习者使用搭配词的语义特征和本族语者不尽相同,表明学习者尚未掌握动词形式的配价变化及其和意义的关联。本文从语言输入、对比分析等角度探讨了影响学生配价知识的因素,建议在配价结构的习得中采用数据驱动的学习方法。

Valency grammar reveals the syntactic and semantic relations between lexical items,providing important reference to the study of the mechanism of second language acquisition.This study investigates the features of valency patterns employed by Chinese learners from the perspective of valency grammar.By taking the verb prevent as an example,we compared the type,distribution and accuracy of the valency patterns in LOB and CLEC.The findings indicate that there are significant differences in the typical valency patterns in CLEC and LOB,and there are various misuses of valency patterns by Chinese learners in terms of accuracy.The semantic features of the collocates used by Chinese learners differ from those used by native speakers.The analysis demonstrates that Chinese learners have an inadequate command of the different forms of verb with meaning.The study explores the factors which affect the learners’use of valency patterns from the angle of input and contrastive analysis,suggesting that data-driven learning should be applied to the acquisition of valency patterns.