中国英语初学者写作词块使用特征研究

On the Features of Lexical Bundles Used by Chinese Beginner Learners of English in Writings

本研究基于语料库对中国初学者与奥地利英语初学者写作中使用的高频词块进行比较,探索中国初学者的词块使用偏好及独特误用。研究发现:1)中国初学者最常使用结构维度短语限制词块,而句子构建词块虽与其占比接近,但未达到预期,这两类词块的使用占比远高于多词词块与习俗语词块;功能维度必要话题词块是中国初学者的偏好词块,占比远高于话语手段词块与社交互动词块。2)中国初学者在写作中倾向于过度借助词块,使用的写作词块有口语化倾向,语篇衔接能力显著更低。3)中国初学者特有的词块误用类型主要包括词汇搭配误用与类联接误用,这对写作词块的教学与学习具有启示意义。

This study identifies the using preferences and unique errors of lexical bundles by Chinese beginner learners of English(CBLE)by comparing the high frequency bundles in the sub-corpora of China's Mainland and Austria.Through detailed analysis,it is found that(i)phrasal constraints in structural dimension are CBLE’s most preferred bundles,but sentence builders are not the most frequent bundles as has been expected,though they have a closer percentage as phrasal constraints.The percentages of these two types of bundles are much higher than those of polywords and institutionalized expressions.Necessary topics in functional dimension are CBLE’s preferred bundles,with a great higher percentage than social interactions and discourse devices.(ii)CBLE prefer to overuse bundles,and employ a spoken type of discourse in their writing;and their cohesive ability in discourse is significantly lower.(iii)The unique errors of lexical bundles by CBLE mainly include collocation errors and colligation errors.Based on the findings,some implications for the teaching and learning of lexical bundles are also offered.