母语类型对二语学习者使用英语动词论元构式的影响

The Effects of First Language Typology on the Use of English Verb Argument Constructions by L2 Learners

母语的语言类型对英语动词论元构式可能有影响,但国内尚无相关研究发表。因此,本文通过对TOELF11语料库中母语为德语、汉语、西班牙语学习者的同题目同水平英语作文进行标注与分析,考察了二语学习者母语的语言类型对他们使用英语动词论元构式的影响。结果发现:(1)学习者的母语与目的语的类型相似性对VL和VOL构式中动词与介词的类符频数都没有显著影响,但对形符频数有显著影响,类型相似性越高,形符频数越高。(2)母语与目的语的类型相似性有助于提高动词论元构式使用的正确率。但类型相似性在两类构式中对动词错误都没有显著影响,对介词错误的边缘显著影响只在VOL构式中存在。

The effects of language typology on the acquisition of verb argument constructions(VACs)are an important issue,but have been unfortunately neglected in China.In order to fill the gap,this paper investigated how L1 German,L1 Chinese and L1 Spanish learners used VACs in parallel English argumentations from TOELF11 corpus.After data coding and analysis,the following findings were yielded.First,the typological similarity between learners’L1 and English did not significantly affect the type frequencies of verbs and prepositions,but exerted significant influence on their token frequencies,which suggested the facilitation of typological similarity.Second,typological similarity seemed to benefit the learners in using VACs correctly.In terms of its influence on errors,it was not significant in verbal errors in both VL and VOL constructions,but peripherally significant only in prepositional errors in the VOL constructions.