回顾与展望:书面语句长研究

Studies on sentence-length in written language:retrospect and prospect

本研究按照时间脉络和研究领域梳理了现有书面语句长研究,并对未来研究进行了展望。现有书面语句长研究主要领域包括文体风格研究、文本分类研究、语言属性研究和可读性研究。现有研究尚存一定局限性。未来研究应扩大研究领域,避免单一研究模式所具有的内在缺陷。根据三角验证法原则,从不同的理论视角,协调不同学科领域研究者收集的数据,以不同的研究方法系统揭示与二语学习者相关的书面语句长这一语言现象的全貌。

Being a feature of language,sentence-length,which is objective and can be easily manipulated,is the externalization of texts’internal characteristics.The research attempts to review the studies that focus on sentence-length in written language and to predict the prospect of future research,so as to enlighten L2 teaching and learning.Based on research focus,the existing studies are chronologically reviewed.Results show that the existing studies mainly concentrate on style,text classification,language properties and readability.While laying a sound foundation for future research,the existing studies show certain limitations,namely,the monotony of research model and the exclusion of the written language related to L2 learners.Predictions are made that future research focuses more on the sentence-length in written language related to L2 learners.Meanwhile,observing the principles of triangulation,future researchers from different disciplines should cooperate to reveal the truth of sentence-length of written language related to L2 learners by triangulating data,research methods and theories.