固化、占位和动词语义对英语使役构式过度泛化的抑制作用

The roles of entrenchment,preemption and verb semantics in the restriction of overgeneralization errors:Evidence from English causative constructions

本研究以词汇使役构式和迂回使役构式为目标构式,采用语法可接受度判断任务,通过混合效应模型分析,综合考察固化、占位和动词语义对中国英语学习者抑制构式过度泛化的影响。研究发现:1)动词的语义特征能显著预测学习者对使役构式的接受度,动词语义与构式义的兼容性越强,构式的接受度就越高;2)固化和占位对学习者避免泛化错误的作用显著,且对中等水平学习者作用更大;3)固化、占位和动词语义同时发挥作用,且固化和占位效应大于语义效应。本研究结果有利于更深入认识二语习得中过度泛化的抑制机制。

With lexical causative and periphrastic causative constructions as the target constructions,this study uses grammaticality judgment tasks to explore the roles of entrenchment,preemption,and verb semantics in the restriction of overgeneralization errors in Chinese EFL learners.The results from a mixed-effects model analysis indicate that:1) Verb semantics significantly predicts learners’ acceptance of the causative constructions,and the greater the compatibility of verb-construction pairings is,the higher their acceptability will be;2) entrenchment and preemption have a greater influence on the avoidance of overgeneralization errors in intermediate learners than in low-level learners;and 3) the effects of entrenchment and preemption are greater than the semantic effect,although entrenchment,preemption,and verb semantics function simultaneously.These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the restrictive mechanism of overgeneralization in second language acquisition.