中国学生使用英语形容词时的非母语性——以“afraid”为例

Non-nativeness of Chinese Learners' Use of Grammatical and Lexical Patterns of English Adjectives—With "afraid" as Example

对比分析"afraid"的语法类型和词汇类型在中国学习者语料库和英语母语语料库中的使用情况,我们发现中国学生在英语形容词的使用中存在着明显的非母语性。产生这种现象有内因和外因两个方面。内因包括母语迁移和交际时所采取的策略,外因与国内主流教学方法有关。

This paper makes a detailed analysis of the characteristics typical of Chinese learners use of 'afraid' in an attempt to show that apparent nonnativeness exists in Chinese learners use of English adjectives. Behind this, there are both internal and external factors, the former including transfer from the mother tongue and communicative strategies used and the latter including the prevalent teaching method in China.