Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. ...Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. However, the problem is, in students’ English writings, the lack and imperfection of the image schema makes it difficult for Chinese students to effectively writethe composition. Thus, this paper explores the relationship between English language forms and image schemas in English writing,and discusses the possibility of using English corpus to help students construct image schema, so as to improve their English writing ability, meanwhile hope to provide a new direction in constructing domestic corpora and applying them in English teaching.展开更多
文摘Corpus linguistics takes real language data as the research object,it widely used in many aspects of the English languageresearch, but it still appears to be inadequate application in English classrooms and teaching. However, the problem is, in students’ English writings, the lack and imperfection of the image schema makes it difficult for Chinese students to effectively writethe composition. Thus, this paper explores the relationship between English language forms and image schemas in English writing,and discusses the possibility of using English corpus to help students construct image schema, so as to improve their English writing ability, meanwhile hope to provide a new direction in constructing domestic corpora and applying them in English teaching.