English gerund construction is a system composed of 3 variants, including "Gerund + Φ", "Gerund + of + NP", and "Gerund + NP". The noun and verb attributes of the 3 variants are recursiv...English gerund construction is a system composed of 3 variants, including "Gerund + Φ", "Gerund + of + NP", and "Gerund + NP". The noun and verb attributes of the 3 variants are recursive, and in theory their frequencies vary regularly in different styles. An abstract is placed before the beginning of an academic papers, which has the basic characteristics of conciseness and generalization, and has special requirements for the use of gerunds. The purpose of this study was to empirically explore the system of gerund construction in abstracts of natural science and social science papers, and to specifically explore the inherent characteristics of noun and verb properties of the 3 variants. For this purpose, two corpora were constructed, one is about abstracts of natural science papers, and the other is about abstracts of social science papers. Finally, the results of chi-square test showed that there was no significant difference in the frequencies of the 3 variants in the abstracts of natural science and social science papers, and the two corpora can be studied as a whole. In the combined corpus, there were significant differences in the frequencies of the 3 gerund variants. The frequencies of these 3 variants and their gerund properties showed a recursive change.展开更多
Construction grammar attempts to reveal the nature, structure, and functions of language. As a theoretical system of language based on cognitive linguistics, construction grammar is a reaction and thus a contrast to t...Construction grammar attempts to reveal the nature, structure, and functions of language. As a theoretical system of language based on cognitive linguistics, construction grammar is a reaction and thus a contrast to the traditional generative grammar. This paper tries to outline the major propositions of construction grammar and construction theory, analyses the significance of constructions and their relations to second language acquisition （SLA） and the routes of construction acquisition in SLA, plus the orientations in research on the relations between construction acquisition and SLA.展开更多
“Form-meaning pair”is not a distinctive feature of constructions,but a universal feature of all things.A construction must be a structure.Morphemes are the smallest sound-meaning assemblies,but they only represent a...“Form-meaning pair”is not a distinctive feature of constructions,but a universal feature of all things.A construction must be a structure.Morphemes are the smallest sound-meaning assemblies,but they only represent a symbolic relationship which has no internal structure;thus,they are not constructions.In addition,if morphemes are also treated as constructions,there is a problem of“heterogeneity”in understanding the“form”of constructions.As to the rising“constructionist”and the traditional“atomist”dichotomy,we feel the“constructionist”approach complies better with the actual linguistic life.Construction Grammar leads people to pay close attention to the integrity of constructions and the cognitive mechanisms behind linguistic facts.Therefore,it is of great value both theoretically and practically.However,since Construction Grammar has not yet displayed a distinct value in terms of methodology,we must be careful not to overrate it or overestimate it.展开更多
This study aims at analyzing the tendency and change in the research on construction grammar from 2010 to 2020.Descriptively,this study includes the publication year,research topic,research direction,research content,...This study aims at analyzing the tendency and change in the research on construction grammar from 2010 to 2020.Descriptively,this study includes the publication year,research topic,research direction,research content,and the research methods.Twenty-four CSSCI journals were selected as the research samples using the keyword–“Construction Grammar.”The research topics mainly include Chinese construction research,foreign language construction research,and comparative studies on Chinese and other language constructions.The results showed that there are many Chinese construction research,but the other two research topics still require improvement.Ontology research was the main focus;acquisition research and teaching research are worthy for further exploration.Case studies and theoretical studies were the most concerned contents,whereas studies on language acquisition,pedagogy,and corpus construction were feeble.Qualitative description and theoretical review were the most popular methods,while empirical,quantitative,and diachronic analyses were less frequently used.After analyzing the trends,it has been predicted that the research on construction grammar would continue to heat up in the future,and there would be more research directions and contents along with diversified research methods.展开更多
Creativity is a design feature of human language.This paper presents a cognitive model of verbal creativity that draws on insights from the psychological research into creativity-particularly Glaveanu's 5A model t...Creativity is a design feature of human language.This paper presents a cognitive model of verbal creativity that draws on insights from the psychological research into creativity-particularly Glaveanu's 5A model that distinguishes five crucial perspectives on a creative act(actors,audience,artefacts,actions and affordances).The paper will outline a linguistic version of this model that adopts Construction Grammar as its theoretical foundation.The resulting"5C model of constructional creativity"argues that the central elements of linguistic creativity are constructors,co-constructors,constructs,constructional blending and the constructional network.展开更多
Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogeth...Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogether 120 subjects participated in this experiment and were required to take the proofreading exercise in limited time. The experimental results showed that Chinese EFL learners at different levels of proficiency acquired the core subclass of double object construction better than peripheral ones;meanwhile, learners at higher levels of proficiency outperformed those at lower levels, especially in the peripheral types. Relevant theoretical interpretations were given thereafter to the above research findings, with the hope to shed some light on the learning of double object construction by Chinese EFL learners.展开更多
English ditransitive construction is a significant component of Goldberg's construction grammar which is based on cognitive linguistics. It aims to enlighten teachers and learners of SLA. It presents backgrounds a...English ditransitive construction is a significant component of Goldberg's construction grammar which is based on cognitive linguistics. It aims to enlighten teachers and learners of SLA. It presents backgrounds and the basic concepts of Goldberg's construction grammar, depicts what English ditransitive construction is and its semantic constraints, and refers to enlightments of English ditransitive construction on SLA from four perspectives.展开更多
Since the Keyser and Roeper,English middle construction(EMC)has attracted the linguists successfully with its complex syntactic and semantic features.The essential feature of EMC is active in syntactic form and passiv...Since the Keyser and Roeper,English middle construction(EMC)has attracted the linguists successfully with its complex syntactic and semantic features.The essential feature of EMC is active in syntactic form and passive in semantic meaning.Semantically,EMC is characterized by non-eventivity,genericity,agentivity and modality.Syntactically,the argument of EMC sentence is the internal argument of the verb,and the verb usually takes the modifier of an adverb or modal verb.Due to the complexity of EMC,many English learners encounter some difficulties in learning the second language.Based on Construction Grammar,this paper mainly investigates the following questions:first,is the learners’acquisition on EMC related to their English proficiency?Second,for typical and untypical EMC,which one is more difficult for them to learn?According to the research objectives,the research finally selects 32 valid papers and divides the subjects into advanced and elementary groups according to their scores in CET-6 and TEM-8,and R Studio is adopted to analyze their acquisition of EMC.The research results show that:first,the learners’acquisition on EMC is related to their English proficiency.Second,for typical and untypical EMC,both of them acquire typical EMC better than the untypical one,so the typical EMC is more difficult for the them to learn.展开更多
在上位抽象构式统辖下的详实句可能会以自我为中心邀约其他词语而发展为框架构式。本研究通过对宾语为heart和head的致使移动构式句(如:John laughed his head off.)进行调查证明了这一点。这两个下位构式以名词为常项借助转喻和隐喻识...在上位抽象构式统辖下的详实句可能会以自我为中心邀约其他词语而发展为框架构式。本研究通过对宾语为heart和head的致使移动构式句(如:John laughed his head off.)进行调查证明了这一点。这两个下位构式以名词为常项借助转喻和隐喻识解以消解误配并提高其抽象度。这两个构式引申和扩容的独特方式在共时维度上展现能产构式承继网络的复杂性,在历时维度上揭示相关的构式调变和构式化。展开更多
基金supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Research Planning Fund of Ministry of Education for Western and Frontier Areas(14XJA740001)。
文摘English gerund construction is a system composed of 3 variants, including "Gerund + Φ", "Gerund + of + NP", and "Gerund + NP". The noun and verb attributes of the 3 variants are recursive, and in theory their frequencies vary regularly in different styles. An abstract is placed before the beginning of an academic papers, which has the basic characteristics of conciseness and generalization, and has special requirements for the use of gerunds. The purpose of this study was to empirically explore the system of gerund construction in abstracts of natural science and social science papers, and to specifically explore the inherent characteristics of noun and verb properties of the 3 variants. For this purpose, two corpora were constructed, one is about abstracts of natural science papers, and the other is about abstracts of social science papers. Finally, the results of chi-square test showed that there was no significant difference in the frequencies of the 3 variants in the abstracts of natural science and social science papers, and the two corpora can be studied as a whole. In the combined corpus, there were significant differences in the frequencies of the 3 gerund variants. The frequencies of these 3 variants and their gerund properties showed a recursive change.
文摘Construction grammar attempts to reveal the nature, structure, and functions of language. As a theoretical system of language based on cognitive linguistics, construction grammar is a reaction and thus a contrast to the traditional generative grammar. This paper tries to outline the major propositions of construction grammar and construction theory, analyses the significance of constructions and their relations to second language acquisition （SLA） and the routes of construction acquisition in SLA, plus the orientations in research on the relations between construction acquisition and SLA.
基金the 2013 major project of the Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China“Research on the Establishment and Application of the Knowledge Database of Modern Chinese Construction Grammar”(13JJD740001)the 2015 major project of the Key Research Bases of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China“Semantic analysis of Construction Grammar and Its Annotation in the Corpus”(15JJD740002).
文摘“Form-meaning pair”is not a distinctive feature of constructions,but a universal feature of all things.A construction must be a structure.Morphemes are the smallest sound-meaning assemblies,but they only represent a symbolic relationship which has no internal structure;thus,they are not constructions.In addition,if morphemes are also treated as constructions,there is a problem of“heterogeneity”in understanding the“form”of constructions.As to the rising“constructionist”and the traditional“atomist”dichotomy,we feel the“constructionist”approach complies better with the actual linguistic life.Construction Grammar leads people to pay close attention to the integrity of constructions and the cognitive mechanisms behind linguistic facts.Therefore,it is of great value both theoretically and practically.However,since Construction Grammar has not yet displayed a distinct value in terms of methodology,we must be careful not to overrate it or overestimate it.
文摘This study aims at analyzing the tendency and change in the research on construction grammar from 2010 to 2020.Descriptively,this study includes the publication year,research topic,research direction,research content,and the research methods.Twenty-four CSSCI journals were selected as the research samples using the keyword–“Construction Grammar.”The research topics mainly include Chinese construction research,foreign language construction research,and comparative studies on Chinese and other language constructions.The results showed that there are many Chinese construction research,but the other two research topics still require improvement.Ontology research was the main focus;acquisition research and teaching research are worthy for further exploration.Case studies and theoretical studies were the most concerned contents,whereas studies on language acquisition,pedagogy,and corpus construction were feeble.Qualitative description and theoretical review were the most popular methods,while empirical,quantitative,and diachronic analyses were less frequently used.After analyzing the trends,it has been predicted that the research on construction grammar would continue to heat up in the future,and there would be more research directions and contents along with diversified research methods.
文摘Creativity is a design feature of human language.This paper presents a cognitive model of verbal creativity that draws on insights from the psychological research into creativity-particularly Glaveanu's 5A model that distinguishes five crucial perspectives on a creative act(actors,audience,artefacts,actions and affordances).The paper will outline a linguistic version of this model that adopts Construction Grammar as its theoretical foundation.The resulting"5C model of constructional creativity"argues that the central elements of linguistic creativity are constructors,co-constructors,constructs,constructional blending and the constructional network.
文摘Based on the theory of language transfer in second language acquisition, this study explored the dynamic acquisition of English double object construction by Chinese EFL learners through comparative analysis. Altogether 120 subjects participated in this experiment and were required to take the proofreading exercise in limited time. The experimental results showed that Chinese EFL learners at different levels of proficiency acquired the core subclass of double object construction better than peripheral ones;meanwhile, learners at higher levels of proficiency outperformed those at lower levels, especially in the peripheral types. Relevant theoretical interpretations were given thereafter to the above research findings, with the hope to shed some light on the learning of double object construction by Chinese EFL learners.
文摘English ditransitive construction is a significant component of Goldberg's construction grammar which is based on cognitive linguistics. It aims to enlighten teachers and learners of SLA. It presents backgrounds and the basic concepts of Goldberg's construction grammar, depicts what English ditransitive construction is and its semantic constraints, and refers to enlightments of English ditransitive construction on SLA from four perspectives.
文摘Since the Keyser and Roeper,English middle construction(EMC)has attracted the linguists successfully with its complex syntactic and semantic features.The essential feature of EMC is active in syntactic form and passive in semantic meaning.Semantically,EMC is characterized by non-eventivity,genericity,agentivity and modality.Syntactically,the argument of EMC sentence is the internal argument of the verb,and the verb usually takes the modifier of an adverb or modal verb.Due to the complexity of EMC,many English learners encounter some difficulties in learning the second language.Based on Construction Grammar,this paper mainly investigates the following questions:first,is the learners’acquisition on EMC related to their English proficiency?Second,for typical and untypical EMC,which one is more difficult for them to learn?According to the research objectives,the research finally selects 32 valid papers and divides the subjects into advanced and elementary groups according to their scores in CET-6 and TEM-8,and R Studio is adopted to analyze their acquisition of EMC.The research results show that:first,the learners’acquisition on EMC is related to their English proficiency.Second,for typical and untypical EMC,both of them acquire typical EMC better than the untypical one,so the typical EMC is more difficult for the them to learn.
文摘在上位抽象构式统辖下的详实句可能会以自我为中心邀约其他词语而发展为框架构式。本研究通过对宾语为heart和head的致使移动构式句(如:John laughed his head off.)进行调查证明了这一点。这两个下位构式以名词为常项借助转喻和隐喻识解以消解误配并提高其抽象度。这两个构式引申和扩容的独特方式在共时维度上展现能产构式承继网络的复杂性,在历时维度上揭示相关的构式调变和构式化。
