The present research reports a comparative study on the use of "really" by Chinese EFL learners. Taking the perspectives colligation and collocation, the study mainly yields the following findings: (1) Compared w...The present research reports a comparative study on the use of "really" by Chinese EFL learners. Taking the perspectives colligation and collocation, the study mainly yields the following findings: (1) Compared with American native speakers, Chinese EFL learners have different preferences for colligations and collocations of "really"; (2) High achievers and low achievers demonstrate a similar pattern of the ranking order of the colligations, but high achievers are closer to the native speakers in the use of "really" in terms of collocation; low achievers rely more heavily on "very" to collocate with adjectives than high achievers.展开更多
文摘The present research reports a comparative study on the use of "really" by Chinese EFL learners. Taking the perspectives colligation and collocation, the study mainly yields the following findings: (1) Compared with American native speakers, Chinese EFL learners have different preferences for colligations and collocations of "really"; (2) High achievers and low achievers demonstrate a similar pattern of the ranking order of the colligations, but high achievers are closer to the native speakers in the use of "really" in terms of collocation; low achievers rely more heavily on "very" to collocate with adjectives than high achievers.