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
动词有一种不受主语限制的形式,叫做动词的非限定形式(Non- Finite Forms of the Verb)。这种形式不能独立作谓语．所以也叫非谓语动词．但可以和助动词或情态动词等构成谓语,还可以在句子中充当主语、宾语、定语、状语、表语等。其形...动词有一种不受主语限制的形式,叫做动词的非限定形式(Non- Finite Forms of the Verb)。这种形式不能独立作谓语．所以也叫非谓语动词．但可以和助动词或情态动词等构成谓语,还可以在句子中充当主语、宾语、定语、状语、表语等。其形式有三种:动名词、分词、不定式。中学英语教材从初中到高中都涉及非谓语动词的教学内容。尽管教师采取了分散难点、各个攻破的方法教学该语法项目,但学生仍然搞不清三种非谓语动词的区别,在学习、理解及运用此知识点时感到困难。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.
文摘动词有一种不受主语限制的形式,叫做动词的非限定形式(Non- Finite Forms of the Verb)。这种形式不能独立作谓语．所以也叫非谓语动词．但可以和助动词或情态动词等构成谓语,还可以在句子中充当主语、宾语、定语、状语、表语等。其形式有三种:动名词、分词、不定式。中学英语教材从初中到高中都涉及非谓语动词的教学内容。尽管教师采取了分散难点、各个攻破的方法教学该语法项目,但学生仍然搞不清三种非谓语动词的区别,在学习、理解及运用此知识点时感到困难。
