基于语料库的英语专业学生写作句法层面的特征研究

发布时间：2018-12-14 03:01

【摘要】：近年来随着语料库语言学的发展,句法特征研究在英语写作研究中的地位不断提高,句法特征被认为是影响写作质量的重要指标。研究者对不同阶段的英语学习者的不同类文章进行了分析,取得了丰富的研究成果,然而目前针对句法特征的研究仍不全面,对个别概念的解释模糊不清。本研究以基本句子结构,句子主语类型,和从属分句的分布为研究对象,明确阐述三种与句法复杂性和句法准确性的关系,对不同年级英语专业学生和本族语学生作文中三种的使用情况进行研究。本研究以《中国学生英语口笔语语料库》(SWECCL)中的笔语语料库(WECCL)和英语本族语学习者LOCNESS为语料来源,分别采取随机抽样和系统抽样的方式在WECCL中选取英语专业每个年级作文各30篇,在LOCNESS中抽取作文30篇。对选取的文章进行基本句子结构,主语类型和从句使用情况进行标注。通过Antconc软件进行检索,根据检索到的结果对一下问题进行分析讨论:1.英语专业学生在基本句子结构,句子主语类型和从属分句的使用特点是什么?2.四个年级的英语专业学生三个句法特征方面有何不同?3.英语专业学生在上述三个句法特征方面与本族语学习者差异有哪些?英语专业学生和本族语学生在三个句法特征的差异有哪些?通过SPSS统计软件对检索结果分别进行单因素ANOVA检验和独立样本T检验,得到的结论如下:1.在基本句子结构方面,中国学生使用更多的主谓宾结构(SVO structure),本族语学习者更多使用主系表结构(SVC structures)。2.在主语类型方面,中国学生使用更多的代词主语,本族语学生使用更多的名词主语。3.在从属分句使用方面,中国学生使用更多的宾语从句,本族语学生使用更多的表语从句。4.随着学习经验的积累,英语专业学生在上述三个句法特征方面并没有体现明显的发展趋势。本研究对英语教学及语言教学研究均有一定的积极意义,在具体教学方面,教师需要明确中国学生和本族语学生在基本句子类型,主语类型及从属分句使用过程中的各自特点,在教学过程中加强对不同句法特征差异的讲解和分析,鼓励学生跟多使用主系表结构,名词主语和表语从句,更好地避免中式英语的发生。语言教学研究者需要通过多种手段确定句法特征与写作质量的具体关系,提出一定的评测标准指导具体的写作质量评价过程。
[Abstract]:In recent years, with the development of corpus linguistics, syntactic feature research has become more and more important in the study of English writing. Syntactic feature is considered to be an important indicator affecting the quality of English writing. The researchers have analyzed different kinds of articles of English learners at different stages and obtained rich research results. However, the study on syntactic features is still incomplete and the interpretation of individual concepts is unclear. In this study, the basic sentence structure, sentence subject type, and the distribution of subordinate clauses are taken as the research objects, and the relationship between the three types of sentence structure and syntactic complexity and syntactic accuracy is expounded. This paper studies the use of three kinds of compositions of English majors and native language students in different grades. The present study uses the pen corpus (WECCL) in (SWECCL) and native English learner LOCNESS as the source of the corpus. Random sampling and systematic sampling were used to select 30 compositions for each grade of English major in WECCL and 30 compositions for each grade in LOCNESS. The basic sentence structure, subject type and clause usage of selected articles are annotated. Through the Antconc software retrieval, according to the results of the retrieval of the following problems are analyzed and discussed: 1. What are the characteristics of English majors in the use of basic sentence structure, sentence subject type and subordinate clause? 2. What are the differences between the three syntactic features of English majors in four grades? What are the differences between English majors and native language learners in the above three syntactic features? What are the differences between English majors and native speakers in the three syntactic features? Single factor ANOVA test and independent sample T test were used to test the retrieval results by SPSS software. The conclusions are as follows: 1. In terms of basic sentence structure, Chinese students use more subject-predicate structure (SVO structure), native language learners use (SVC structures). 2. In the subject type, Chinese students use more pronoun subjects, native language students use more noun subjects. 3. In the use of subordinate clauses, Chinese students use more object clauses, native language students use more predicative clauses. With the accumulation of learning experience, the above three syntactic features of English majors have not shown a clear trend of development. This study has some positive significance for English teaching and language teaching research. In terms of specific teaching, teachers need to clarify the respective characteristics of Chinese students and native language students in the use of basic sentence types, subject types and subordinate clauses. In order to avoid the occurrence of Chinglish, we should strengthen the explanation and analysis of different syntactic differences in the teaching process, and encourage students to make more use of the subject-relation structure, noun subject and predicative clauses in order to avoid the occurrence of Chinglish. Language teaching researchers need to determine the specific relationship between syntactic features and writing quality through a variety of means, and put forward certain evaluation criteria to guide the specific writing quality evaluation process.
【学位授予单位】：沈阳师范大学
【学位级别】：硕士
【学位授予年份】：2016
【分类号】：H319.3

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