外语教学理论与实践 ›› 2011, Vol. 2 ›› Issue (1): 25-31.

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语料库视角的英语口语“立标语块”探究

何安平   

  • 出版日期:2011-02-25

Exploring stance bundles in Spoken English — a corpus perspective

 HE  Anping   

  • Online:2011-02-25

摘要: 本文研究说话者表达对命题态度和立场的“立标语块”。笔者采用Sinclair(2004)的词汇语法分析手段对以往基于语料库的机切四词语块研究成果作二次加工,构建起立标语块典型的形式、语义和语用共选范式;然后带入两个同质同源的中、英大学生英语口语微型语料库作对比分析。研究发现这两类学生的立标语块使用不但在频数和种类上,而且在语义和语用倾向上均有明显差异,由此引出对国内英语教学的反思。

关键词: 语料库, 立标语块, 英语口语, 英语教学

Abstract: This is a study on stance bundles in spoken English corpora. Enlightened by Sinclair’s (2004) “lexical grammar” theory, the author did a “second processing” of some 4-word-bundle lists automatically retrieved by previous corpus linguists from several large spoken English corpora,and worked out a typically formal, semantic and pragmatic pattern of stance bundles. The pattern is then used to compare two homogeneous mini-corpora by British and Chinese university students respectively. The results reveal that stance bundles in these two types of students have marked difference not only in terms of frequency and types, but also in semantic orientation and pragmatic functions, thus bringing about reflections on EFL education in China.

Key words: corpus, stance bundle, spoken English, English teaching