在语言习得领域,动词习得一直是备受争议的关键问题之一,尤其是英语动词过去式的习得机制。Yang提出的规则竞争模型(Rules and Competition Model)和Pinker提出的单词规则模型(Words and Rules Model)是其中比较有影响力的理论模型。文章分析了这两个理论模型的基本原理和习得机制,比较其异同点,并通过CHILDES语料库中儿童语言习得的真实语料来验证其解释力。结果显示:规则竞争模型更好地解释了输入频率的作用、动词和过去式的相似性和过度规则化错误;而单词竞争模型在解释不规则动词过去式成因方面表现得更好。
【英文摘要】
Verb acquisition,especially the acquisition mechanism of English verb past tense,has always been one of the controversial key issues in language acquisition. Yang's Rules and Competition Model( the RC model) and Pinker's Words and Rules Model( the WR model) are two different influential theoretical models. This article has analyzed fundamental principles and language mechanisms of these two models,compared their similarities and differences,and tested their explanatory power on the basis of real language ac...