【作者】 李明；

【导师】 陆军；

【作者基本信息】 扬州大学 ， 英语语言文学， 2011， 硕士

【摘要】 Sinclair主张将共选理论作为语言描述的核心机制,其中词语搭配、类联接、语义选择趋向和语义韵都是共选理论的主要内容。系动词作为英语动词的一个组成部分,不同意义范畴的系动词在搭配行为和语义韵特征上存在差异,成为中国英语学习者的难点。本研究以英语本族语为参照,探讨不同类别中国英语学习者语言中copular verb+adj类联接下状态转变系动词BECOME,GET和GO的搭配行为和语义韵特征及其发展模式。本研究最后对上述发展模式的影响因素进行分析讨论。本研究所采用的研究工具包括中国学习者英语语料库(CLEC)和英语母语语料库(Flob/Frown)以及WordSmith4.0.通过数据统计分析,结果如下：首先,在英语本族语和中国学习者英语中,状态转变系动词在词语搭配、类联接、语义选择趋向和语义韵频率分布上都存在差异。其次,与英语本族语者相比,中国英语学习者倾向于少用GO+adj这一结构,而过多使用BECOME+adj的结构。在搭配词选择上也存在明显差异,表现出不同的搭配词的语义特征即在语义选择趋向上存在差异。再次,中国英语学习者在区别状态转变系动词的搭配行为和语义韵特征上存在困难。随着学习者水平的提高,对语义选择趋向和语义韵的掌握程度有所增加。最后,学习者在不同学习阶段对英语掌握存在差异并受到母语不同程度的影响是其发展模式的主要原因。本研究发现对英语教学和学习具有一定启示意义：首先,应该重视词语搭配以及语义韵教学。其次,通过近义词来释义的方法应该谨慎使用。最后,搭配和类联接应在教材和大纲编写中得到体现。本研究尚存在不足之处,需要在以后的研究中克服并加以改进。首先,语料的篇幅限制了研究范围。其次,语义韵的分类和描述尚缺乏现成的参考体系；最后,由于时间和篇幅所限,我们只对V+adj的类联接作为一个整体加以研究,没有对其他的补语成分加以研究,鉴于此,未来的研究就该将其他类联接的各个补语成分进行研究,以便把该研究推向更深、更广的境地。更多还原

【Abstract】 Sinclair advocates co-selection theory as the core mechanism of language description, which consists of four aspects, namely, collocation, colligation, semantic preference and semantic prosody. Based on the co-selection theory, this paper intends to investigate the collocational behavior and semantic prosodies of under the colligation of copular verb+adj through a corpus-based contrastive analysis between Chinese learner English and native English. Copular verbs, as a subgroup of English verbs, are special in terms of their semantic features and syntactic function. The reason why they are selected is that learners of English in Chinese context sometimes have much difficulty in choosing the most suitable one where there are several copular verbs that almost carry the identical meaning but differ in collocational or prosodic behavior. Furthermore, there has been little work undertaken on contrasting Chinese learner English with native English in terms of collocational behavior and semantic prosody of resulting copular verbs:BECOME, GET and GO, and exploring their developmental patterns. This ultimate purpose of the study is to explore what are the underlying factors for the developmental patterns.The instruments employed in this study include the principal corpora (CLEC, Flob and Frown) and WordSmith4.0. Statistical calculation and data analysis generated the following major findings:Firstly, resulting copular verbs exhibit much difference in terms of collocation, colligation, semantic preference and semantic prosody in both native English and Chinese learner English.Secondly, compared with native speakers, Chinese English learners tend to underuse the copular verb GO+adj, while more frequently use BECOME+adj. They also show much variation and deviation in their choice of collocates, some of which have their own particular semantic features and characteristic semantic preference.Thirdly, Chinese English learners have much difficulty in distinguishing semantic preference and semantic prosody among the three resulting copular verbs. Their knowledge of semantic preference and prosody grows from high school to the English major learners.Finally, different degrees of reliance on word-for-word translation, incomplete knowledge of the target language and dependence on the formal college education are one of the leading factors for the developmental pattern.The findings in this study have the following implications for the English teaching and learning in Chinese context:1) The importance of collocation and semantic prosody should be recognized in language learning.2) The traditional practice of explaining meanings to learners by offering synonyms should be used with caution.3) Collocation and colligation should be in textbook compilation and teaching syllabus and textbook.However, the present study has its own limitations and requires improvement in future related studies. First, the size of the corpora in this study limited our research range and prevented us from achieving more universally applicable conclusions. Second, the subjective classification and identification of the semantic prosody of the copular verbs might have not been approved by other researchers. Finally, due to the limited time and the size of paper, the uses of these copular verbs in this study have not been investigated completely and deeply enough. Only copular verb+adj colligation in this study is conducted as a whole rather than respectively. Future related studies can investigate each complement in detail to deepen and broaden the study.更多还原