非英语专业大学生英语定冠词的使用:关联理论视角  

The Use of the by Non-English Majors:From the Perspective of Relevance Theory

作　　者：赵哲[1] 张绍杰[1] 

机构地区：[1]东北师范大学外国语学院,吉林长春130024

出　　处：《外语教学》2010年第1期40-44,共5页Foreign Language Education

摘　　要：本文对我国非英语专业大学生英语定冠词的使用情况进行了调查。结果表明:我国的英语学习者在使用冠词时,经常省略必要的定冠词,有时使用冗余的定冠词,而定冠词和不定冠词混用的现象较少见。从关联理论角度分析出现这些错误的原因在于:1)明示刺激不强,受试者无法做出对方预期的语境假设;2)受试者的认知语境中缺少做出正确语境假设所需的相关信息。This article reports the results of an empirical research of the use of the definite article by Chinese non-English majors. The study shows that Chinese learners of English overuse the frequently, omit the occasionally, but seldom confuse the definite article with the indefinite article. Typical errors are analyzed within the framework of Relevance Theory in order to explore implications. The analysis indicates that two reasons contribute to the errors： 1 ） the information that the stimulus produces is not strong enough for the participants to select the communicator-intended assumption; 2） the participants lack relevant information needed in their cognitive environments.

关 键 词：关联理论 定冠词 明示刺激 认知语境 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]