相对频率对中国英语学习者习得介词与格结构的作用  

The role of relative lexical frequency in Chinese EFL learners' learning of the English dative construction

作　　者：许琪[1,2] 

机构地区：[1]香港中文大学 [2]广东外语外贸大学

出　　处：《外语教学与研究》2012年第5期706-718,800,共13页Foreign Language Teaching and Research

基　　金：王初明教授主持的教育部人文社科重点研究基地项目"互动和语境与第二语言发展"(10JJD740009)的资助

摘　　要：本研究旨在探究相对频率在中国英语学习者习得介词与格结构中的作用,特别是其对减少学习者与格结构泛化错误的影响。其中,相对频率是指与格动词出现在介词与格结构中的频率与其出现总频率的比率。本研究采取语料库检索与实验调查相结合的方式,首先在语料库中检索出高低频与格动词,然后对初、中、高级三个水平组的受试进行语法判断测试。结果发现相对频率对受试判断正确句有明显的辅助作用,但对含有结构泛化错误句子的判断无显著影响。这说明,在二语学习过程中,相对频率是一个重要、但绝不是唯一的决定性因素,它有助于加速二语习得过程,但对于二语学习者克服或者避免泛化错误的作用并不明显。This study assesses the role of relative lexical frequency in Chinese EFL learners' learning of the English dative construction, especially its role in helping learners overcome overgeneralization errors. Relative lexical frequency in the study refers to the frequency with which a dative verb occurs in a prepositional dative construction. By combining a corpus-based frequency search with a grammaticality judgment task for participants representing beginner, intermediate and high proficiency levels, the study finds that 1) in judging grammatically correct sentences, relative frequency had a significant effect on participants' judgment – the higher the relative frequency of a verb, the more acceptable a sentence is, and vice versa; 2) with regard to ungrammatical sentences, only marginal evidence has been obtained for the frequency effect on acceptability judgment. The findings suggest that relative frequency may facilitate second language learning, but plays little role in avoiding overgeneralization errors.

关 键 词：相对频率 英语介词与格结构 论元结构泛化错误 

分 类 号：H319[语言文字—英语]