情状体与一般过去时标记的关系  

The Role of Lexical Aspect in the Acquisition of Simple Past

作　　者：杨燕锋[1] 

机构地区：[1]湛江师范学院外国语学院,广东湛江524048

出　　处：《湛江师范学院学报》2012年第5期153-157,共5页Journal of Zhanjiang Normal College

基　　金：2009年广东高校优秀青年创新人才培育项目(wym09020)

摘　　要：一般过去时变异和动词的情状类型之间存在密切的关系。一般过去时标记在四种情状类型中的分布比例由高到低依次为:达成动词>完结动词>活动动词>状态动词。不同情状类型的一般过去时标记率之间存在显著差异,但是这种差异不存在于达成动词和完结动词之间。这一结果基本支持情状体假设中对完整体部分的预测。此外,系动词be的一般过去时标记比例远远低于其他状态动词,与先前的研究结果相悖。Based on the data collected by interview, the present study examines the roles of lexical as- pect in the acquisition of simple past. It is found that simple past variation is closely associated with lexical aspect. Achievements are found to mark the simple past with the highest rate and states with the lowest while activities and states fall in between. Further analysis shows that the difference between the rates of simple past marking across lexical aspect is significant, but the significance does not exist between rates of simple past marking on achievements and that on accomplishments. The above results basically support the prediction on the acquisition of the perfective aspect in the Aspect Hypothesis. Moreover, the marking rate of the simple past on copulas be is found to be much lower than that on the other states, which goes a- gainst the findings in previous studies.

关 键 词：语法体 情状体 情状体假设 一般过去时 

分 类 号：H314[语言文字—英语]