中国英语专业学习者情态动词语义发展的语料库考察  

A Corpus-based Study of the Acquisition of Modal Verbs ’ Semantic Meanings by Chinese English-major Learners

作　　者：唐丽玲[1] 

机构地区：[1]甘肃政法学院,兰州730070

出　　处：《当代外语研究》2013年第6期32-36,77,共5页Contemporary Foreign Language Studies

基　　金：甘肃政法学院2011年科研资助重点项目(编号CZF2011XZDLW14)的阶段性成果

摘　　要：本文基于语料库考察英语专业学习者作文中情态动词语义的发展路径,研究发现:(1)我国专业英语学习者作文中情态动词的使用存在严重的过多使用和过少使用现象,教材中较早涉及的表达责任、义务等情态语义的情态动词如can、will和should显著超用,而表达礼貌温和、委婉等认知语气的情态动词如might、could、would等则显著少用;(2)学生作文中情态句式的使用频次也呈现出责任、义务情态句式过多使用而认知情态句式过少使用的现象,且在"有灵主语+VM"这一责任情态句式中过多使用人称代词作为情态动词的主语;(3)认识情态表达句式的使用频次并不会随着学习者语言水平的提高而明显增加。This study adopts a corpus-based approach to analyze the characteristics of modal verbs ’ semantic meanings expressed by Chinese English-major learners.It turns out that ( 1 ) both overuse and underuse of modal verbs are co-existing among Chinese English-major learners.They overuse those modal verbs that appear earlier in textbooks and underuse those ones that can express such interpersonal meanings as politeness and mildness ;( 2 ) Learners tend to use more demonic modal sequences than epistemic ones. And , moreover , modal verbs in learners ’ language tend to be preceded by personal pronouns and followed by main verbs ;( 3 ) With the improvement of learners ’ language ability , the frequency of using epistemic modal sequences can not be improved greatly.

关 键 词：情态序列 情态语义 义务情态 认识情态 人际功能 

分 类 号：H03[语言文字—语言学]