中国英语学习者英语口语中关系代词的变异研究：拉波夫的语言变异观

论文摘要

本研究基于变异理论框架,旨在分析中国英语学习者口语中that/zero/which/who关系代词变异的制约因素,并生成相应的制约因素模型。同时,本研究还对英语母语学习者与英语二语学习者的关系代词变异制约因素模型进行比较分析。该研究是基于语料库的研究方法,数据来源于中国英语专业等级考试的口语考试,共包括1,521个自然语言状态下的关系代词变异实例。本研究主要采用变异规则分析法来定量分析不同语境因素对that/zero/which/who关系代词变异的影响。本研究显示,中国英语学习者口语中WH-形式的关系代词运用趋于增加,本研究认为,基于语法观念假设的理论,在定语从句中使用关系代词使得句子结构更加清晰,因而更为逻辑化。尽量减少施力是关系代词被省略的频率高于使用that的原因之一。本研究结果还表明,中国英语学习者口语中的关系代词变异模式与母语者口语中的关系代词变异模式相似。但两个模型之间亦存在差异,尤其是各影响因素的效果强弱。例如,头邻接因素对中国英语学习者口语几乎没有影响,但是在母语者口语中影响显著。中国英语学习者口语语料中出现从句主语省略的情况,但是在母语者口语中未出现过。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• LISTS OF TABELS
• LISTS OF FIGURES
• ABBREVIATIONS
• CONTENTS
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Research Objectives
• 1.3 Research Questions
• 1.4 Research Method
• 1.5 Outline
• Chapter Two Research Background
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 Theoretical Framework
• 2.2.1 Theories of Interlanguage Variation
• 2.2.2 Relative Clause and Relativizer
• 2.3 Review on Relativizer Variation
• 2.4 Rationale for the Relativizer Variation Model
• Chapter Three Research Methodology
• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Data Collection
• 3.3 The Coding Work
• 3.3.1 Coding Scheme for Dependent Variable
• 3.3.2 Coding Rules for Independent Variables
• 3.3.3 Inter-rater Reliability
• 3.4 Data Analysis
• 3.4.1 Variable Rule Analysis
• 3.4.2 Data Processing
• Chapter Four Results
• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Descriptive Results of that/zero/which/who Variation
• 4.2.1 Descriptive Results of that
• 4.2.2 Descriptive Results of zero
• 4.2.3 Descriptive Results of which
• 4.2.4 Descriptive Results of who
• 4.3 Multivariate Analysis of that/zero/which/who Variation
• 4.3.1 VRA Result of that
• 4.3.2 VRA Result of zero
• 4.3.3 VRA Result of which
• 4.3.4 VRA Result of who
• 4.4 Comparison of the Results between that/zero
• Chapter Five Discussion
• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Variation Models of Chinese EFL learners’ Spoken English and the Natives’
• 5.3 WH- Forms Prevailing in Chinese EFL Learners’ Spoken English
• 5.4 Constraint Hierarchies in Chinese EFL Learners’ Spoken English
• 5.4.1 That and zero Rates
• 5.4.2 WH- Forms Preference and Relativizer Deletion in Subject Position
• 5.4.3 WH- Forms Disfavoring in Non-subject Positions and Adjacent Antecedents’ Neutral Effect on Relativizer Deletion
• Chapter Six Conclusion
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Findings
• 6.3 Implications
• 6.4 Limitations and Suggestions
• Bibliography
• Appendices
• Appendix Ⅰ VRA Files
• Appendix Ⅱ Samples of Coding Strings
• Appendix Ⅲ Raw Data of Corpus