英语学习型词典情态动词条目研究 ——从中国学习者角度

论文摘要

情态动词是英语中的一个重要的语法项目,也是中国英语学习者学习中的难点,因此在英语学习型词典中应备受重视。本文的主要目的是揭示英语学习型词典是否满足了中国英语学习者对情态动词的使用需求。功能语法中的情态理论作为理论框架被引入本文成为指导语料库和词典考察的重要理论依据。在语料库考察中,情态动词的使用频率、短语结构、使用错误及语义分布被视为重要考察对象,其考察结果在其后作者对学习型词典的情态动词的表现特征考察中起到重要的参考作用。通过考察,作者发现在英语学习型词典中中国学习者对情态动词的特殊使用需求并没有受到重视。对此,作者提出以下几个方面的改进意见:提供更多识别率高、方便的句法信息;增加错误警示;在例句中加强情态动词句法结构的多样性;标示中国学习者在词义分布上与外国学习者的显著差别;建立情态动词间的语义网络。

论文目录

• Acknowledgements
• Abstract
• 摘要
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• List of Abbreviations
• Contents
• Chapter One Introduction of modal verbs
• 1.1 Rationale for the present study
• 1.2 Objectives of the present study
• 1.3 Tentative outline of the present study
• 1.4 Methodology and data collection
• Chapter Two Overview of previous modal verb studies
• 2.1 Previous studies on syntactical features of modal verbs
• 2.2 Previous studies on semantic features of modal verbs
• 2.3 Corpus-based studies on modal verbs
• 2.4 Influence of cultural values on the use of modal verbs
• Chapter Three Theoretical framework of the study
• 3.1 Theory of modality
• 3.2 Expressions of modality
• 3.3 Value degree
• 3.4 Enlightenments from the functional grammar
• Chapter Four Corpus-based research of modal verbs
• 4.1 The frequency of target modal verbs in CLEC and FLOB
• 4.2 Corpus study focused on syntactical information
• 4.2.1 The distribution of phrase structure in CLEC and FLOB
• 4.2.2 Modal verb errors in CLEC
• 4.3 Corpus study focused on meanings of modal verbs
• 4.3.1 Meaning distribution of modal verbs in CLEC and FLOB
• 4.3.2 Meaning distributional analysis
• Chapter Five Modal verbs in English learners' dictionaries
• 5.1 Syntactical information of modal verbs
• 5.1.1 Syntactical information in present learners' dictionaries
• 5.1.2 Syntactical error warning in learners'dictionaries
• 5.1.3 Modal verb phrase structure
• 5.2 Semantic information of modal verbs
• 5.2.1 Semantic information of separate modal entry
• 5.2.2 Semantic connection of each modal verb
• Chapter Six Suggestions for displaying the modal verbs in the dictionaries
• 6.1 Suggestions for displaying syntactical information in learners' dictionaries
• 6.2 Suggestions for displaying semantic information in learners' dictionaries
• Chapter Seven Conclusion
• 7.1 Major findings of the present study
• 7.2 Innovation of the present study
• 7.3 Limitation of the present study
• 7.4 Suggestions for further study
• Bibliography
• Appendix A 调查问卷Ⅰ
• Appendix B 调查问卷Ⅱ
• Appendix C Senses of modal verbs in learners' dictionaries