基于语料库的香港英语和英国英语口语词汇对比研究

论文摘要

本研究以香港学习者英语语料库和本族英语语料库为基础,采用中介语对比分析的方法,通过香港学习者英语口语和书面语与本族语者的口语和书面语对比,对香港学习者英语口语词汇特征进行了定量、定性分析。借助计算机辅助手段,特别是一组Microsoft Visual FoxPro程序和一系列统计检验方法,作者对香港学习者英语口语词汇在词汇量、词长、词汇密度、词汇覆盖率四个方面进行了定量分析,并对高频词、低频词、插入语、非正式词汇、缩略词等方面进行了定性分析。研究结果表明,和英语本族语者口语和书面语的差距相比,香港学习者英语口语和书面语在词汇量、平均词长、词汇密度、等量类符覆盖率方面的差距相对较小;香港学习者英语口语中存在书面语倾向;香港口语语料库中一次频词比英语本族口语语料库多,一次频词中合成词也比英语本族口语语料库多;和英语本族语使用者相比,香港学习者在英语口语中少用插入语和非正式词汇,而且在缩略词使用方面与本族语者存在较大差距;香港学习者英语口语中存在类推过度现象;香港学习者的独有口语词汇中,部分较长词汇非常正式,其主要构词法为合成法和派生法。

论文目录

• 摘要
• Abstract
• CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 RESEARCH BACKGROUND
• 1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS STUDY
• 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
• 1.4 TERMINOLOGY
• 1.4.1 Type and Token
• 1.4.2 Lexical Density
• 1.4.3 Word Frequency
• 1.4.4 Lexical Coverage
• 1.5 LAYOUT OF THE THESIS
• CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
• 2.1 DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN SPOKEN LANGUAGE AND WRITTEN LANGUAGE
• 2.1.1 Difference between Spoken Language and Written Language in Function
• 2.1.2 Difference between Spoken Language and Written Language in Form
• 2.2 LEXICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPOKEN ENGLISH
• 2.2.1 Generalized Vocabulary
• 2.2.2 Informal Words
• 2.2.3 Contractions and Abbreviations
• 2.2.4 Inserts
• 2.2.5 Lexical Density
• 2.3 PREVIOUS STUDIES ON THE LEXICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPOKEN ENGLISH
• 2 3.1 Corpus-based Study on the Variations across Speech and Writing
• 2 3.2 Previous Studies on Lexical Coverage of Native Spoken English
• 2.3.3 Previous Studies on Lexical Characteristics of Spoken English of EFL Learners
• CHAPTER 3 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN
• 3.1 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
• 3.1.1 Corpus-based Approach
• 3.1.2 Contrastive Interlanguage Analysis Approach
• 3.2 THE CORPORA
• 3.2.1 Introduction to BNC Corpus
• 3.2.1.1 Written Component of BNC Corpus
• 3.2.1.2 Spoken Component of BNC Corpus
• 3.2.2 Introduction to ICEHK Corpus
• 3.2.2.1 Written Component of ICEHK Corpus
• 3.2.2.2 Spoken Component of ICEHK Corpus
• 3.2.3 The Samples for the Study
• 3.3 TOOLS FOR DATA PROCESSING
• 3.4 PROCEDURES FOR DATA COLLECTION
• 3.4.1 Decoding
• 3.4.2 Tokenization
• 3.4.3 Lemmatization
• 3.5 PROCEDURES FOR DATA ANALYSIS
• CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• 4.1 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS
• 4.1.1 Vocabulary Size
• 4.1.2 Mean Word Length
• 4.1.3 Lexical Density
• 4.1.4 Lexical Coverage
• 4.1.5 Summary of the Quantitative Analysis
• 4.2 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS
• 4.2.1 High Frequency Words
• 4.2.2 Hapax Legomena in BNCS and HKS
• 4.2.3 The Composition of the Spoken-only Words
• 4.2.3.1 Inserts in Spoken-only Words
• 4.2.3.2 Informal Words in Spoken-only Words
• 4.2.3.3 Contractions and Abbreviations in Spoken-only Words
• 4.2.3.4 The Phenomena of Overgeneralization in HKS-only Words
• 4.2.3.5 The Composition of the Long HKS-only Words
• 4.2.4 Summary of the Qualitative Analysis
• CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSION
• 5.1 MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY
• 5.2 SOME PEDAGOGICAL IMPLICATIONS
• 5.3 LIMITATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER STUDIES
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX Ⅰ
• APPENDIX Ⅱ
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• RESUME