构式和（名词）功能意义在英语名转动词句子理解中的作用 ——来自中国英语学习者的证据

论文摘要

本文以中国不同英语水平的学习者为被试,采用横断研究法,在动词中心论和构式中心论两个理论框架的基础上,纳入(名词)功能意义这一语言因素,探索构式和(名词)功能意义在理解英语名转动词句中所发挥的动态作用。研究发现,随着二语水平的提高,学习者从依靠动词过渡到依靠构式来理解名转动词句子。提供(名词)功能意义可以促进初级水平者对英语名转动词句子的理解。相对于初级水平者,(名词)功能意义的提供可以更好地促进依靠构式进行句子理解的中级水平和高级水平者对英语名转动词句的理解。对此,我们进行了相关的理论诠释。

论文目录

• 中文摘要
• Abstract
• 中文文摘
• Synopsis
• Chapter One Introduction
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 Construction and Construction Grammar, Affordance and Denominal verb
• 2.1.1 Construction and Construction Grammar
• 2.1.2 Affordance
• 2.1.3 Denominal Verb
• 2.2 Theoretical Framework of the Present Study
• 2.2.1 Verb-Centered View
• 2.2.2 Construction-Centered View
• 2.2.3 Indexical Hypothesis
• 2.3 Disparity in Comprehension of Sentence Meaning
• 2.3.1 Disparity in the Determinant of Sentence Meaning
• 2.3.2 Adoption of Affordance in Sentence Comprehension
• 2.4 Research Questions and Hypothesis
• 2.4.1 Key Research Questions
• 2.4.2 Hypothesis
• Chapter Three Experimental Study
• 3.1 Subjects
• 3.2 Test Materials
• 3.2.1 Construction-inferred Task （True or False）
• 3.2.2 Verb meaning-inferred Task （True or False）
• 3.2.3 Affordance-versioned Task （Translation）
• 3.3 Experimental Design
• 3.4 Procedure
• 3.5 Scoring Methods
• 3.6 Results
• 3.6.1 Results for Hypothesis 1
• 3.6.2 Results for Hypothesis 2
• 3.6.3 Results for Hypothesis 3
• 3.6.4 Results for Hypothesis 4
• 3.7 Summary
• Chapter Four Discussion and Conclusion
• 4.1 Discussion
• 4.1.1 Dependence on Different Linguistic Information by Learners of Different Levels of Proficiency
• 4.1.2 Affordance Facilitates the Comprehension of English Denominal Verb Sentence by Learners at Low Stages
• 4.1.3 Affordance Better Facilitates the Comprehension of Denominal Verb Sentence by Intermediate and Advanced Learners
• 4.2 Implications
• 4.2.1 Theoretical Implications
• 4.2.2 Pedagogical Implications
• 4.3 Limitations and Recommendations for Future Research
• 4.4 Conclusion
• References
• Appendix
• Ⅰ Materials for Construction-inferred Task
• Ⅱ Materials for Verb meaning-inferred Task
• Ⅲ Materials for Translation Task
• 攻读学位期间承担的科研任务与主要成果
• Acknowledgements
• 个人简历