An Empirical Study of Verb-noun Collocation Errors Made by Chinese English Learners in English Writing

论文摘要

搭配能力是衡量英语学习者英语水平的一个重要方面。然而,对于中国英语学习者而言,搭配却一直是个难点,尤其对动词-名词搭配更是难以掌握。因此,有必要对动词-名词搭配进行研究。但到目前为止,大部分研究都是针对某单一水平的学习者的搭配能力进行研究,对不同水平的二语学习者的搭配能力的研究却很少。本文基于二语习得研究中的错误分析理论,中介语理论和母语迁移理论,并借助于SPSS17.0软件,探讨了中国不同水平的英语学习者对动词-名词搭配能力的发展特点。本实验选取了西安外国语大学英语专业的大一,大三和研一三个不同水平的共90名学习者为研究对象,并收集了他们的90篇记叙文,从中提取了356例动词-名词搭配进行分析,并得出结论。结果发现:1)三个不同水平的英语学习者作文中的动词-名词搭配错误总量有差别,但并没有显著差异。2)三个不同水平的英语学习者作文中的动词-名词搭配错误类型并没有显著差异。但是,三个不同水平的英语学习者由于选择错误动词而导致的动词-名词搭配错误在总错误量中占较大比例,同时,由于介词错误选择而导致的动词-名词搭配错误在总错误量中也占一定的比例。3)三个不同水平的英语学习者由于母语负迁移而产出的错误随着语言水平的提高会下降,但这并不具有显著差异。同时,他们产出的动词-名词搭配错误大部分是由于母语负迁移中的语义差异所造成的。基于以上结论,文章对英语搭配教学提出以下几点建议:提高学习者的搭配意识,增加搭配的输入与输出,利用词典进行教学,跟汉语对比进行教学。

论文目录

• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• ABSTRACT
• 摘要
• CHAPTER Ⅰ INTRODUCTION
• 1.1 Significance of the Study
• 1.2 Research Objective
• 1.3 General Organization
• CHAPTER Ⅱ LITERATURE RIVIEW
• 2.1 Collocation and Verb-noun Collocation
• 2.1.1 Definition of Collocation
• 2.1.2 Related Linguistic Concepts
• 2.1.2.1 Free Combination
• 2.1.2.2 Idiom
• 2.1.2.3 Colligation
• 2.1.3 Types of Collocation
• 2.1.3.1 Grammatical Collocation
• 2.1.3.2 Lexical Collocation
• 2.1.4 Definition of Verb-noun Collocation
• 2.1.5 Patterns of Verb-noun Collocation
• 2.1.6 English and Chinese Verb-noun Collocation
• 2.2 Theoretical Basis
• 2.2.1 Error Analysis
• 2.2.1.1 Introduction of Error Analysis
• 2.2.1.2 Procedures of Error Analysis
• 2.2.1.3 Classification of Errors
• 2.2.2 Interlanguage
• 2.2.3 Language Transfer
• 2.2.3.1 Semantic and Syntactic Transfer
• 2.3 Previous Studies on Collocations in the EFL /ESL Contexts
• 2.3.1 Studies on Collocation Abroad
• 2.3.2 Studies on Collocation at Home
• CHAPTER Ⅲ METHODOLOGY
• 3.1 Research Questions
• 3.2 Types of Verb-noun Collocation Errors Investigated in the Present Study
• 3.3 Two Levels of Negative Transfer Investigated in the Present Study
• 3.4 Identification of Errors
• 3.5 Subjects
• 3.6 Instruments
• 3.7 Procedures
• 3.8 Data Analysis Method
• CHAPTER Ⅳ RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
• 4.1 Variation in the Number of Verb-noun Collocation Errors among Chinese English Learners at Different English Levels
• 4.1.1.R esults
• 4.1.2 Discussion
• 4.2 Variation in the Type of Verb-noun Collocation Errors among Chinese English Learners at Different English Levels
• 4.2.1 Results
• 4.2.2 Discussion
• 4.3 Variation in the Negative Transfer of L1 on Verb-noun Collocations among Chinese English Learners at Different English Levels
• 4.3.1 Results
• 4.3.2 Discussion
• CHAPTER Ⅴ CONCLUSION
• 5.1 Findings of the Present Study
• 5.2 Some Pedagogical Implications
• 5.2.1 Raising Learners’Awareness of Collocations
• 5.2.2 Increasing Collocation Input and Output
• 5.2.3 Learning English Collocations with the Help of Dictionary
• 5.2.4 Teaching English Collocations in Comparison with Chinese
• 5.3 Limitations of the Present Study
• 5.4 Suggestions for Further Study
• REFERENCES
• Appendix Ⅰ
• Appendix Ⅱ