英语专业学生使用口语- 笔语词汇的差异-.pdfVIP

2006 年第 7 期 外 语 与 外 语 教 学 2006 , №7 　总 第 2 0 8 期 Foreign Languages and Their Teaching Serial №208 　 英语专业学生使用口语 - 笔语词汇的差异 文秋芳 (北京外国语大学中国外语教育研究中心 ,北京 　100080) 　　摘 　要 :本研究从词频广度 、词汇多样性 、词性分布比例 3 个参数 ,分析了英语专业学生 1 年级到 4 年级 口语 - 笔语词汇 差异的变化 ,并考察其变化与本族语者口语 - 笔语词汇差异的方向是否一致 。本研究涉及两类语料 :学习者语料与本族语者 语料 。学习者语料包括 4 类 ,各由30 个随机样本组成 ,本族语者语料包括两类 ,各由 15 个样本组成 。研究结果表明学习者经 过 4 年学习 ,学习者口语 - 笔语词汇差异在逐步增大 ,大体上朝着本族语者口语 - 笔语差异的方向发展 ,但与本族语者的差异 相差很远 。该结果证明了学习者英语语体是个混合语体 ,语体特征不清晰 。 关键词 :词频广度 ; 词汇多样性 ; 词性分布比例 ; 口语 - 笔语差异 ; 语体特征 Abstract :The paper report s a study on vocabulary variation across speech and writing by Year One and Year Four English major s in an attempt to see whet her such changes bring English learner s closer to t he native vocabulary use across speech and writing . The study examined two t ypes of corpus : t he learner corpus and t he native corpus. The learner corpus includes four types ( Year One speech and writing ; Year 4 speech and writing) which each consist of 30 random samples and t he native corpus contains two types ( speech and writing) which each have 15 samples. The result s show t hat t hrough four year s’study , t he differences in vocabulary use across speech and writing by Year 4 English major s have been increased . However , such differences were still far more smaller t han t he corresponding differences in native vocabulary use . The result s confirm t he hypot hesis t hat t he learner ’s register is a mixed one which does not always display identifiable register features. Key Words : lexical frequency breadt h ; word variation ; dist ribution of part of speech ; variation across speech-writing ; register