东北大学学报(社会科学版) ›› 2024, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (3): 127-136.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2024.03.014

• 语言文学研究 • 上一篇    下一篇

不同水平英语学习者词块使用的结构与功能特点

姜蕾,康梦超,肖瑶   

  1. (东北大学外国语学院,辽宁沈阳110819)
  • 发布日期:2024-05-31
  • 通讯作者: 姜蕾
  • 作者简介:姜蕾(1969-),女,辽宁沈阳人,东北大学副教授,语言学博士,主要从事二语写作和语言测试研究。
  • 基金资助:
    教育部教育考试院—英国文化教育协会英语测评科研课题重点资助项目(EARG2020011);辽宁省研究生教育教学改革研究资助项目(LNYJG2022121)。

Structural and Functional Features of Lexical Bundles Used by English Learners at Different Proficiency Levels

JIANG Lei, KANG Mengchao, XIAO Yao   

  1. (Foreign Studies College, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China)
  • Published:2024-05-31
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摘要: 基于《中国英语能力等级量表》评价学习者语言水平,使用语料驱动的方法考察中国英语学习者写作文本中词块的使用情况,特别是不同水平英语学习者词块使用的结构与功能特点。研究结果表明:语言能力影响词块使用的准确性和多样性;词块结构方面,低水平学生倾向使用更多比例的动词词块和较少比例的短语词块,相对接近会话语篇特征,而高水平学生则倾向使用更多比例的短语词块和较少比例的动词词块,相对接近学术语篇特征;词块功能方面,立场词块和信息指示词块呈现学生水平越高使用比例越低的趋势,而语篇组织词块则呈现学生水平越高使用比例越高的趋势。研究发现对中国不同水平英语学习者语言特征的描述提供了实验证据,也为语言自动评价提供启示。

关键词: 《中国英语能力等级量表》; 语言水平; 词块; 结构; 功能

Abstract: Based on China's Standards of English Language Ability (CSE) to evaluate learners' language proficiency levels, a corpus-driven method is employed to examine Chinese learners' use of lexical bundles in English writing and in particular the structural and functional features of the lexical bundles used by English learners at different proficiency levels. It is found that learners' language proficiency affects the accuracy and diversity of the lexical bundles they use. Students of lower proficiency are found to use more proportion of verb bundles and less proportion of phrase bundles, showing the characteristics of conversational discourse, while students of higher proficiency use more proportion of phrase bundles and less proportion of verb bundles, displaying the characteristics of academic discourse. In terms of their functions, the higher the students' English proficiency level, the lower the proportion of stance bundles and referential bundles are used. The higher the students' English proficiency level, the higher the proportion of discourse organizing bundles. These findings may provide experimental evidence for the description of language features of Chinese English learners at different proficiency levels, and some enlightenment for automated language assessment.

Key words: China's Standards of English Language Ability (CSE); language proficiency level; lexical bundle; structure; function

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