中国学习者英语口语中人称代词与互动的研究

摘要

近年来英语口语引起了越来越多的话语分析者的浓厚兴趣。大型口语语料库的出现无疑给英语口语的研究提供了新的方法和思路。基于学习者语料库对中国学生英语口语中人称代词 I和you的使用情况进行调查，并在英语专业和非英语专业学生之间进行比较，能够发现中国学习者英语口语中人称代词的使用特点及其与互动的关系。研究结果表明英语专业和非英语专业学生在人称代词 I和 you的使用频数、指称和话语功能上都存在许多差异；学习者人称代词的使用频数与互动性有关。%More and more discourse analysts have become greatly interested in the study of spoken English. And large-scale spoken English corpus provides new approaches and perspectives for the study. This research investigates the use of the personal pronouns, I and you, in spoken English corpora of Chinese learners and makes a comparison between English major students and non-English major students. The purpose is to explore the characteristics of Chinese learners’ use of personal pronouns and its relationship with interaction. In conclusion, this research shows that the personal pronouns, I and you, have great similarities and differences in terms of frequency, referents and discourse functions between English majors and non-English majors. And the frequency of the personal pronouns used by Chinese learners is closely related with interaction.