从语义特征和名词类型探讨大学生英语冠词习得

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1、硕Ij学位论文选择，学习者在不能确定名词所属类型时，对名词语境的『F确判断也会随之受到干扰，因此，在冠词选择上，名词可数性优先于名词语境。关键词：冠词习得；限定性；特指性；名词可数性；冠词语义波动假说；英语水平AbstractThisthesisinvestigatesChineselearners’useofEnglisharticlesindifferentNPcontextsandnountypes．MystudyisbasedonIonin(2004)’SArticleChoiceParameterandFluctuationHypothesis，whichclaimthatl

2、earnerswhoselanguageslackanarticlesystemfluctuatebetweentwosemanticparametersintheprocessofEnglisharticleacquisition．Besidesthesetwosemanticuniversals，nominalcountabilityplaysaroleinarticlechoices，especiallyintheindefinitecontexts．Previousresearchestakelittleconsiderationofthisrespect，onlyinclud

3、ingarticlechoicesinthesingularconditions．Inaddition，theresearchofEnglisharticleacquisitionundertheframeworkofFluctuationHypothesisisveryfewathome．Thisstudyisanattempttoexploretheroleofdefiniteness，specificity，nominalcountabilityinarticlechoicesbyChineselearnerswithdifferentproficiencylevels，thus

4、toexamineFluctuationHypothesisandtheeffectofL1onEnglisharticleacquisition．Thefollowingthreequestionswillbeaddressed．1)DoChineselearnersofEnglishdistinguishtheEnglishdefinitearticletheandtheindefinitearticlea(a，2Jorzeroarticle011thebasisofdefiniteness?Ifnot，dotheyfluctuatebetweenthetwosettingsoft

5、heACP?2)Aretheysensitivetoacount／rnassdistinctioninthechoicesofindefinitearticles?HowdoesnolninalcountabilityaffecttheacquisitionofEnglisharticles?3)Whatal‘ethedevelopmentalfeaturesofthelearnersinacquiringEnglisharticles?DoestheprofciencylevelaffecttheaccurateuseofEnglisharticles?Thereareatotalo

6、f60subjectsinmystudy，52ChineselearnersofEnglishand8nativespeakers．LearnersaredividedintothreegroupsbytheOxfordQuickPlacementTest，16upper—intermediate，19upper—intermediateand17advancedlearners．Aforcedchoiceelicitationtaskisused(adoptedfiomSnape(2006))toelicitthelearners’intuitionsaboutarticlechoi

7、ces．Theresultsarede】110nstratedasfollows：1)Thelearners‘accurateuseofarticlesvariesregardingthetypesofNPcontextsinthetask，theyoveruseaM砂orzeroarticleinthe[+definite，-specific]andtheinthe[．definite，+specific]contexts．Fluctuati