中國學(xué)習(xí)者英語書面語中的價值觀表達(dá)——基于語料庫的第一人稱搭配行為研究.pdf

1、The present study aims to explore the divergence between the expression ofcultural values in the Chinese leamer written English and that in the British studentEnglish, by investigating the collocational behavior of the f

2、irst person pronouns fromthe corpus-based perspective. This survey starts with the frequencies of the firstperson pronouns in both a Chinese leamer corpus and an English native corpus, andanalyzes the data by a combinati

3、on of quantitative approach of corpus linguistics andthe qualitative approach of cultural values orientation.
　　 Several steps are taken in this study. First, the two first person pronouns we and Iand some concerned

4、information are extracted through WordSmith 4.0 in theChinese leamer and British student corpora. The frequency data of collocations andconcordance lines of we and I are closely observed. Then the data from the twocorpor

5、a are compared to find the difference on the collocational behavior. Finally,the divergences on cultural values which possibly cause the different use of firstperson pronouns are analyzed.
　　 This thesis mainly illus

6、trates the divergence between the Chinese leamers andBritish students on the expression of cultural values as follows:
　　 (1) Chinese students use more instances of we than British students, most ofwhich in these two

7、 student corpora point to we-inclusive. It makes the addressee andthe addresser more closely. This feature shows Chinese belief -ingroup, which isopposite to the individualism in the westem culture.
　　 (2) The differ

8、ent semantic preference of we between the Chinese leamer corpusand British student corpus reflects the disparity in power distance. In the Chineseculture, power, social position, age etc, seem to be overemphasized, while

9、 in theBritish culture, they seem not to be so important.
　　 (3) The frequency of I am is higher in Chinese learner corpus than in the Britishstudent corpus, indicating the different styles of human life. Chinese cul

10、ture is a"being culture" while the west culture is "doing culture". The former requires peopleto behave in the ways which are considered suitable to their social norms and thelatter emphasizes the intention to do.
　　

11、 (4) In the Chinese leamer corpus, the first person pronoun I tends to accompanywith past tense, while in the British student corpus, it is frequently used with presenttense. Chinese is a typical past-time orientation so

12、ciety in which history is of greatsignificance and profoundly influences the present and future. On the contrary,Britain is a present-time orientation society in which people believe the present takesan enormous importan