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中国学习者英语口头叙事中的话语评价研究. / 许家金.
// Foreign language teaching and research. 2013, Vol. 45, No.1.
// 外语教学与研究 2013, 第45卷.第1期 2013.tr. 69-79. This study compares the appraisal resources, within the framework of J. R. Martin’s Appraisal Theory, in spoken narratives produced by Chinese EFL learners and native English speakers based on the same video prompt. Meanwhile, the appraisal resources in the EFL learners’ spoken Chinese narratives are compared with those in the spoken narratives by native English speakers using the same stimulus. The second type of comparison aims at the cross-linguistic influence of the group of Chinese students’ mother tongue on their English production. Data analysis shows that significant differences in appraisal are found between interlanguage English and native English, as well as between spoken Chinese and native speakers’ English. Highly consistent differences are observed in the two types of comparisons of appraisal sub-categories in the following order: FOCUS ( - ) > FORCE ( + ) > proclaim ( - ) > AFFECT ( +) > APPRECIATION ( -) . The most striking difference is in the sub-system FOCUS (which is underused in both interlanguage spoken English and spoken Chinese) in the appraisal system. Over-represented appraisal sub-systems include FORCE and AFFECT. The comparisons suggest that the five categories of appraisal difference of Chinese learners’ spoken English from those in the native English speakers’ narrative discourse may well be accounted for by the difference between Chinese and English. This paper, therefore, takes a two-pronged approach, conceptualized appraisal system and lexico-grammar, to describe Chinese EFL learners’ evaluative ability in spoken English. Near-native expression of evaluation is not possible unless improvement is achieved in speaking in both English appraisal system and English language.
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基于语料库的商务英语语域特征多维分析 = A corpus-based multi-dimensional analysis of business English registers / JIANG Jinlin; XU Jiajin;School of International Studies,University of International Business and Economics; National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education,Beijing Foreign Studies University.
// Foreign language teaching and research. 2015, Vol. 47, No.2.
// 外语教学与研究 2013, 第45卷.第4期 2015225-236+320 p. This paper presents a multi-feature/multi-dimensional(MF/MD)analysis of the register features of business English and two sub-registers(i.e.economic news and economic academic discourse)based on the comparable corpora of business and general English texts.The results show that the MF/MD method is effective in differentiating business English texts vis--vis general English ones,economic news vis--vis general news,and economic academic discourse vis--vis general academic discourse.The variation across business and general English registers and their respective sub-registers is identified along six functional dimensions(involved versus informational production,narrative versus non-narrative concerns,explicit versus situation-dependent reference,overt expression of persuasion,abstract versus non-abstract information,and online information elaboration),and the prominent lexico-grammatical features(based on a 67-item feature set)in individual registers are singled out.From the discourse function perspective,business English exhibits more interactiveness(e.g.the overuse of first and second person pronouns)and persuasiveness(e.g.the overuse of predictive modals and infinitives);general English,however,demonstrates more informational foci(e.g.the overuse of past participial clauses)and narrative concerns(e.g.the overuse of third person pronouns and past tense).The study concludes that the macroand micro-features of discourse function and lexico-grammatical form revealed from the corpora of the business English register and its sub-registers provide a relatively objective descriptive frame of reference for business English syllabus designers,and curriculum and course developers.
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