当代外语研究

当代外语研究 ›› 2024, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 179-190.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2024.04.016

• 语言学与应用语言学 • 上一篇    

基于语料库的报告动词研究——以show,indicate和demonstrate为例

吴宇希(), 王聪()   

  1. 澳门城市大学,澳门,999078;上海政法学院,上海,200092
  • 出版日期:2024-08-28 发布日期:2024-08-13
  • 作者简介:吴宇希,博士,澳门城市大学人文社会科学学院助理教授。主要研究方向为语料库语言学、批判性话语分析、二语习得。电子邮箱:jessiewu@cityu.edu.mo;
    王聪,博士,上海政法学院政府管理学院副教授。电子邮箱:wangcong9999@163.com
  • 基金资助:
    澳门基金会2023年学术项目资助计划(I0066-2212-192)

Examining Reporting Verbs in the PolyU Language Bank and Corpus of Research Articles: A Case Study of “Show”, “Indicate” and “Demonstrate”

WU Yuxi(), WANG Cong()   

  • Online:2024-08-28 Published:2024-08-13

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报告动词是学术写作中常用的动词,英语学习者在英文写作过程中经常会对报告动词的使用感到困惑。本研究基于语料库的方法,结合定量及定性分析,考察了容易混淆的show、indicate和demonstrate这三个报告动词分别在香港理工大学英语学习者语料库(PLEC)和研究文章语料库(CRA)的具体使用。三个报告动词在PLEC和CRA语料库中的使用上有一些相似之处,都可以用来做直接和间接引用、数据描述及结果报告,但它们不能完全相互替代。

关键词: 报告动词, 基于语料库的研究, 英语学习者, 高级英语使用者

Abstract:

The aim of this study is to examine the use of three reporting verbs: “show”, “indicate” and “demonstrate” in the PolyU Learner English Corpus (PLEC) and Corpus of Research Articles (CRA),respectively. PLEC is a learner corpus with a collection of undergraduates’ assignments. The writers in the PLEC are university students who are English learners. By comparison,CRA is a collection of research articles,and the writers in CRA represent advanced English users. This study adopted a corpus-based method based on quantitative and qualitative analyses to examine the differences and similarities in using three reporting verbs between PLEC and CRA. By comparing these three words in two corpora,the similarities and differences regarding the employment of these three reporting verbs by two levels of English groups are outlined. The findings reveal that the use of three reporting verbs: “show”, “indicate” and “demonstrate” between CRA and PLEC share some similarities among them. However,“indicate”,“show” and “demonstrate” are synonyms with similar lexical meanings. They cannot fully be replaced with each other. Some unique patterns for the use of the three above reporting verbs are also identified,indicating the different preferences for English learners and advanced users.

Key words: reporting verbs, corpus-based study, English learners, advanced English users

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