【作者】 齐喜悦；

【导师】 范凤祥；

【作者基本信息】 大连海事大学 ， 外国语言学及应用语言学， 2009， 硕士

【摘要】 名词短语是自然语言的重要组成部分,在句子当中提供大量信息。句子的语义内涵大部分都是伴随着名词短语的出现而产生的。近年来人们已经认识到名词短语的重要性,并且进行了大量研究。然而,不同名词短语类型的使用特点以及其在句子中所作成分的复杂性一直困扰着英语学习者。本文以语料库为基础,采用定量和定性分析相结合的研究方法,通过研究常用英语名词短语类型及其常用句法功能,旨在揭示名词短语类型与其在句子中所作成分的相关联系。通过使用ICECUP,Foxpro和SPSS等数据库和统计分析软件,本研究探讨了国际英语语料库英国英语分库(ICE-GB)中不同种类名词短语及其句法功能的分布情况。研究结果表明:名词短语在口语语料库中的使用频率高于书面语语料库,其中简单名词短语比较常出现在口语语料库中,而复杂名词短语比较常出现在书面语语料库中。名词短语在ICE-GB中作主语的频率高于宾语和补语,而作补语频率又高于补语,其中名词短语在书面语语料库中作直接宾语和宾语及主语补语的比率高于口语语料库,而名词短语在口语语料库中作间接宾语和介词补语的比率高于书面语语料库。研究还发现简单名词短语与主语相关,加前缀修饰的复杂名词短语及部分加后缀修饰的复杂名词短语(从句和介词短语)与宾语关系密切,而其他加后缀修饰复杂名词短语(副词短语和名词短语)与补语密切相关。更多还原

【Abstract】 Noun phrases,as the basic components of all the texts,play a key role in natural language.They always carry and offer a large amount of information in sentences.With the awareness of the vital importance of noun phrases,many studies have been carried out and great progress was made.However,the usages and features of various noun-phrase types and their syntactic functions are complex and problematic for language learners.The author,in this corpus-based study attempts to explore the usages and features of noun-phrase types and their syntactic functions across speech and writing,as well as the associations between them.With the assistance of ICECUP,SPSS and FoxPro programs,the frequencies and proportions of noun-phrase types and their syntactic functions in ICE-GB are quantified and compared.The study shows that the frequencies of noun phrases are higher in speech than those in writing.The proportion of simple noun phrases in speech is larger than that in writing,while the proportion of complex noun phrases is larger in writing than in speech.Besides,the frequencies of noun phrases as subject are higher than those as object and complement,and the frequencies in complement position are higher than in object position.The proportions of direct object,subject and object complement are larger in writing than in speech,while the proportions of indirect object and prepositional complement are larger in speech than in writing.Furthermore,there seems be an association between subject position and simple noun phrases;and for the complex noun phrases,there is an association between object position and all three premodifier + head types and two types of head + postmodifier (H + CL and H + PP),and an association between complement position and other two head + postmodifier types referring to H + AVPO and H + NPPO.更多还原