高中学生英语冠词使用时的语义选择

High school EFL learners' semantic choice of English articles

在冠词选择参数与波动假设的理论框架下，通过实证研究探讨中国高中生英语冠词使用时的语义选择。研究发现：1）冠词掌握程度与被试的英语水平在.01水平（双侧）上显著相关。2）按照定指性和特指性划分的四种语义环境对中国高中生所构成的习得难易程度是不同的，[-定指，+特指]对高中英语学习者来说是最难习得的，而[-定指，-特指]是最容易习得的。且在.05的显著性水平上，四种语境的正确率存在显著性差异（F=12.372，p=.000<.05）。3）被试在[-定指，+特指]中过度使用定冠词the，其他三种语境被试掌握情况较好。4）从纵向发展的角度来看，随着英语水平的提高，被试倾向于在定指性和特指性这两种参数间来回波动。

Under the theoretical framework of Article Choice Parameter and the Fluctuation Hypothesis, this study collects and analyzes the scores on article-oriented test from 80 high school students. The main findings are: 1) accuracy in article use of Chinese high school learners is positively correlated with their English proficiency; 2) the two semantic features [±definiteness] and [±specificity] have a statistically significant influence on the definite article accuracy of Chinese high school students; 3) learners tend to overuse "the" in [-definite, +specific] context while perform well in other contexts; 4) Chinese learners tend to fluctuate between English articles on the basis of definiteness versus on the basis of specificity.