Corpus-based Study on Factors Affecting Word Order in English Antonymy Binomials--A Case Study of A or B Construction_英语论文

摘要

本文是通过基于语料库的定量研究方法，从在线美国当代英语语料库中收集频次在50次以上的A or B结构的高频英语反义成对词65对，从语言因素（音节数，元音长度，开头辅音数）以及非语言因素（权利，像似性，标记性，词频）方面来探讨英语反义成对词的词序制约因素。目的是更加准确地使用A or B结构的英语反义成对词。

关键词：反义成对词；词序制约因素；基于语料库；A or B结构

Contents

1. Introduction 1

1.1 Literature Review of English Binomials 1

1.2 Antonymy Binomials and Word Order 3

1.3 Significance of the Study 4

2. Corpus Methodology 4

2.1 Corpus-based Approach 4

2.2 Data Collection 5

3. Factors Affecting Word Order in English Antonymy Binomials 7

3.1 Language Factors 7

3.1.1 Syllable Number 7

3.1.2 Vowel Length 9

3.1.3 Initial Consonant 12

3.2 Non-Language Factors 14

3.2.1 Power 14

3.2.2 Iconicity 16

3.2.3 Perceptual Markedness 17

3.2.4 Word Frequency 20

4. Findings 27

References 29