论文标题:对中国大学生英语议论文写作衔接连贯的分析
A Discursive Study of Chinese College Students" Argumentative Writing in English from the Perspective of Cohesion and Coherence
论文作者 龚轶敏
论文导师 全永百,论文学位 硕士,论文专业 外国语言学及应用语言学
论文单位 广东外语外贸大学,点击次数 107,论文页数 103页File Size3173k
2005-04-01论文网 http://www.lw23.com/lunwen_80931727/ 议论文写作;结构;衔接手段
argumentative writing; organizational pattern; cohesive devices
本论文旨在研究中国大学生写的英语议论文在宏观结构和衔接手段的使用方面存在的特点。我们用简单随机抽样的方法从某大学英语专业高年级学生作文中抽取30篇作为样本进行分析。在宏观结构分析过程中,我们以Hyland(1990)总结出的英语议论文体裁结构为标准,对每篇作文进行分析,确定其中出现的语步。另外,在对样本进行衔接手段使用情况的分析时,我们借用了Halliday和Hasan(1976)关于文章衔接手段的分类法,得出每篇作文在衔接手段(指称、连接和词汇衔接)使用方面的信息。通过分析,我们发现总的来说学生对英语议论文的结构都有所了解,而且半数以上的作文的结构与Hyland(1990)总结的议论文体裁结构完全一致。但是问题依然存在,主要出现在议论文写作的论证阶段。在衔接手段的使用上,我们的分析也反映出了一些特点和问题,包括指代不清、无对象照应、连接词误用或过度使用、简单重复太多和搭配不当,等等。我们认为,在宏观结构和衔接上出现的这些问题都将影响文章的连贯性。 本研究提出在英语写作的教学上,教师应当改变传统的以语法为中心的写作教学方法,帮助学生加强语篇意识,提高语篇能力,进而提高写作质量。
The present research aims to identify the common features of the argumentative essays written by Chinese college students in terms of the organizational pattern and the use of cohesive devices, which are respectively on the macro-level and micro-level of discourse and considered to play an important role in the achievement of textual coherence.In this study thirty compositions randomly chosen from ninety argumentative essays written on one topic by fourth-year English majors in one Chinese university are analyzed. The generic structure of the argumentative essay proposed by Hyland (1990) is applied as a criterion in the analysis of the organizational pattern of these essays, and Halliday and Hasan"s (1976) taxonomy of cohesive devices is employed in the investigation of the cohesive features of the compositions. The results of our analysis show that in terms of the organizational pattern the students in general all have some knowledge of the structure of the English argumentative essay, and problems exist mainly at the Argument stage of the argumentative writing, which include the absence of the Claim-Support pair and of Marker, etc. As for the cohesive features, the students" essays also display some common weaknesses regarding the use of reference, conjunction and lexical cohesion, which include ambiguity in reference, overuse and misuse of conjunctions, overuse of repetition, misuse of lexical items in collocations, etc.The present study sheds some light on the teaching and learning of English writing at colleges in China. It is suggested that to improve the writing quality of Chinese undergraduates, discourse-oriented teaching methods of writing and reading should be adopted.
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