Frequency Effects of Canonical Event Schemata with Sentence Patterns through the English Textbook Corpus

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K02737
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Foreign language education
• Research Institution: Doshisha University
• Principal Investigator: Notohara Yoshiyuki 同志社大学, 文学部, 教授 (70300613)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: イベントスキーマ / 文型 / 典型的な構文 / 教科書コーパス / 頻度効果 / 概念融合 / 概念軋轢

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study investigates frequency effects of thirteen canonical constructions (canonical event schemata with sentence patterns) through English textbook corpus for junior and senior high school levels referring to Radden & Dirven’s (2007) cognitive linguistic framework. As a result, the following three frequency effects on L2 constructional network development in Japanese EFL learners’ interlanguage could be pointed out referring to Madlener’s (2015): (1) their constructional network is mainly based on three firmly entrenched constructions (e.g., States/SVC (be)); (2) Five constructions (e.g., Emotion/SVO (like)) are assumed to be mildly entrenched in their L2 construction network and easily connected with the above-mentioned three entrenched constructions; (3) Five constructions (e.g., Processes/SVC (become)) are less entrenched and can sometimes be related to inappropriate construction uses due to inappropriate conceptual blending.

Free Research Field

英語教育学、コーパス言語学