語言湧現視角下的英語冠詞二語習得研究（簡體書）

《語言湧現視角下的英語冠詞二語習得研究》旨在探討英語冠詞語義特徵和相關的語境因素如何交互作用並影響英語冠詞二語習得。作者從語言理論角度出發，提出英語冠詞習得過程是一個複雜適應系統，由含有眾多因素和主體的子系統組成，冠詞習得是各類主客體因素相互影響和共同作用的結果。研究主要關注語義子系統和語境子系統在不同層面的交互作用及其對二語學習者冠詞習得的影響，揭示了英語冠詞替代型誤用產生的原因，對英語冠詞教學具有一定的現實意義。《語言湧現視角下的英語冠詞二語習得研究》首次在湧現論框架下研究英語冠詞二語習得，為湧現理論在語言和語言習得領域的應用提供了實證基礎，有利於促進語言湧現理論的進一步發展。·

楊偉豪（Raymond w．Yeung）教授1988年畢業于美國康奈爾大學。獲博士學位。之後曾在AT&T貝爾實驗室工作3年，於1 991年加入香港中文大學，現為網絡編碼研究所主任，是網絡編碼理論的提出者之一，其主要研究領域為信息理論與網絡編碼。他還是IEEE Fellow和香港工程師學會會士。·

《語言涌現視角下的英語冠詞二語習得研究》在語言涌現觀框架內分析第二語言習得的具體問題，探討了英語冠詞習得的涌現特征，揭示了交互這一重要的認知機理在英語冠詞二語習得中的作用，有助于二語習得理論的進一步發展。在此基礎上，書中詳細分析了二語學習者英語冠詞替代型誤用產生的原因，指出英語冠詞教學不僅應關注語義特征分析和語境敏感度訓練，更要重視語義和語境因素的交互特性及其對冠詞選用的影響。

序前言AbstractAcknowledgementsChapter 1 Introduction1.1 Goals of research1.2 Research background1.3 Key research questions1.4 Organization of the bookChapter 2 Semantic and Pragmatic Analysis of English Articles： An Overview2.1 Introduction2.2 Semantic analysis of English articles2.2.1 Definiteness and English articles2.2.2 Specificity and English articles2.2.3 Semantic complexity of English articles2.3 Pragmatic analysis of English articles2.3.1 The context-driven nature of semantic features2.3.2 P-sets （Hawkins， 1978， 1991）2.3.3 Relationship between semantic features and contextual factors2.4 SummaryChapter 3 L1 and L2 Acquisition of English Articles： A Critical Review3.1 Introduction3.2 Tasks facilitating the acquisition of English articles3.3 L1 developmental studies3.3.1 Maratsos's （1976） egocentricity account3.3.2 Wexler's Lack of Maximality Presupposition account3.3.3 The specific/non-specific effect account3.4 Studies of L2-English article acquisition3.4.1 Semantic Wheel and the classification of NP types3.4.2 L2 article acquisition studies under the Bickertonian framework3.4.3 Jarvis's （2002） study from a discourse perspective3.4.4 Fluctuation Hypothesis and Syntactic Misanalysis Account3.5 Comments on previous research3.6 SummaryChapter 4 Interaction and L2-English Article Acquisition： Questions and Hypotheses4.1 Introduction4.2 Interaction under the emergentist framework4.2.1 Emergentism in SLA4.2.2 Interaction： importance and ignorance4.2.3 Outlining the interactions to be studied4.3 Exploring interaction in detail4.3.l Interaction of different semantic features4.3.2 Interaction of different contextual factors4.3.3 Interaction of semantic features with contextual factors4.4 Research questions and hypotheses4.5 SummaryChapter 5 Study 1：Elicited Production5.1 Introduction5.2 Predictions5.3 Methodology5.3.1 Participants5.3.2 Materials and procedures5.3.3 Data coding procedures5.4 Results5.4.1 The forced elicitation task5.4.2 The written interview5.5 Discussion5.5.1 The role of specificity in L2 article choices5.5.2 Different effects of contextual factors5.5.3 Interaction of semantic features with contextual factors5.6 SummaryChapter 6 Study 2： Acceptability Judgment6.1 Introduction6.2 Background and predictions6.2.1 Background6.2.2 Predictions about uniqueness6.2.3 Predictions about hearer knowledge6.2.4 Predictions about specificity6.3 Methodology6.3.1 Participants6.3.2 Task and materials6.3.3 Procedure6.4 Results6.4.1 Computing uniqueness6.4.2 Uniqueness vs. existence6.4.3 Hearer knowledge6.4.4 Specific vs. non-specific6.5 Discussion6.5.1 The asymmetry of performance in different contexts6.5.2 The influence of partitivity6.5.3 Influence of specificity in article comprehension6.5.4 Semantic knowledge contributes to context sensitivity6.6 SummaryChapter 7 General Discussion and Conclusions7.1 Introduction7.2 Major findings7.3 General discussion7.3.1 Effects of specificity and partitivity on L2 learners' knowledge of definiteness7.3.2 Factors influencing L2 learners' context-sensitivity7.3.3 Interaction of semantic features with contextual factors7.4 Conclusions7.4.1 The Interaction Account： a summary of the study7.4.2 Implications of the present study7.4.3 Limitations and suggestions for further research7.5 SummaryReferencesAppendixesAppendix A Article-choice Test （Version 1）Appendix B Article-choice Test （Version 2）Appendix C The Answer Sheet of Article-choice TestAppendix D The Consent Form for Study 2Appendix E Test Items of Study 2Appendix F L2 Learners' Mean Rating of Items in Study 2Appendix G Native Speakers' Mean Rating of Items in Study 2·

2.3.3 Relationship between semantic features and contextual factors
It has been shown that the knowledge of semantic features andthe sensitivity to contextual factors are of the same importance formastering English articles.Since both of them seem to be indispensable for correctly using English articles,what is the relationship between them?Is one of them more important than the other,or are theyequally important and closely related?How will they work togetherto influence the use of English articles?We can find that these questions have been partially addressed in section 2.3.1 through the discussion of the context-driven nature of semantic features,whichdemonstrates the effects of contextual factors on the computation ofthe value of semantic features.It can thus be firstly concluded that therelationship between semantic features and contextual factors is reflected in the function of contextual factors in the computation of semantic features of English articles.
Secondly,however,it should also be noted that while contextualfactors might contribute to the computation of semantic features,semantic features will determine the role of contextual factors in articleuses.Contextual factors do not contribute to article uses directly although we may find that sometimes language users' sensitivity tocontextual factors indeed seems to be able to lead them to make accurate article choices.Contexts are important just because they provide adomain for the determination of the value of semantic features ratherthan because they directly determine the use of English articles.It issemantic feature that works as a channel through which contextualfactors such as previous mention,association,or background knowledge can possibly be related to the use of English articles.