Abstract
Making use of the data from narrative writings of the same topic, this paper has used the common high-frequency adjective “大” (big) and the common high-frequency noun “城市” (city) as the main vocabularies to examine the frequency of all adjective-noun collocations produced by Chinese as Second Language (CSL) learners. From the perspective of lexical semantics and the methodology of quantitative linguistics, the development of the semantic network of the CSL production has been investigated.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
Due to the limited number of sentences produced by CSL learners at elementary level, this paper considers the development of CSL learners at intermediate and advanced levels for the time being.
- 2.
Copyrighted by the Research Department of Computational Linguistics, Institute of Language and Character Applications, Ministry of Education, produced by Xiao Hang, download address: www.cncorpus.org.
- 3.
The output usage rate of “城市” was 74.2% at intermediate level, 93.6% at advanced level, and 25.1% for native speakers. Usage rate = the number of times a word is used/the total number of words in the corpus.
References
Feng, X.: Research on the semantic network in the psychological dictionary of Chinese English learners. Foreign Lang. Teach. Res. 46(03), 435–445+481 (2014)
Zhang, P.: A comparative study of the association model of psychological Lexicons for Chinese English learners. Foreign Lang. Teach. Res. 42(01), 9–16+80 (2010)
Liu, S., Fu, B., Hu, A.: An empirical study of the psychological vocabulary representation network of people with different CSL levels. J. PLA Univ. Foreign Lang. 35(02), 57–60+70+128 (2012)
Wu, J.: An Empirical Study of Psychological Lexical and Semantic Networks of People with Different CSL Levels. Journal of Zhaotong University, pp. 101–104 (2018)
Xing, H.: Research on Vocabulary Acquisition of Chinese as a CSL. Peking University Press (2016)
Lü, Sh.: A Preliminary Study of the Problems of Single and Double Syllables in Modern Chinese. Chinese Language (1963)
Lin, X.: On Word Collocation and Its Research. Language Teaching and Research, pp. 18–25 (1994)
Shen, J.: The Marking Mode of the Syntactic Function of Adjectives. Chinese Language, pp. 242–250 (1997)
Xu, Y.: Restrictive Factors for the Emergence of the Word “的”. Rhetoric Study, pp. 33–34 (2003)
Wang, L., Xue, X.: A Study on the Implicit Acquisition of the “的” after the Attributive Adjective. Chinese Learning, pp. 83–90 (2007)
Liu, D.: Co-Occurrence of Adjective-Nouns and Direction of Adjectives. Nanjing Normal University Journal (Social Science Edition), pp. 56–61 (1987)
Zhang, G.: On Qualitative Adjectives. World Chinese Teaching, pp. 5–17+2 (2006)
Li, J.: Syntactic Limitation and Expression Function of Adjective-Noun Collocations. Journal of Shanghai Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences Edition), pp. 128–132 (2007)
Zhao, Ch.: The Principle of the Co-Occurrence of Emotion Adjectives and Nouns. Chinese Language and Literature, pp. 125–132+191 (2007)
Qi, F.: A Selective Study of “Adjective-Noun Collocations” in the Attributive Head Word Form [A单 + N]. Shanghai Normal University (2003)
Zhao, Ch.: Static and Dynamic Research on Adjective-Noun Collocations. Jinan University (2006)
Liu, Z.: Analysis of Semantic Class Combination of Compound Words of Adjective Names and Morphemes. Nanjing Normal University (2008)
Wen, Y., Yuan, Ch., Huang, Ch.: Chinese Adjective-Noun Clustering Based on Collocation Pairs. Journal of Chinese Information Processing, pp. 45–50 (2000)
Qi, F., Duanmu, S.: A Quantitative Study on Attributive Headword Adjective-Noun Collocations of Word Lengths. Language Teaching and Research, pp. 83–91 (2015)
Hu, R., Xiao, H.: Research on the Construction and Application of Chinese Collocation Knowledge Base for CSL Teaching. Application of Language and Characters, pp. 135–144 (2019)
Xie, Ch.: An Investigation of Occurrence Rules of the “的” Character in Multiple Attributive Head Word Structures. Beijing Language and Culture University (2008)
Lei, Y.: A Quantitative Study on the Attribution of Multiple Attributives and the Word “的”. Peking University (2012)
Zhang, Y.: A Study on the Acquisition of the Syntactic and Semantic Relations of Noun Collocation of Adjectives by International Students. Beijing Language and Culture University (2009)
Wu, K.: A contrastive analysis of interlanguage in the acquisition of adjective-nouns in polish rod Adjective predicate sentences for international students. J. Huainan Teach. Coll. 19(02), 58–61 (2017)
Zhang, Y.: An Analysis of the Errors of Adjective-Nouns and Similar Words of International Students. Ludong University (2018)
Mei, J,. et al.: Synonym Cilin. Shanghai Dictionary Publishing House (1983)
Acknowledgement
This research project is supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, and the Research Funds of Beijing Language and Culture University (No. 20YCX110) and the Humanities and Social Sciences by the Ministry of Education (No. 19XJC740002 and No. 20YJAZH110).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2021 Springer Nature Switzerland AG
About this paper
Cite this paper
Mu, Y., Heseler, J., Xing, H. (2021). The Development of the Semantic Network of Chinese as Second Language Learners’ Production: From the Perspective of Collocations. In: Liu, M., Kit, C., Su, Q. (eds) Chinese Lexical Semantics. CLSW 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12278. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81197-6_47
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81197-6_47
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-81196-9
Online ISBN: 978-3-030-81197-6
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)