英语学习者的两类关系从句调群切分特征对比研究

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中图分类号：H319 文献标志码：A

Abstract： Based on Cruttenden's theory of intonational phrasing，a comparative study was conducted on the different prosodic features of restrictive relative clauses （RRCs）and non-restrictive relative clauses （NRRCs） in the oral English of Chinese colege students. Four sentences of each type of relative clauses were selected from New Concept English ，and audio recordings of 3O collge students who had passed CET 4 were colected. Then，Praat software was used for phonetic annotation and data extraction，and SPSS was utilized to conduct statistical analysis on the four major intonation-group boundary markers respectively. It was found that learners primarily relied on pauses as a key marker to distinguish between the two types of relative clauses. At the end of the preceding tone group for both clause types，learners frequently employed lengthened syllables，with pitch contours predominantly showing a downward trend. Additionally，interlanguage fossilization was observed，manifested as unclear stress patterns and the Overemphasis of relative pronouns. The learners'intonational phrasing strategies for English relative clauses were closely linked to language transfer and training transfer. Explicit and implicit instruction are suggested in English language teaching to enhance students' prosodic expressiveness and improve the naturalness and intelligibility of their spoken output.

Key words： intonational phrasing； restrictive relative clauses; non-restrictive relative clauses； pause;pitch reset; anacrusis; lengthening

关系从句是从属于主句的从句，用于修饰名词短语（即“先行词"），并由关系代词或关系副词引导，可分为限制性关系从句（Restrictiverelativeclauses，RRCs）和非限制性关系从句（Non-restrictive relative clauses，NRRCs）[1]。（剩余14758字）