国内外二语词汇损耗研究述评

词汇损耗研究是语言损耗研究的重点。通过对国内外三十多年来大量的二语词汇损耗实证研究进行梳理分析,结果发现这些实证研究大体可以分为两类,即对词汇损耗本身的研究和对词汇损耗的影响因素研究。对前者的整理发现多数研究表明词汇比二语的其他层次（如语音、形态-句法等）更易遭受损耗,产出性词汇比接受性词汇更易损耗;对后者的分析发现影响词汇损耗的因素很多,包括外部因素、学习者内部因素以及与词汇有关的因素。文章最后谈及国内外二语词汇损耗研究对我国外语词汇教学的一些启示。

A Review of the Study in Vocabulary Attrition at Home and Abroad

In the field of language attrition,more emphasis is put upon vocabulary attrition.This paper analyses the vast number of empirical studies dedicated to second language vocabulary attrition over the past three decades,and finds that these studies can be roughly divided into two categories,namely,studies designed to understand vocabulary attrition itself and studies aimed to capture variables affecting vocabulary attrition.The majority of the first category shows that vocabulary is more vulnerable to attritio...