高中生英语应用文写作中的修辞关系研究——以书信类应用文为例-《集美大学学报（教育科学版）》

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Title:: A Study on the Rhetoric Relations in High School Students’ English Practical Writing-Take Practical Letters as an Example

Author(s):: FAN Bin1; CHEN Li-jun2; 1.School of Foreign Languages,Jimei University,Xiamen 361021,China;2.Middle School of Wuyishan City,Wuyishan 354339,China

Keywords:: english practical writing; rhetoric relations; high school students; letters

摘要:: 基于修辞结构理论，以300篇高中生英语书信类应用文写作文本为语料，借助RST 工具，研究作文中修辞关系的使用。研究发现：高中各年级学生使用的修辞关系种类数没有显著差异，但高、低水平组在修辞关系使用频数上存在显著差异；各年级高、低水平组所使用的修辞关系类型差别不大；各年级高、低水平组主导修辞关系存在部分重合，但其使用的频数、占比及排序不尽相同。各年级均使用的主导修辞关系为阐述关系、连接关系、联结关系。最后，文章针对高中英语应用文写作教学提出建议。

Abstract:: Based on the theory of Rhetorical Structure,this paper studies the use of rhetorical relations in essays with the help of RST,taking 300 practical writing texts of high school students’ English letters as corpus.The results show that there is no significant difference in the number of rhetorical relations used by high school students.In addition,there are significant differences in the frequency of rhetorical relations between the high and low level groups.There was little difference in the types of rhetorical relations used by the high and low level groups in each grade.The dominant rhetoric relationship of the high and low level groups in each grade has some overlap,but its frequency,proportion and order are vary.The dominant rhetorical relations used by all grades are the relation of elaboration,connection and association.Based on the research findings,this study puts forward several suggestions for the teaching of English practical writing in senior high school.