Abstract

This research is corpus-based research. It uses the BNC as a referenced corpus to study the usage of amplifiers in the texts of the TWENTY-FIRST CENTUYR COLLEGE ENGLISH (TCCE). The study question is whether amplifiers in the texts of the TCCE are overused or underused. The research comes to the conclusions that: 1) as a whole, there is no significant difference between the frequencies of the target amplifiers in TCCE texts and BNC; 2) part of the amplifiers are overused like “badly” while some of the amplifiers are underused like “quite” in TCCE. According to the conclusions, some teaching advice is proposed including that teacher should pay more attention to the teaching method of certain amplifiers like “badly” and students are encouraged to do more self-learning on amplifiers.

Keywords: amplifiers; overuse; underuse; TCCE

Contents

Abstract

摘要

1.Introduction1

2.Literature Review1

2.1 The Definition of Amplifier.1

2.2 The Researches on the Amplifiers2

3.Research Design  .4

3.1 Research Question.4

3.2 Research Materials 4

3.3 Research Method.5

4.Results and Analysis.5

4.1 Description of the Frequency of Amplifiers 5

4.2 Overused Amplifiers.7

4.3 Underused Amplifiers9

5. Conclusion12

Works Cited.14