A Data-Based Survey and Foregrounding Analysis on Chinese Chunk Research

Jimin LI, Shan ZHANG

Abstract


In light of the Chinese journal full-text database resources in CNKI, articles of chunk study over the past decade within China are retrieved from 14 core journals on foreign languages studies, 93 articles from which are selected for the survey and analysis. Statistical results indicate that: a) The scale of chunk research is on steady rise year by year though in infant stage; b) The research topics touch upon five respects; c) There exist certain problems and shortcomings against some research achievements in respective fields; d) Research breakthroughs are expected with regard to interdisciplinary and multi-dimensional perspectives.


Keywords


Chunk research; Status quo; Shortcomings; Expectations of breakthrough

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