2017年5月11日 星期四

動詞、名詞與動名詞:“teaching load” or “teaching loading”? 台灣學界太喜歡用動名詞 蘇正隆

許多英文詞彙本身同時兼動詞與名詞,如:load, estimate, forecast, read, review, interview, lead, check-out…等,因此作名詞用時不必再加-ing,然而台灣學界,特別是英文老師,往往喜歡用加-ing的動名詞形式來表達。譬如:教學分量很重 (heavy teaching load),會說成 “heavy teaching loading” ; "this is an excellent summer read" 會說 "this is an excellent summer reading" ; "estimate of shipping cost" “Thank you for your interview”,往往說成 " estimating of shipping cost", “Thank you for your interviewing”

我們Google一下,就可以驗證:

"heavy teaching loading" 6 項結果 (Google as of May 10, 17) 全出自台灣:

資源導覽:國小教師的多元文化教學信念與其運作課程之個案研究
digiarch.sinica.edu.tw › 資源導覽 › 藏品
The gap resulted from some factors, such as curriculum goals, heavy teaching loading, and teacher's perspective in curriculum. ...

readopac2.ncl.edu.tw/nclJournal/search/summny_list.jsp?sysId=0004658229&dtdId...
The gap resulted from some factors, such as curriculum goals, heavy teaching loading, and teacher's perspective in curriculum. However, the teacher kept ...

www.etlrc.yuntech.edu.tw/index.php/e-paper-area/.../86-no-42-t-paper
It is a tough addition to our heavy teaching loading and routine desk work. Luckily, ETRC has planned and offered a series of workshops that really meets many ...

 找不到 "we have a heavy teaching loading" 的結果。
"we have a heavy teaching load" 約有 483,000 項結果

可見這是台灣獨創的說法。

其他台灣學界喜歡用加-ing的動名詞形式來表達的例子還有不少,看了以下統計便可知其實不必加-ing,才是習慣用法。

"thank you for your interview" 約有 567,000 項結果 (Google May 11, 2017)
"thanks for your interview" 約有 552,000 項結果
"thanks for your interviewing" 1 項結果
找不到 "thank you for your interviewing me" 的結果。

找不到 "estimating of shipping cost" 的結果
"an estimate of shipping cost" 約有 3,360,000 項結果

"the forecast for next year" 約有 86,100 項結果
"the forecasting for next year" 2 項結果

"this book was a great summer read" 約有 974,000 項結果 (Aug 13, 2014)
找不到 "this book was a great summer reading" 的結果。

"available for free download" 約有 7,640,000 項結果(August 5, 2016)
"available for free downloading" 約有 120,000 項結果
"available for free downloading at" site:uk 約有 63 項結果
"available for free download at" site:uk 約有 27,900


(Jerome Su, May 11, 2017)

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