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社会文化迁移对中国式英语的影响英文版论文

HunanAgriculturalUniversity

TheimpactofthetransferofsocialcultureonChinese-styleEnglish

Name:

Gaowei

Number:

912210100694

Gradeandmajor:

2009ForeignBusiness

Instructor:

LiJing

College:

ChangshaExpeditionTranslationInstitute

Hunan•Changsha

Submittingdate:

April,2012

Contents

Abstract…………………………………………………………………………3

Keyword………………………………………………………………………………………3

Contents……………………………………………………………………………3

1Introduction3

2Chinglish4

2.1Definition4

2.2reason..............................................................................................................4

2.2.1Pronunciation4

2.2.2grammar5

2.2.3Realexamples5

3Social-culturaltransfer6

3.1Definition6

3.2Effectsofsocial-culturaltransfer7

3.2.1Vocabulary7

3.2.2Culturecustoms7

3.2.3Valuesystem8

4Conclusion9

Bibliography9

Acknowleggement……………………………………………………………………………10

TheimpactofthetransferofsocialcultureonChinese-styleEnglish

Student:

Gaowei

Instructor:

Lijing

（HunanAgriculturalUniversity,ChangshaExpeditiontranslationInstituteChangsha,410128）

Abstract:

WhenChineselearnersareintheacquisitionofEnglish,mothertongueandmotherculturecannotonlyproducepositivetransferbutalsonegativetransfer.ThepositivetransfercanpromoteEnglishlearningwhilenegativetransferwillbringobstacles,andevenleadtothephenomenonofChinglish.Thedifferencesofsocialandculturalvalues,traditionsandcustoms,languageandmannersallplaynegativerolesinlearningasecondlanguage.

Thispaperwillanalyzethetransferofsocialculture,causesandmanifestations,andexploretheimpactonChinese-styleEnglishsoastoavoidnegativetransferandhelpChina'sEnglishlearnersachievegreaterprogressinEnglishlearning.

Keyword:

Socio-culturaltransfer；Chinglish;negativetransfe

1Introduction

Incross-culturalcommunication,aspeoplelackofunderstandingofculturaltraditionsoftargetlanguage,oraspeoplefromdifferentculturalbackgroundenjoydifferentwaysorconventions.intheofprocessinterpersonalcommunicationpeoplefollowtheirownculturaltraditionsandnativeexpressionmodestoexpresstheirthoughtsandfeelings,andthisinevitablycausesthecultureofmigration.Migrationisthemothertongueofthefeaturesweretransferredtoasecondlanguage.culturaltransferisaveryimportantphenominoninCross-culturalcommunication,whichnotonlydirectlyaffectsthecommunicationofresults,butalsoitcan’tbeignoredsometimesleadtocommunicationbreakdownandconflicts,isinthecommunicationprocess.

2Chinglish

2.1Definition

ChinglishreferstospokenorwrittenEnglishwhichislanguageinfluencedbythechineselanguage.Theterm"Chinglish"iscommonlyappliedtoungrammaticalornonsensicalEnglishinChinesecontexts,andmayhavepejorativeordeprecateconnotations.Othertermsusedtodescribedthephenomenoninclude"ChineseEnglish","ChinaEnglish",and"SinicizedEnglish".ThedegreetowhichaChinesevarietyofEnglishexistsorcanbeconsideredlegitimateisdisputed.

2.2reason

Becauseofcross-culturalcommunicationinthelanguageoftheexistingculturaldifference,differentwaysofthinking,differentlanguagehabits,andmanyothercauseforEnglishlearners'uniqueChinglishphenomenon,someseesnoobviousmistake,butwiththerelations,style,andrhetoricofthetunnels,thetotalissawataglancethatisnotauthentic.ChinesestyleEnglishlanguagehavefewreasons,Englishlearnersvulnerabletotheinfluenceofthemothertonguesaidsomenotgrammarruleswronglanguage,thisisbecauseofitsownlanguageandEnglishlanguagelogicisnotthesame.ButIthinkthemostimportantthingisthepronunciation,vocabularyandgrammar.

2.2.1Pronunciation

Differentindividualororganization,canusedifferentmethodforexampleaword.This,accordingtothedifferentfactors,suchas:

theygrowplace,lifeplace,Chinesephoneticshasnolength.Beginnerscan'tdistinguishtheChineseusually[a]andtheEnglishlanguage[a:

],juststartedtolearnEnglish,sometimesmanystudentsfeeldistinguishpinyinandEnglishlettersisdifficult.Somewordsareoftenexchangeormixedforthesameword,itisbecausetwowordforthesamepronunciation,suchas"temple"and"temper".Sometimes,oneEnglishwordwasnotthecorrectpronunciation,maybeawiththeoriginalpronunciationcompletelydifferentChinesestyleEnglishpronunciation,suchas"Zellers"Company（Hudson'sBayCompanyofa）intoa"SeLa",orEnglishname,suchasAllen,Ellen,AileenandShirley,Shelly,Cherry

2.2.2grammar

ChinesestyleEnglishsometimesthroughcommongrammarpatternsproduce.Forexample,innottoexcessiveuseof"the"（example:

"theChinaisbiggerthantheFrance"）,aswellastheexcessiveuseofverbs+"ing";ThisiscommonbothChineseEnglish.Otherand:

excessiveuseof"to",theuseof"to"followtoneauxiliary（example:

"Imusttogo"）,"Ed"and"-ing"adjectivesconfusion（example:

"Iamveryboring"to"Iamverybored";"Iwassurprised"to"Iwassurprising."）,inthe"be"andadjectivesexcessiveusebetween"very"（response"very"inChinesethattheusage）,usethe"very"modifyverbs（example:

"Iverylikeit"）,whenactivemoreappropriateusingpassive,andfalseverbtensesusagemayalsoresultinChinesestyleEnglish.Inaddition,usuallyChinesegrammarpatternalsotobeabsorbedintheEnglishgrammar,suchastheclassicexample:

"ItomorrowgotoShanghai"or"Ithismorningeatbreakfast."inaddition,tocount/anuncountablenoun,pluralformofusage,"howmuch,""howmany","alotof","much",and"many"oftheusage,aremoremixed.Theseleadtocommonmistakessuchas"Hehasmanymoney","Iwantasoup"and"Therearealotofshoe."

2.2.3Realexamples

Totakenoticeofsafe:

Theslipperyareverycrafty.=Becareful,slipperyslopes.（Becarefulonslippery.）

Smokingisprohibitedifyouwillbefined50yuan.（literalmeaning:

ifyoua$50wordsSmokingnotallowed.）=Smokingisprohibited,penaltiesforviolatorsis50yuan.（donotsmoke,violatorswillbefined$50.）

Convenient（instantnoodles）=instantnoodles,Beijing

3Social-culturaltransfer

Underthetrendofglobalization,cultureisbecominga“meltingpot”,sothepurposeforEnglishlearnerstostudyalanguageistocommunicatewithothersfreelyandcorrectly.Asuccessfulcommunicationnotonlyrequiresagoodmasteryofforeignlanguage,butalsotheknowledgeofthedifferencesofdifferentculturesandthepracticeoftheknowledge.Therefore,thecorrespondingcultureoflanguageiswhatthelearnersshouldlearniftheywanttostudyalanguage.Next,wewilldiscussculturetransferwhichplaysanimportantroleinboththeforeignlanguagestudyandthelanguageitself.

3.1Definition

ThemostwidelyuseddefinitionistheoneproposedbyOdlin（1989）:

transferistheinfluenceresultingfromsimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesbetweenthetargetlanguageandanyotherlanguagethathasbeenpreviouslyacquired.Theacademiccultureisdividedintotwolevelsofculture,thesurfacedofmaterialcultureandthedeepofspiritualculture.Thedifferencesbetweenlevelsofculturalwillinevitablyleadtodifferentlevelsofculturalmigration.Accordingtotheconceptionsofcultureandthedistinguishingofsurface-structureanddeep-structureofculturediscussedabove,culturaltransfercanbedividedintotwolayers:

surfacdstructuretransferanddeepstructuretransfer.Theformercoversthetransfertakingplaceinthefirsttwodimensionsofculture,thatissocialcultureconcernedwithsystems,law,politics,art,etc.,andmaterialculture.Andthelatterattheideologicalorpsychologicallayerofculture,thatiscloselyrelatedtoviewpointofculturalvalues,wayofthinking,culturalnorms,rules,etc.

3.2Effectsofsocial-culturaltransfer

Accordingtothisdefinitionoftransfer,culturaltransferreferstotheculturalinfluenceresultingfromsimilaritiesanddissimilaritiesbetweenthetargetcultureandanyotherculturethathasbeenpreviouslyacquired.Culturaltransferoccurswhenpeoplefromoneculturesubconsciouslyusetheirownculturalblueprintsandvalueperspectivestoconducttheirownbehaviorsandthoughtsininterculturalcommunication,andalsousethesamenormorvaluesascriteriatojudgeothers’behaviorandthoughtwhoseculturalperceptionandpatternsarequitedifferentfromtheirown.Ithinkthatsocial-culturetransferimpactofEnglishmainlyfocusedonvocabulary,culturecustomsandvaluesystem.

3.2.1Vocabulary

Generallyspeaking,Englishwordshavetheflexibility,rangeofmeaningsiswide,richandvaried,Englishhasthecharacteristicsofpolysemy.AsaresultofdifferenceproductionmethodsandhabitsofmindinEnglish,theywillhavedifferentassociationsthesameconcept,Thesamemeaningusingadifferentmetaphortorefertothebody.

eg;

（1）chinglish;fiveflowersandeightdoors

English;agreatvarietyof

（2）chinglish;onepoorandtwowhite

English;poorandblank

（3）chinglish;Awalkaftermealdoesgoodtoyourhealth.

English;Astrollaftermealbenefitsyouagooddeal.

3.2.2Culturecustoms

ThefunctionoflanguageisuniversalinCommunication,buttheculturaldifferencesbetweensocialgroupscreategreatdifferencesoflanguageuse,italsobringalotofdifficultiesincommunicationbetweendifferentcultures.Englishalsohasarichcultural,especiallyidioms,andmosthadtheclassicsource.forexample;Pandora’sboxmeansthecriticalcausesofthedisaster.TheswordofDamoclesmeanstheriskkeepinwealth,swansongmeansamasterpieceofaartistbeforedeathorslastperformanceofaartist.andt