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英语专业语言学毕业论文
毕业论文
PragmaticFunctionsofEnglishAbbreviationsandTheirInfiltrationonChinese
孟祥熙
建筑大学外国语学院
2014年06月23日
毕业论文
PragmaticFunctionsofEnglishAbbreviationsandTheirInfiltrationonChinese
学生:
孟祥熙
学号:
14110310
指导教师:
王晓敏
专业:
英语
所在单位:
外国语学院
答辩日期:
2014年06月23日
CONTENTS
ABSTRACTI
摘要II
I.INTRODUCTION1
II.LITERATUREREVIEW3
2.1TheOriginoftheEnglishAbbreviations3
2.1.1TheObjectiveWorldFactor3
2.1.2TheSubjectiveWorldFactor4
2.1.3LanguageWorldFactor4
2.2TheConstitutionoftheEnglishAbbreviations4
2.2.1Acronym5
2.2.2ClippingWords5
2.2.3BlendingWords6
III.PRAGMATICFUNCTIONSOFENGLISHABBREVIATIONS8
3.1Succinctness8
3.2Eye-catching8
3.3HighlyDescriptive9
3.4RhetoricalFunction9
IV.INFILTRATIONOFENGLISHABBREVIATIONSINCHINESE12
4.1TheCharacteristicsofEnglishAbbreviationsinChinese12
4.1.1LargeQuantity;WideExtent12
4.1.2Productivity;Serialization13
4.2TheConstitutionofEnglishAbbreviationinChinese13
4.2.1PureEnglishAbbreviationType13
4.2.2TransliterationinEnglishAbbreviationType13
4.2.3ChineseandEnglishMixedAbbreviationType14
4.2.4PurePinyinAbbreviationType14
V.CONCLUSION15
NOTES16
REFERENCES17
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS18
ABSTRACT
Englishabbreviationsplayaveryimportantroleinourdailylife.Thepaperbasedontheformer’ssearchfindingstointroducethefourmainpragmaticfunctionsofEnglishabbreviations,theinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationsontheChineselanguageandtheirmisuse.ThepurposeistoawakenreaderstotheproblemofdealingwiththerelationshipbetweentheinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationsandthepurificationoftheChineselanguage.
Keywords:
Englishabbreviation;pragmaticfunction;Chinese;infiltration
摘要
英语缩略词在我们的日常生活中扮演着十分重要的角色。
通过总结前人对英语缩略语的研究以及作者自己的探索,本文着重介绍英语缩略词的四大语用功能以及英语缩略词对汉语的全方位渗透及其在汉语中的误用和滥用,目的是使读者意识到,处理好英语缩略词的借用并纯洁我们本民族的语言。
关键词:
英语缩略词;语用功能;汉语;渗透
I.INTRODUCTION
TheEnglishabbreviationisacommonlinguisticphenomenonanditisoneoftheimportantareasoflinguisticresearch.AndinChinesehasalsoarousedmoreandmoreattentioninChinaandhasbeenthehottopicintheresearchareaoflanguagecontact.ItappearsalargenumberofabbreviationsintheEnglishvocabularyinlately20years.Withthedevelopmentofeconomy,theleapofscienceandtechnologyandthechangeofsociallife,quickandconciselanguagearenecessaryforourdailylife.Astoachievesavingtime,improvingworkefficiency,usingacronymstoreplacetheoriginalwordisrelativelycommon,anditisverynecessary.Theuseofabbreviationsisfocusedandsavespace,sothatthelimitedspacecontainsalargeamountofinformation,thusdisseminatingtheinformationeffectively.Sothestudyofabbreviationisverymeaningfulandnecessary.
ManyscholarsstudiedEnglishabbreviationinthepastfewyears,andtheygotsomesearchfindings.SomeofthereferencesstudiedonEnglishabbreviationanditsdevelopment.Wangrongpeithinkthatabbreviationissyllableofthewordtobeomittedorsimplifiedtoproducewords.AccordingtothesearchingbySaussure,anacronymisawordformedfromtheinitiallettersofaname,suchasWACforWomen’sArmyCorps,orbycombininginitiallettersorpartsofaseriesofwords,suchasradarforradiodetectingandranging.XieadvocatedthattheconstitutionoftheEnglishabbreviationinclude:
Acronym,Clipping,andBlending.YuFulinindicatedbeforethe1940s,thenumberofEnglishabbreviationonlyalittle,butwiththebirthofthefirstall-electronicdigitalcomputerEnglishabbreviationincreases.
TherearesomeresearchesonfunctionofEnglishabbreviationanditsinfluence.Sheninterpretsfromthreeaspectstheexpressiblefunctionofabbreviations:
simplicity,fashion,vivid.WangLuandWangPengobservedsomepragmaticfunctionsaboutthephenomenon:
concise,vivid,descriptive,rhetoricandextensiveinusage.ThesecharacteristicsofacronymsinChinesearealsoagreedwithbyLinQingandYangFeng.Wecanseethatmakingdiscourseconcise,novelandeuphemisticispragmaticfunctionofacronymsunanimouslyrecognizedbymanyresearchers.
AndsomeotherreferencesresearchontheirinfiltrationonChinese.SaussureputforwardEnglishabbreviationisamirrorofwestsociallanguagedevelopment.ChenXiaoningmentioned“theinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationonChineseeverywhere,forexampleSARS,,ATM.”InordertomakefulluseofEnglishabbreviationsandenrichourChinese,inthearticlePragmaticAdvantagesofAcronymsinChineseMagazines.LinQingpointsoutthatEnglishabbreviationusedinnewspaperandmagazinewidely,justlikeCEO.
Buttheseresultsofthesearchinghavelimitation.ItisonlythepartoftheEnglishabbreviation.Asallthesereferencesarestatedabove,thewriterintroducesthefourmainpragmaticfunctionsofEnglishabbreviationincluding:
Succinctness,Eye-catching,HighlydescriptiveandRhetoricalfunction.Also,onthebasisofthesereferences,theauthorsummarizedtheinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationonChinesedividedfourtypes:
PureEnglishabbreviationtype,TransliterationinEnglishabbreviationtype,ChineseandEnglishmixedabbreviationtype,PurePinyinabbreviatedtype.
II.LITERATUREREVIEW
Inthischapter,writerwillintroducetheoriginofEnglishabbreviationsandtheconstitutionofEnglishabbreviation.ThesearebasicsoftheEnglishabbreviations.
2.1TheOriginoftheEnglishAbbreviations
AbbreviatedwordsappearedearlyintheancientGreek,andatthattime,theywereoftenusedoncoins,bandagesandsteles.Butitisinrecentyearsthattheabbreviatedwordsdevelopedandaccumulated.AcronymsinEnglishfirstlyappearedin1943andlaterincreasedatsuchanamazinglyhighspeedthatonlyintheshortspaceoftheyearsfrom1943to1965,morethan45,000,000newabbreviatedwordsemerged.In1972,E.T.Crowleyandhiscollaboratorscompiled“AcronymsandInitializesDictionary”Thisdictionaryhasatotalcollectionof80,000abbreviatedwords,andsoonaddedupto120,000words.Atpresent,thelargestcollectionofabbreviationcameupto260,000words.Beforethe1940s,thenumberofEnglishabbreviationonlyalittle,butwiththebirthofthefirstall-electronicdigitalcomputerattheUniversityofPennsylvaniaintheUnitedStates,Englishabbreviationincreases[1].Abbreviationisacommonlinguisticphenomenonintheworldtoday.ButtheabbreviationofEnglishisinamarginalpositioninforeigncountryforalongtime,whichisnotcommensuratewiththerapiddevelopmentoftheabbreviations.Inthelatetwentiethcentury,westernscholarsbegantousecognitivelinguistics,computerlinguisticsandpsychologicallinguisticsontheEnglishabbreviationsin-depthstudy,andprovetheabbreviationtothevalueoflinguisticsresearch.Especiallyinrecent20yearsisthefastest20yearsofEnglishabbreviationgrowing.ThemaincausesofEnglishcontractionsarethefollowing:
2.1.1TheObjectiveWorldFactors
Withthefastdevelopmentofnationaleconomies,therapidprogressofscienceandtechnology,andtherapidchangesinthesociallife,allrequirefast,simplelanguagetoreflectthecomplexityofnewthingsandsocialphenomena.Abbreviationappearsmoreandmoreinallareasofhumanlife,becauseabbreviationscanbeusedlessinformationandspacetoexpresstheoriginalmeaningofthewords.Socialdevelopment,especiallytherapiddevelopmentofscienceandtechnologyonthewidespreadapplicationofabbreviationshasbeentheextremelyvitalrole.
2.1.2TheSubjectiveWorldFactors
Withpsychologyofpeoplewhoaskbriefness,Anderson,Cognitivepsychologist,thinksinformationprocessingabilityofpeopleislimited.Inordertoeffectivelydealwithcomplexcommunication,peopleneedtohavesomeabilitiestoshowthesubjectinitiative,suchas,summaryandsimplificationoftheinformation,organizationofthestrategy.Thecommunicationofmodernsocialinformationaremoreandmorefrequent,sothatthisrequiresmoreandmoreeconomicinformationcarrierwhichcanusethemostsuccinctinformationsymboltransferasmuchinformationaspossible.Therichmeaningoflettersabbreviationjustmeetthepeople’sneedforbriefnesspsychology.
Withpeople’snewpsychologicalandthearrivaloftheeconomicsociety,inordertoadaptyourselftothecompetitivesociety,peoplebegantoconsciouslycarewhathappenedaroundtheworldandtoabsorbnewinformationinitiatively.Englishabbreviationsrepresentnewthings,newhonored,newinformationoflettersabbreviations,suchasPK(playkill,against/challenge),ATM(automatictellermachine,automatictellermachines),etc.Itiseasytobeacceptedandusedbypeople.
2.1.3LanguageWorldFactors
Variouselementsinthelanguage,vocabularyisthemostvolatilefactorinthelanguage,whichisliquidratherthansolid.ThedevelopmentofmodernEnglishvocabulary,ontheonehand,isabigincreaseinthenumberofnewwords,ontheotherhandisincreasinglycohesivesimplified.TheFrenchlinguistsA.Martinethadalsoproposed“languageeconomic”principle.Hepointsoutthatthecommunicationandexpressionsarealwaysinthedynamicchanging,andmore,newer,morecharacteristicsofthelanguageunitswillemerge.Butasthepeoplewhoseperformancesshowinertiainallaspectsofdailylife,itrequiresustominimizeconsumptioninspeech,andusetheabbreviationwiththehabitswefamiliarandasmallamountoflanguageunit.
2.2TheConstitutionoftheEnglishAbbreviations
Englishisalphabeticwritinganditsabbreviationismainlycomposedbyletters,sothereistostudythestructuremodeofmodernEnglishabbreviations.
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