A Comparative Study of Shortening in English and Chinese 英语论文

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1、AComparativeStudyofShorteninginEnglishandChineseLanguageandthoughtarecloselyinterrelated.Thedifferencesinlanguagesrepresentthedifferencesinmodesofthinking.TheshorteninginEnglishandChineseisaspeciallanguagephenomenonwhichreflectssocialdevelopmentandculturalchanges.A

2、longwiththedevelopmentofsocialeconomyandtechnology,thecommunicationbetweenpeoplebecomesmoreandmorequickly.Languageisthecarrierofsociallife;therefore,itchangesalongwiththeprogressandrequirementsofthesociety.Someofthecommonlyusedwordsbeforehavebeenknockedoutbecauseof

3、itslimitations,andsomenewvocabularyappearedbecauseofitsinevitability,whichalsogetthemostpeople'srecognition.Englishasaforeignlanguagehasalsoappearedsomechanges,ofwhichissignificantlyisEnglishwordstendencyofshortening.ThestudyofthetendencyofshorteningscanhelpEnglish

4、learnersbetterunderstandtheEnglishlanguage,andthecorrectunderstandingandshortwordscanimproveworkefficiency,what’smore,increasemutualunderstanding.Shorteningofwordsexistsineverylanguage,andthere’snoadditiontoEnglish.Itisprobablycausedbythefollowingreasons:inonehand,

5、thetrendsofdevelopmentofEnglishissimplified,andthewordsturntomonosyllabic；intheotherhand，today,thepaceoflifeisincreasingwithtechnologicaladvancements，anditneedsaspeedinginspeakingandwriting.TherearefourtypesofshorteninginEnglish:1.clippedword：Aclippedwordiscreatedb

6、ycuttingoutoneormorethanonesyllablesofaword,whichfallintofourclassifications:1)Apocope:approximately-----approx；automobile----auto;examination----exam;gasoline----gas.2)Aphaeresis：hamburger---burger;taxicab----cab;bicycle----cycle；earthquake----quake.3)Frontandback

7、clipping:influenza----flu;refrigerator---fridge;assistant----asst;department----dept4)Syncope:fluidonics----fluidics;fossilization----fossilation;pacificist----pacifist;symbolology----symbology;cannot----can’t 2.initialism：Initialismisformedfromtheinitiallettersofm

8、orethantwowords.Initialismcannotbepronouncedasaword,butletterbyletter.Suchas:AD----annoDomini;BC----beforeChrist;CEO----chiefexecutiveofficer;GDP