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

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1、AComparativeStudyofShorteninginEnglishandChineseLanguageandthoughtarecloselyinterrelated.Thedifferencesinlanguagesrepresentthedifferencesinmodesofthinking.TheshorteninginEnglishandChineseisaspeciallanguagephenomenonwhichreflectssocialdevelopmentandculturalchanges.Alongwiththedevelopmentofsocialecono

2、myandtechnology,thecommunicationbetweenpeoplebecomesmoreandmorequickly.Languageisthecarrierofsociallife;therefore,itchangesalongwiththeprogressandrequirementsofthesociety.Someofthecommonlyusedwordsbeforehavebeenknockedoutbecauseofitslimitations,andsomenewvocabularyappearedbecauseofitsinevitability,w

3、hichalsogetthemostpeople'srecognition.Englishasaforeignlanguagehasalsoappearedsomechanges,ofwhichissignificantlyisEnglishwordstendencyofshortening.ThestudyofthetendencyofshorteningscanhelpEnglishlearnersbetterunderstandtheEnglishlanguage,andthecorrectunderstandingandshortwordscanimproveworkefficienc

4、y,what’smore,increasemutualunderstanding.Shorteningofwordsexistsineverylanguage,andthere’snoadditiontoEnglish.Itisprobablycausedbythefollowingreasons:inonehand,thetrendsofdevelopmentofEnglishissimplified,andthewordsturntomonosyllabic；intheotherhand，today,thepaceoflifeisincreasingwithtechnologicaladv

5、ancements，anditneedsaspeedinginspeakingandwriting.TherearefourtypesofshorteninginEnglish:1.clippedword：Aclippedwordiscreatedbycuttingoutoneormorethanonesyllablesofaword,whichfallintofourclassifications:1)Apocope:approximately-----approx；automobile----auto;examination----exam;gasoline----gas.2)Aphaer

6、esis：hamburger---burger;taxicab----cab;bicycle----cycle；earthquake----quake.3)Frontandbackclipping:influenza----flu;refrigerator---fridge;assistant----asst;department----dept4)Syncope:fluidonics----fluidics;fossilization----fossilation;pacificist----pacifist;symbolology----symbology;cannot----can’t 

7、2.initialism：Initialismisformedfromtheinitiallettersofmorethantwowords.Initialismcannotbepronouncedasaword,butletterbyletter.Suchas:AD----annoDomini;BC----beforeChrist;CEO----chiefexecutiveofficer;GDP