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1、Abstract:Withtheaccelerationofglobalization,Englishhasbeengrowingintoaninternationallanguageasthemeansofcommunicationforpeoplefromdifferentcountries.ThusherecomesthelocalizationofEnglish,andChinaEnglishisoneofthelanguagevarietiesofEnglish.ThetermChinaEnglishcomesalongwithanotherterm——Chinglish.P
2、eopletendtogetconfusedbyChinaEnglishandChinglish.Thispaperanalyzesthetwointermsoftheirdefinitions,featuresandcausesforformation.Keywords:ChinaEnglish;Chinglish;differences;transformation1.IntroductionWiththeever-growingglobalization,theuseofEnglishhasreachedfarbeyondthenativespeakingcountriesand
3、hasestablisheditsnewroleinthenewera——internationallanguage.Duringitsspread,thelanguageisalsoexperiencinglocalization,whichreferstothecombinationoflocallanguage.Therefore,geographicalEnglishvariationsareadoptedbothsociallyandacademically.Uptillnow,HongKongEnglish,SingaporeEnglish,IndianEnglishand
4、soonhavebeenwellrecognized.InChina,however,thedebateoverChinaEnglishandChinglishisstillheatedamongthelinguistsandEFLteachers.InacountrywithmillionsofEnglishlearners,thestandardstodistinguishthetwotermsandthemethodstoteachareforemostessential.2.DefinitionsandfeaturesofChinaEnglishIn1980,Professor
5、GeChuanguifirstproposedthetheoreticaltermChinaEnglishinhisthesisnamedIssuesonEnglish-Chinesetranslation.HeproposedthatChinaEnglishistheEnglishthatexpressesideasandthingsthatspeciallyconnectwithChina,suchasFourBooks,eight-leggedessays,MayForthMovement,FourModernizationsandsoon.HepointedoutthatChi
6、naEnglishisStandardEnglishbutitsbackgroundshouldbeexplainedwhenintroducedtonativespeakersofEnglish.ManyotherscholarssuchasLiWenzhong,ZhangPeichengandWangPeirongalsoproposedseveralversionsofChinaEnglish.AlthoughdifferentscholarshavedifferentdefinitionsofChinaEnglish,itisobviousthattherearesomefea
7、turesthatmostscholarssharedincommonaboutChinaEnglish:①ChinaEnglishisalanguagevarietyofEnglishbasedonStandardEnglishthatcanbewellacceptedbyEnglishnativespeakers.②ChinaEnglishhasChinesecharacteristicsandaremostlyusedtodescribe