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1、AnAttemptonthePresentandFutureofChinglishAbstract:Inthestudyoftheworld’scultures,ithasbecomeclearthatdifferentgroupsnotonlyhavedifferentlanguages,theyhavedifferentworldviews,whicharereflectedintheirlanguage(Yule,2002).ThispaperattemptstoberieflypresentthecurrentsituationofChinglish
2、byanalysingthephenomenonandcausesofit,andthendiscusswhatitisgoingtobelikeafterthroughcomparingitwiththecurrentsituationandChinaEnglish.Chinahas1.3billionpeopleandalargenunberofthemarelearningEnglish.Inthiscase,Chinglishappears.Withthislargepopulation,Chinglishdeservesfurtherstudy.K
3、eywords:discussion,Chinglish,present,future1BackgroundEnglishhasbecomeaglobalworkinglanguagewiththeincreasingofinternationalization.China,thankstotheimprovedinternationalstatus,hastofrequentlycommunicatewithothercountries.Underthiscircumstance,Chinaemergesthe“EnglishRush”andgradual
4、ly,Chinglishturnsup.Thereisanestimated300millionlearnersofEnglishthroughoutthewholecountry,accordingtoareportpublishedin2006,withanannual20millionnewlearnersoneverage(刘丹滕,育栋2006).Amongthem,alargenumberofthemareChinglishusers.ChinglishisdefinedcomprehensivelybyJoanPinkhamwhoisanAmer
5、icanlanguageexpertinherbookTheTranslationGuidetoChinglish:”Chinglish,ofcourse,isthatmisshapen,hybridlanguagethatisneitherEnglishorChinesebutthatmightbedescribedas:EnglishwithChinesecharacteristics.”(Pinkham2000:31)2ThecurrentsituationandcausesofChinglish2.1ThephenomenonofChiinglish
6、ForthereasonthatmostChineseculturesareunabletofinditsequivalentintheEnglishlanguage,suchastraditionalsocialactivities,ceremonies,idioms,famoushistoricfigures,ideologyfromancientphilosophers,ChinaEnglishappears.However,duetotheirresponsibly5wrongtranslationandmischievousentertainmen
7、t,Chinglisharisesandareinundant.InChina,wherethereisEnglish,thereisChinglish:schools,restaurants,streets,ecc.Atschools,studentsencourageeachotherbysaying“Goodgoodstudy,daydayup.”TheyconsideritasanEnglishidiom(OliverLutzRadtke,2009).Howerer,thecorrectpatternofEnglishshouldbelikethis
8、:Studyhard,keepimproving.O