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PragmaticFunctionsofEnglishAbbreviationsandTheirInfiltrationon

Chinese

孟祥熙

吉林建造大學(xué)外國語學(xué)院

20XX年06月23日

畢業(yè)論文

PragmaticFunctionsofEnglishAbbreviationsandTheirInfiltrationonChinese

學(xué)生：孟祥熙

學(xué)號：14110310

指導(dǎo)教師：王曉敏

專業(yè)：英語

所在單位：外國語學(xué)院

答辯日期：20XX年06月23日

CONTENTS

ABSTRACTI摘要III.INTRODUCTION.(1)

II.LITERATUREREVIEW(3)

2.1TheOriginoftheEnglishAbbreviations(3)

2.1.1TheObjectiveWorldFactor(3)

2.1.2TheSubjectiveWorldFactor(4)

2.1.3LanguageWorldFactor(4)

2.2TheConstitutionoftheEnglishAbbreviations(4)

2.2.1Acronym(5)

2.2.2ClippingWords(5)

2.2.3BlendingWords(6)

III.PRAGMATICFUNCTIONSOFENGLISHABBREVIATIONS(8)

3.1Succinctness(8)

3.2Eye-catching(8)

3.3HighlyDescriptive(9)

3.4RhetoricalFunction(9)

IV.INFILTRATIONOFENGLISHABBREVIATIONSINCHINESE(12)

4.1TheCharacteristicsofEnglishAbbreviationsinChinese(12)

4.1.1LargeQuantity;WideExtent(12)

4.1.2Productivity;Serialization(13)

4.2TheConstitutionofEnglishAbbreviationinChinese(13)

4.2.1PureEnglishAbbreviationType(13)

4.2.2TransliterationinEnglishAbbreviationType(13)

4.2.3ChineseandEnglishMixedAbbreviationType(14)

4.2.4PurePinyinAbbreviationType(14)

V.CONCLUSION(15)

NOTES(16)

REFERENCES(17)

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS(18)

ABSTRACT

Englishabbreviationsplayaveryimportantroleinourdailylife.Thepaperbasedontheformer’ssearchfindingstointroducethefourmainpragmaticfunctionsofEnglishabbreviations,theinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationsontheChineselanguageandtheirmisuse.ThepurposeistoawakenreaderstotheproblemofdealingwiththerelationshipbetweentheinfiltrationofEnglishabbreviationsandthepurificationoftheChineselanguage.

Keywords:Englishabbreviation;pragmaticfunction;Chinese;infiltration

摘要

英語縮略詞在我們的日常日子中扮演著十分重要的角群。經(jīng)過總結(jié)前人對英語縮略語的研究以及作者自個兒的探究，本文著重介紹英語縮略詞的四大語用功能以及英語縮略詞對漢語的全方位滲透及其在漢語中的誤用和濫用,目的是使讀者意識到,處理好英語縮略詞的借用并清純我們本民族的語言。

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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,e-mail,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“l(fā)anguageeconomic”principle.Hepointsoutthatthecommunicationandexpressionsarealwaysinthedynamicchanging,andmore,newer,morecharacteristicsofthelanguageunitswillemerge.Butasthepeoplewhoseperformancesshowinertiainallaspectsofdailylife,itrequiresustominimizeconsumptioninspeech,andusetheabbreviationwiththehabitswefamiliarandasmallamountoflanguageunit.

2.2TheConstitutionoftheEnglishAbbreviations

Englishisalphabeticwritinganditsabbreviationismainlycomposedbyletters,sothereistostudythestructuremodeofmodernEnglishabbreviations.

2.2.1Acronym

Acronymistoputeverywordorinitialofthewordsorphasesextractandconstituteintoanewword.

Acronym

Acronymisproposedbyineachwordorthefirstletterofthewordsorphrases(sometimesalsocanincludeotherletters)andcoagulationandcombinedintoanewword.e.g.:

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