摘要
科技英语词汇丰富、词义灵活,具有变异的特性,是科技英语学习和实践中的难点。为了准确地把握科技英语词义,有必要对其变异根源进行研究。语言模因变异理论从宏观的视角解释了语言变异的现象和规律,用于探究科技英语词义变异,能在一定程度上描述科技英语词义变异的根源,进而有助于掌握科技英语词汇。
English for Science and Technology (EST) has a rich vocabulary, and its meaning is inclined to change, thus imposing great pressure upon EST learners and workers. This research is conducted to dig out the root of the variation of meanings of EST words so as to achieve the acquisition of them. The theory“memetic variation”can effectively explain the phenomena and rules of variation in lan-guage, so its application to the variation of meanings of EST words may bring some light to this research field and be of some help to our learning of EST words.
出处
《铜陵学院学报》
2015年第1期86-88,共3页
Journal of Tongling University
基金
安徽省高校省级人文社会科学研究项目(SK2013B058)