Anchored on Yule’s categories of semantic roles,the present study examined the language of cartoon scripts with Chinese characters in Walt Disney’s Mulan 1 and 2 and DreamWorks’s Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2.Specifically ...Anchored on Yule’s categories of semantic roles,the present study examined the language of cartoon scripts with Chinese characters in Walt Disney’s Mulan 1 and 2 and DreamWorks’s Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2.Specifically it described the:(1)semantic features of the scripts in terms of semantic roles;and(2)similarities and differences in the language of the scripts semantically.Data analyzed were limited to 800 sentences which were randomly selected from the scripts of Mulan 1 and 2 and Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2.More specifically,200 lines per film were analyzed by taxonomizing the utterances in terms of identifying the semantic roles of argument nominals in each utterance.Results revealed the roles of agent and experiencer in the subject positions are dominant in contrast with the frequency of occurrences of theme,goal,location and source.In conclusion,the language of animated film is relatively simpler,literal and direct to suit the level of the target audience who are generally children.Finally,this research suggests that more linguistic levels should be conducted to explore the language features on cartoon movies in the future.展开更多
Classics is passed on through interpretation.The development of Chinese classics relies on the specified core values,thus the interpretation of Chinese ancient civilization shall target realizing common values in the ...Classics is passed on through interpretation.The development of Chinese classics relies on the specified core values,thus the interpretation of Chinese ancient civilization shall target realizing common values in the international community.The project of"Chinese Classics"emphasizes introducing Chinese ancient classics.With the development of globalization,the tradition of Chinese language determines how Chinese civilization becomes an integral part of the world civilization.Culture is in the experience of travelling while civilization is in reading—to put the people first and share the ancient classic works demonstrate the practical implementation of Pragmatics of Chinese classics and pave the way for the interpretation of popularized and globalized Chinese classics.展开更多
基金Support received from Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Higher Education in Anhui Province(No.SK2020A0248)Talent Support Program of Anhui University of Chinese Medicine(2020rcyb010).
文摘Anchored on Yule’s categories of semantic roles,the present study examined the language of cartoon scripts with Chinese characters in Walt Disney’s Mulan 1 and 2 and DreamWorks’s Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2.Specifically it described the:(1)semantic features of the scripts in terms of semantic roles;and(2)similarities and differences in the language of the scripts semantically.Data analyzed were limited to 800 sentences which were randomly selected from the scripts of Mulan 1 and 2 and Kung Fu Panda 1 and 2.More specifically,200 lines per film were analyzed by taxonomizing the utterances in terms of identifying the semantic roles of argument nominals in each utterance.Results revealed the roles of agent and experiencer in the subject positions are dominant in contrast with the frequency of occurrences of theme,goal,location and source.In conclusion,the language of animated film is relatively simpler,literal and direct to suit the level of the target audience who are generally children.Finally,this research suggests that more linguistic levels should be conducted to explore the language features on cartoon movies in the future.
基金the staged achievement of the national social science fund project with Chang Hui being the project leader-on Chinese Syntactic Development Model of Foreign Students with Different Native Languages(No.:11CYY028)
文摘Classics is passed on through interpretation.The development of Chinese classics relies on the specified core values,thus the interpretation of Chinese ancient civilization shall target realizing common values in the international community.The project of"Chinese Classics"emphasizes introducing Chinese ancient classics.With the development of globalization,the tradition of Chinese language determines how Chinese civilization becomes an integral part of the world civilization.Culture is in the experience of travelling while civilization is in reading—to put the people first and share the ancient classic works demonstrate the practical implementation of Pragmatics of Chinese classics and pave the way for the interpretation of popularized and globalized Chinese classics.