News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors...News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors such as society, economy and culture. In order to exert its function to gain different social ends, the presentation of news language owns distinguishing features. This article starts from Verschueren's Adaption Theory to have the final conclusion that the adaption to the social, mental and physical world is the key element for the determination of the originality in news language.展开更多
Since the 21 st century, both Chinese Mainland and the United States have formulated foreign language education policiesbased on their national needs. This paper makes a comparative study of the value orientations of ...Since the 21 st century, both Chinese Mainland and the United States have formulated foreign language education policiesbased on their national needs. This paper makes a comparative study of the value orientations of foreign language education poli-cies in Chinese Mainland and the United States in the 21 st century and finds that both China and the United States have regardedtheir national interests as the essential value orientation of their foreign language education policies. To be specific,the core valueorientation of foreign language education policies in China is to enhance its cultural soft power.In contrast,the core value orienta-tion of foreign language education policies in the United States is to safeguard its national security. Through the comparison of thedifferent value orientations of foreign language education policies of the two countries, the paper provides some reference for the for-eign language education policy-making in Chinese Mainland.展开更多
As a special social text,advertisement language is in a constantly developing state;it records the development of social value in its unique way.Since the Great Cultural Revolution,the contemporary Chinese advertiseme...As a special social text,advertisement language is in a constantly developing state;it records the development of social value in its unique way.Since the Great Cultural Revolution,the contemporary Chinese advertisement language has been experienced courses from community to individuality,from morality and justice orientation to benefit orientation,and even from unification which presents the socialism's view of value to multiplication which contains the values of capitalism,market economy,feudalism and so on.The development of Chinese views of value impacts the development of Chinese advertisement languages.It can be also seen the development of values are reflected by the development of advertisement languages.展开更多
This article argues that each important aspect of language communication has to be studied,which is conductive to the growth of linguistic knowledge and harmonious development of language life.In modern daily communic...This article argues that each important aspect of language communication has to be studied,which is conductive to the growth of linguistic knowledge and harmonious development of language life.In modern daily communication,language as a kind of meme plays a crucial and indispensable role in the process of social interaction.This article will concentrate on the emerging English loan words to explore its linguistic value.展开更多
As second language learning becomes popular,various strategies to improve the learning process have been suggested.One of them includes the implantation of audiovisual materials(video authentic materials),which then l...As second language learning becomes popular,various strategies to improve the learning process have been suggested.One of them includes the implantation of audiovisual materials(video authentic materials),which then leads to a discussion of subtitle usage and the value of subtitles in second language learning.This essay focuses on searching for literature that suggests the value of subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,in improving second language learning.This was achieved by reviewing relevant research and experiments.The results suggested that even though uncertainty remained on what kind of materials fit what level of learners,in general,subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,were seen as a beneficial tool in developing learners' listening abilities and skills.展开更多
This paper,based on the questionnaire,deduces the causes of pragmatic failure which are summarized into four:The different value orientation between the two cultures,consisting individualism versus collectivism,power ...This paper,based on the questionnaire,deduces the causes of pragmatic failure which are summarized into four:The different value orientation between the two cultures,consisting individualism versus collectivism,power distance,connotation versus denotation,and orientation towards time,negative transfer of equivalent structures and behaviors,insufficient or improper teaching and the scarcity of universal knowledge for communication.展开更多
Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and Br...Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and British countries in the use of refusal language strategies by combining manual and graphical data analyses.It is found that Chinese people use more indirect ways of using refusal speech acts,and British and American countries use more direct ways of using refusal speech acts.In addition to this,both Chinese and British countries use non-verbal behavior to reject speech as a way of protecting the positive face of the addressee and reducing the threatening behavior to the face of the other party.This study also found that the ambivalent relationship between the emergence of refusal language strategies in both China and Britain is related to their personal psychological state,social values,and personal face.The results of this study have some values for sociology as well as pragmatics,which is conducive to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships.展开更多
This paper will firstly introduce the categories and main characteristics of English lexical phrases.Then a discussion over the function of English lexical phrases will be carried out from the angle of second language...This paper will firstly introduce the categories and main characteristics of English lexical phrases.Then a discussion over the function of English lexical phrases will be carried out from the angle of second language acquisition.The author holds the view that lexical phrases play an important role in second language acquisition,which can be summarized as follows:firstly,the acceleration of language fluency;secondly,the improvement of lexical selection ability;thirdly,the enhancement of pragmatic awareness.展开更多
Pragmatic identity is chosen and constructed by the speaker on a specific occasion to achieve his owncommunicative purpose. Pragmatic identity is integrated in various fields, but there is little connection withsociol...Pragmatic identity is chosen and constructed by the speaker on a specific occasion to achieve his owncommunicative purpose. Pragmatic identity is integrated in various fields, but there is little connection withsociology. Language landscape is an important branch of sociolinguistic research. Based on pragmatic identitytheory, this paper intends to explore the characteristics and functions of language landscape, and investigate theconflict between pragmatic identities. The study shows that the slogans of political demonstration have thefollowing four characteristics: powerfulness, conciseness, vividness, and passion. Its function is consistent with thepurpose of the demonstration. The subjects of the study dynamically chose new pragmatic identities in thedemonstration, which conflicted with their previous pragmatic identities.展开更多
It is necessary that each era has its own value orientation of the language civilization,which forms the motivation,model and pragmatic hypothesis.As for the Chinese language,it is the Chinese philosophical semantics....It is necessary that each era has its own value orientation of the language civilization,which forms the motivation,model and pragmatic hypothesis.As for the Chinese language,it is the Chinese philosophical semantics.Language and civilization integrate into each other,so when analyzing linguistics,we shall separate the lexeme on the basis of context.Pragmatics establishes the context for the Chinese language,the basis of which is boosting the education of the Chinese language.As result,pragmatics is not only a branch of linguistics but also the construction of popular linguistics.The Chinese language course is only the concrete implementation of pragmatics and the basic project for the language context in a popular and globalizational style.展开更多
With the advance of the research of language learning, the field of SLA has expanded more expansively and native language transfer has become a popular issue in academia field. It exists in all language learning proce...With the advance of the research of language learning, the field of SLA has expanded more expansively and native language transfer has become a popular issue in academia field. It exists in all language learning process, with different forms,which is mainly observed in three aspects including pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. Furthermore, negative transfer is a major barrier influencing learners' second language improvement. This paper dwells on negative transfer. The comparison on language system and cultural background between native and target language should be attached great importance and analyzed.It is conducive to reduce the effect of native language and speed up the rapid learners' learning step.展开更多
In this paper we add some new corcollary and theorems to [1],in particular,we show the fundamental theorem of ultraproducts in lattice valued model for L α logic. As a corollary,we get the α compactness theorem for...In this paper we add some new corcollary and theorems to [1],in particular,we show the fundamental theorem of ultraproducts in lattice valued model for L α logic. As a corollary,we get the α compactness theorem for L_α logic.展开更多
This paper is an attempt to analyze vague language from the perspective of pragmatics.It deals with the pragmatic functions of vague language and,because of the limitation of space,will focus on those in daily communi...This paper is an attempt to analyze vague language from the perspective of pragmatics.It deals with the pragmatic functions of vague language and,because of the limitation of space,will focus on those in daily communication.展开更多
This essay discusses the issue concerning the use of literature as a pedagogic tool in the EFL reading classroom, which is different from the traditional study of literature. It aims to illustrate that literary texts ...This essay discusses the issue concerning the use of literature as a pedagogic tool in the EFL reading classroom, which is different from the traditional study of literature. It aims to illustrate that literary texts can be used as a useful language teaching resource rather than as an object of literary study. In the essay, the first part talks about the values of using literature in the EFL reading classroom. The second part is a set of activities related to a specific literary text which aim to develop some of the values identified in the first part.展开更多
The present study is designed to investigate the relationship between pragmatic transfer and foreign language proficiency so as to test the hypotheses of previous researchers on this issue.The result indicates that ev...The present study is designed to investigate the relationship between pragmatic transfer and foreign language proficiency so as to test the hypotheses of previous researchers on this issue.The result indicates that evidence of pragmatic transfer exists in the refusals of learners’English at all three proficiency levels.Furthermore,pragmatic transfer increases as learners’proficiency increases.This phenomenon is possibly related to the traditional English teaching mode in China which put much attention to grammar and form instead of communicative and pragmatic competence development.To solve such problem,pragmatic instruction of English need be advocated:learners’pragmatic awareness should be developed as early as possible and pragmatic knowledge need be added all through the process of language teaching.展开更多
文摘News is an important medium to transmit social information and reflect social reality. Its effects are irreplaceable and the news language which is a carrier to spread information is in fact influenced by many factors such as society, economy and culture. In order to exert its function to gain different social ends, the presentation of news language owns distinguishing features. This article starts from Verschueren's Adaption Theory to have the final conclusion that the adaption to the social, mental and physical world is the key element for the determination of the originality in news language.
文摘Since the 21 st century, both Chinese Mainland and the United States have formulated foreign language education policiesbased on their national needs. This paper makes a comparative study of the value orientations of foreign language education poli-cies in Chinese Mainland and the United States in the 21 st century and finds that both China and the United States have regardedtheir national interests as the essential value orientation of their foreign language education policies. To be specific,the core valueorientation of foreign language education policies in China is to enhance its cultural soft power.In contrast,the core value orienta-tion of foreign language education policies in the United States is to safeguard its national security. Through the comparison of thedifferent value orientations of foreign language education policies of the two countries, the paper provides some reference for the for-eign language education policy-making in Chinese Mainland.
文摘As a special social text,advertisement language is in a constantly developing state;it records the development of social value in its unique way.Since the Great Cultural Revolution,the contemporary Chinese advertisement language has been experienced courses from community to individuality,from morality and justice orientation to benefit orientation,and even from unification which presents the socialism's view of value to multiplication which contains the values of capitalism,market economy,feudalism and so on.The development of Chinese views of value impacts the development of Chinese advertisement languages.It can be also seen the development of values are reflected by the development of advertisement languages.
文摘This article argues that each important aspect of language communication has to be studied,which is conductive to the growth of linguistic knowledge and harmonious development of language life.In modern daily communication,language as a kind of meme plays a crucial and indispensable role in the process of social interaction.This article will concentrate on the emerging English loan words to explore its linguistic value.
文摘As second language learning becomes popular,various strategies to improve the learning process have been suggested.One of them includes the implantation of audiovisual materials(video authentic materials),which then leads to a discussion of subtitle usage and the value of subtitles in second language learning.This essay focuses on searching for literature that suggests the value of subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,in improving second language learning.This was achieved by reviewing relevant research and experiments.The results suggested that even though uncertainty remained on what kind of materials fit what level of learners,in general,subtitles,especially teletext subtitles,were seen as a beneficial tool in developing learners' listening abilities and skills.
文摘This paper,based on the questionnaire,deduces the causes of pragmatic failure which are summarized into four:The different value orientation between the two cultures,consisting individualism versus collectivism,power distance,connotation versus denotation,and orientation towards time,negative transfer of equivalent structures and behaviors,insufficient or improper teaching and the scarcity of universal knowledge for communication.
文摘Using 80 short video examples about refusal language strategies on Douyin short videos as a corpus,this study explores the commonality and individuality,as well as the contradictory relationship between Chinese and British countries in the use of refusal language strategies by combining manual and graphical data analyses.It is found that Chinese people use more indirect ways of using refusal speech acts,and British and American countries use more direct ways of using refusal speech acts.In addition to this,both Chinese and British countries use non-verbal behavior to reject speech as a way of protecting the positive face of the addressee and reducing the threatening behavior to the face of the other party.This study also found that the ambivalent relationship between the emergence of refusal language strategies in both China and Britain is related to their personal psychological state,social values,and personal face.The results of this study have some values for sociology as well as pragmatics,which is conducive to the maintenance of interpersonal relationships.
文摘This paper will firstly introduce the categories and main characteristics of English lexical phrases.Then a discussion over the function of English lexical phrases will be carried out from the angle of second language acquisition.The author holds the view that lexical phrases play an important role in second language acquisition,which can be summarized as follows:firstly,the acceleration of language fluency;secondly,the improvement of lexical selection ability;thirdly,the enhancement of pragmatic awareness.
文摘Pragmatic identity is chosen and constructed by the speaker on a specific occasion to achieve his owncommunicative purpose. Pragmatic identity is integrated in various fields, but there is little connection withsociology. Language landscape is an important branch of sociolinguistic research. Based on pragmatic identitytheory, this paper intends to explore the characteristics and functions of language landscape, and investigate theconflict between pragmatic identities. The study shows that the slogans of political demonstration have thefollowing four characteristics: powerfulness, conciseness, vividness, and passion. Its function is consistent with thepurpose of the demonstration. The subjects of the study dynamically chose new pragmatic identities in thedemonstration, which conflicted with their previous pragmatic identities.
基金the staged achievement of 2014 social sciences funded program of Guangzhou-On the Influence of the Chinese Language in the Popular Era(14YYA24)
文摘It is necessary that each era has its own value orientation of the language civilization,which forms the motivation,model and pragmatic hypothesis.As for the Chinese language,it is the Chinese philosophical semantics.Language and civilization integrate into each other,so when analyzing linguistics,we shall separate the lexeme on the basis of context.Pragmatics establishes the context for the Chinese language,the basis of which is boosting the education of the Chinese language.As result,pragmatics is not only a branch of linguistics but also the construction of popular linguistics.The Chinese language course is only the concrete implementation of pragmatics and the basic project for the language context in a popular and globalizational style.
文摘With the advance of the research of language learning, the field of SLA has expanded more expansively and native language transfer has become a popular issue in academia field. It exists in all language learning process, with different forms,which is mainly observed in three aspects including pronunciation, vocabulary and syntax. Furthermore, negative transfer is a major barrier influencing learners' second language improvement. This paper dwells on negative transfer. The comparison on language system and cultural background between native and target language should be attached great importance and analyzed.It is conducive to reduce the effect of native language and speed up the rapid learners' learning step.
文摘In this paper we add some new corcollary and theorems to [1],in particular,we show the fundamental theorem of ultraproducts in lattice valued model for L α logic. As a corollary,we get the α compactness theorem for L_α logic.
文摘This paper is an attempt to analyze vague language from the perspective of pragmatics.It deals with the pragmatic functions of vague language and,because of the limitation of space,will focus on those in daily communication.
文摘This essay discusses the issue concerning the use of literature as a pedagogic tool in the EFL reading classroom, which is different from the traditional study of literature. It aims to illustrate that literary texts can be used as a useful language teaching resource rather than as an object of literary study. In the essay, the first part talks about the values of using literature in the EFL reading classroom. The second part is a set of activities related to a specific literary text which aim to develop some of the values identified in the first part.
基金one of the stage achievements of Philosophy and Social Science Fund Project of Hunan Province:An Interlanguage Pragmatic Study of Foreign Language Writing(Project Number:11 WLH33)
文摘The present study is designed to investigate the relationship between pragmatic transfer and foreign language proficiency so as to test the hypotheses of previous researchers on this issue.The result indicates that evidence of pragmatic transfer exists in the refusals of learners’English at all three proficiency levels.Furthermore,pragmatic transfer increases as learners’proficiency increases.This phenomenon is possibly related to the traditional English teaching mode in China which put much attention to grammar and form instead of communicative and pragmatic competence development.To solve such problem,pragmatic instruction of English need be advocated:learners’pragmatic awareness should be developed as early as possible and pragmatic knowledge need be added all through the process of language teaching.