Nominalization,as the main means of reaching grammatical metaphor,is one of the distinctive features of written corpora and plays an important role in the discourse construction of news discourse.Based on the theory o...Nominalization,as the main means of reaching grammatical metaphor,is one of the distinctive features of written corpora and plays an important role in the discourse construction of news discourse.Based on the theory of grammatical metaphor,this article discusses the phenomenon of nominalization and its translation strategies in news discourse by analyzing translation examples.It is found that nominalization structure can effectively enhance the informativeness and objectivity of news discourse.When translating from Chinese to English,the translator should take into full consideration of the different characteristics of the two languages,and convert the predicates,subject-predicate structures,verb-object structures and clauses into nominalization structures.Through this translation strategy,the translation will be more in line with the English language characteristics and usage habits,and can accurately convey the information of the original text,finally realizing the effective translation of the language.展开更多
It is believed that in ancient China,there were only works on graphology,phonology and critical interpretation,but no works on grammar.In works of grammar history published in modern times,they just dwell briefly on a...It is believed that in ancient China,there were only works on graphology,phonology and critical interpretation,but no works on grammar.In works of grammar history published in modern times,they just dwell briefly on ancient grammar,and they consider that there were only some explanations of form words,a few books of form words,but no syntactic analyses.However,in fact,in ancient classical works there were abundant materials of grammatical analyses.Ancient scholars worked out quite a few grammar rules,some of which were profound and coincidental with modern grammar theories.In the present research of ancient Chinese grammar,grammatical analyses made by ancient scholars should be summed up and inherited.展开更多
As an important feature of written language, nominalization is frequently used in formal texts. Using the approach of systemic functional grammar, the paper presents a detailed analysis of the three metafunctions of n...As an important feature of written language, nominalization is frequently used in formal texts. Using the approach of systemic functional grammar, the paper presents a detailed analysis of the three metafunctions of nominalization, which entails the positive and negative stylistic effects. The paper also discusses the relationship between form, function and stylistic features.展开更多
Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and id...Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and ideational grammatical metaphors are pointed out by Halliday--the main representative of systemic-functional theory. This paper elaborates on the specific grammatical feature of EST （English for Science and Technology） text--＂nominalization of processes＂ to reveal the source of ideational metaphors. From the analysis of some examples, it is found that nominalization as a grammatical metaphor expresses the transference between process types, so it reveals the essence of ideational grammatical metaphors. Meanwhile, the comparison made between grammatical metaphors and vocabulary metaphors reflects the similarities between conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. In this way, this paper comes to the conclusion that the combination of the study methods of metaphors from both cognitive and systemic-functional perspectives is the best way to uncover the basic characteristic of human thinking.展开更多
To solve the ambiguous understanding of Grammar Teaching position,based on explicit grammatical knowledge,this paper discusses the grammar position in EFL,compares both its pros and cons between deductive and inductiv...To solve the ambiguous understanding of Grammar Teaching position,based on explicit grammatical knowledge,this paper discusses the grammar position in EFL,compares both its pros and cons between deductive and inductive approaches,and indicates that grammar teaching by either approach alone has disadvantages,should adopt a combination technique.展开更多
It should be presupposed that all writers and texts have their individual qualities before the analysis goes ahead.In this paper,the analysis will be made respectively in terms of the four categories listed as follows...It should be presupposed that all writers and texts have their individual qualities before the analysis goes ahead.In this paper,the analysis will be made respectively in terms of the four categories listed as follows:lexical categories,grammatical categories,figures of speech,and cohesion and context.We can draw a conclusion that the style of D.H.Lawrence is simpleness and directness and he seems not fond of complicating the superficial account,and turns to the natural and the essential tools to reveal the most original and animalized nature of the human being which,in his mind,is the most important and the essence of the nature rules.展开更多
Based on the fact that on-line chat has become the most developing language form in the information age, this article point out the stylistic features of on-line English chat. Though in written language form, such lan...Based on the fact that on-line chat has become the most developing language form in the information age, this article point out the stylistic features of on-line English chat. Though in written language form, such language is spoken language in nature, thus it is worthwhile to analyze this special phaenomenon in lexical and grammatical level.展开更多
The theory of Grammatical Metaphor was first put forward by Halliday-the founder of systematic-functional school, whose research, however, only limited to ideational metaphor and interpersonal metaphor. Halliday took ...The theory of Grammatical Metaphor was first put forward by Halliday-the founder of systematic-functional school, whose research, however, only limited to ideational metaphor and interpersonal metaphor. Halliday took textual metaphor with a pinch of salt. This paper will focus on four representative forms of textual metaphor, that is, metaphorical thematic structure, metaphorical information structure, metaphorical cohesion and nominalization, based on Hotel English, to elaborate its factuality and theoreticality and excavate its functions in Hotel communication.展开更多
As an Exploratory Practice conducted in the micro-context of language classrooms,this study aims to establish an ex?plicit understanding of the gap between students’grammatical knowledge and competence.Through integr...As an Exploratory Practice conducted in the micro-context of language classrooms,this study aims to establish an ex?plicit understanding of the gap between students’grammatical knowledge and competence.Through integrating the“work for understanding”into the existing pedagogical procedures,both students and the teacher contributed some insightful explanations to this puzzle.With these underling reasons brought to surface,the main players of the classrooms can make some contextually ap?propriate changes to their classroom life.展开更多
Grammar has been an important part of school teaching,language study and applying,and the word grammar has vari ous definitions.During the development of linguistics,lots of grammatical schools emerge,and different sc...Grammar has been an important part of school teaching,language study and applying,and the word grammar has vari ous definitions.During the development of linguistics,lots of grammatical schools emerge,and different schools have different opinions on grammar.This article first of all presents some different definitions and theories of different grammatical schools.It then analyses some main grammatical theories of those schools.Finally,it airs the present writer’s view about the nature of gram mar by analyzing specifically the opinions of those different grammatical schools.展开更多
Semantics is the study of the meanings of words and sentences.While word is the most basic unit in every language and the understanding of the word meaning is the most important problem in translation.Therefore,the an...Semantics is the study of the meanings of words and sentences.While word is the most basic unit in every language and the understanding of the word meaning is the most important problem in translation.Therefore,the analysis of semantics just provides a very direct approach to doing translation.In this paper,I’d like to focus on the three kinds of word meaning in translation,the ambiguities caused by the word meaning and how to deal with such ambiguities.展开更多
As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study...As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study tries to find lexical features,sentence features and grammatical features of News English.Through the study we find that News English has its own stylistics features in words,sentences and grammar.展开更多
Advertising constitutes an indispensable part of modern life, promoting sales and channeling consumption. Furthermore, the daily conversation is also strongly influenced by advertising language. In this research, sche...Advertising constitutes an indispensable part of modern life, promoting sales and channeling consumption. Furthermore, the daily conversation is also strongly influenced by advertising language. In this research, schema theory is employed to analyze the graphological, phonological, lexical, grammatical and discoursal features of the advertising language and the cognitive change they bring about among the audience, aiming at helping the consumers have a better understanding of advertisements and helping the designers produce better works.展开更多
Communicative language teaching has been popular for more than 3 decades but there is still no shortage of argument in cases of how to develop communicative competence as a whole. Strategic competence,one of the four ...Communicative language teaching has been popular for more than 3 decades but there is still no shortage of argument in cases of how to develop communicative competence as a whole. Strategic competence,one of the four components of communicative competence,has been given much priority. The paper reexamines the four components of communicative competence and points out that we need to strike a balance in the process of developing learner's communicative competencein foreign language teaching.展开更多
The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out ho...The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out how grammatical metaphor can provide a peculiar insight to the translation of Chinese poems.展开更多
文摘Nominalization,as the main means of reaching grammatical metaphor,is one of the distinctive features of written corpora and plays an important role in the discourse construction of news discourse.Based on the theory of grammatical metaphor,this article discusses the phenomenon of nominalization and its translation strategies in news discourse by analyzing translation examples.It is found that nominalization structure can effectively enhance the informativeness and objectivity of news discourse.When translating from Chinese to English,the translator should take into full consideration of the different characteristics of the two languages,and convert the predicates,subject-predicate structures,verb-object structures and clauses into nominalization structures.Through this translation strategy,the translation will be more in line with the English language characteristics and usage habits,and can accurately convey the information of the original text,finally realizing the effective translation of the language.
文摘It is believed that in ancient China,there were only works on graphology,phonology and critical interpretation,but no works on grammar.In works of grammar history published in modern times,they just dwell briefly on ancient grammar,and they consider that there were only some explanations of form words,a few books of form words,but no syntactic analyses.However,in fact,in ancient classical works there were abundant materials of grammatical analyses.Ancient scholars worked out quite a few grammar rules,some of which were profound and coincidental with modern grammar theories.In the present research of ancient Chinese grammar,grammatical analyses made by ancient scholars should be summed up and inherited.
文摘As an important feature of written language, nominalization is frequently used in formal texts. Using the approach of systemic functional grammar, the paper presents a detailed analysis of the three metafunctions of nominalization, which entails the positive and negative stylistic effects. The paper also discusses the relationship between form, function and stylistic features.
文摘Metaphors have different expressions in cognitive and systematic-functional linguistics, which are conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. Conceptual metaphors belong to traditional vocabulary metaphors, and ideational grammatical metaphors are pointed out by Halliday--the main representative of systemic-functional theory. This paper elaborates on the specific grammatical feature of EST （English for Science and Technology） text--＂nominalization of processes＂ to reveal the source of ideational metaphors. From the analysis of some examples, it is found that nominalization as a grammatical metaphor expresses the transference between process types, so it reveals the essence of ideational grammatical metaphors. Meanwhile, the comparison made between grammatical metaphors and vocabulary metaphors reflects the similarities between conceptual metaphors and ideational metaphors. In this way, this paper comes to the conclusion that the combination of the study methods of metaphors from both cognitive and systemic-functional perspectives is the best way to uncover the basic characteristic of human thinking.
文摘To solve the ambiguous understanding of Grammar Teaching position,based on explicit grammatical knowledge,this paper discusses the grammar position in EFL,compares both its pros and cons between deductive and inductive approaches,and indicates that grammar teaching by either approach alone has disadvantages,should adopt a combination technique.
文摘It should be presupposed that all writers and texts have their individual qualities before the analysis goes ahead.In this paper,the analysis will be made respectively in terms of the four categories listed as follows:lexical categories,grammatical categories,figures of speech,and cohesion and context.We can draw a conclusion that the style of D.H.Lawrence is simpleness and directness and he seems not fond of complicating the superficial account,and turns to the natural and the essential tools to reveal the most original and animalized nature of the human being which,in his mind,is the most important and the essence of the nature rules.
文摘Based on the fact that on-line chat has become the most developing language form in the information age, this article point out the stylistic features of on-line English chat. Though in written language form, such language is spoken language in nature, thus it is worthwhile to analyze this special phaenomenon in lexical and grammatical level.
文摘The theory of Grammatical Metaphor was first put forward by Halliday-the founder of systematic-functional school, whose research, however, only limited to ideational metaphor and interpersonal metaphor. Halliday took textual metaphor with a pinch of salt. This paper will focus on four representative forms of textual metaphor, that is, metaphorical thematic structure, metaphorical information structure, metaphorical cohesion and nominalization, based on Hotel English, to elaborate its factuality and theoreticality and excavate its functions in Hotel communication.
文摘As an Exploratory Practice conducted in the micro-context of language classrooms,this study aims to establish an ex?plicit understanding of the gap between students’grammatical knowledge and competence.Through integrating the“work for understanding”into the existing pedagogical procedures,both students and the teacher contributed some insightful explanations to this puzzle.With these underling reasons brought to surface,the main players of the classrooms can make some contextually ap?propriate changes to their classroom life.
文摘Grammar has been an important part of school teaching,language study and applying,and the word grammar has vari ous definitions.During the development of linguistics,lots of grammatical schools emerge,and different schools have different opinions on grammar.This article first of all presents some different definitions and theories of different grammatical schools.It then analyses some main grammatical theories of those schools.Finally,it airs the present writer’s view about the nature of gram mar by analyzing specifically the opinions of those different grammatical schools.
文摘Semantics is the study of the meanings of words and sentences.While word is the most basic unit in every language and the understanding of the word meaning is the most important problem in translation.Therefore,the analysis of semantics just provides a very direct approach to doing translation.In this paper,I’d like to focus on the three kinds of word meaning in translation,the ambiguities caused by the word meaning and how to deal with such ambiguities.
文摘As H1N1 influenza rages across the world from the very beginning of mid 2009,lots of news reports focus on it.This essay mainly studies the stylistics features of News English by reading news reports on H1N1.The study tries to find lexical features,sentence features and grammatical features of News English.Through the study we find that News English has its own stylistics features in words,sentences and grammar.
文摘Advertising constitutes an indispensable part of modern life, promoting sales and channeling consumption. Furthermore, the daily conversation is also strongly influenced by advertising language. In this research, schema theory is employed to analyze the graphological, phonological, lexical, grammatical and discoursal features of the advertising language and the cognitive change they bring about among the audience, aiming at helping the consumers have a better understanding of advertisements and helping the designers produce better works.
文摘Communicative language teaching has been popular for more than 3 decades but there is still no shortage of argument in cases of how to develop communicative competence as a whole. Strategic competence,one of the four components of communicative competence,has been given much priority. The paper reexamines the four components of communicative competence and points out that we need to strike a balance in the process of developing learner's communicative competencein foreign language teaching.
文摘The study aims to make a comparative study of 3 translated versions of Niao Ming Chien written by Chinese ancient poet Wang Wei from the perspective of ideational grammatical metaphor for the purpose of finding out how grammatical metaphor can provide a peculiar insight to the translation of Chinese poems.
