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      英漢思維方式差異

      [Abstract]Duetodifferentcultures,EnglishandChinesepeoplehaveformedtheirownmodesofthought,whichinfluencetheirlivingwaysgreatly,especiallytheirownlanguages.Modeofthoughtisaverycomplicatedabstractconceptionconnectedcloselytophilosophy.InthispaperIwillmainlyconcernonEnglishindividualismandChineseentirety,becausetheirdifferenceisthemostdistinctoneexistinginmodesofthought.Englishpeoplepreferindividualism,whichleadsthemtosubordinatetherecognizedobjectsintosmallparts.WhileChinesepeoplelikeentirety,theyprefertotaketheworldasawhole.Thinkingpatternshavebeenclearlyreflectedonlanguages,asaresultofwhichEnglishishypotacticandChineseisparatactic.Thispapercentersonthedifferencesofhypotacticandparatacticcharacteristicsinlanguagesandtheirformingreasons—modesofthought.Englishpeoplepreferstomakegooduseofthehypotacticmarkerstolinkthesentencecomponents,whileChineseusuallytrytounderstandtheworldbytheirownintuition.InthispaperthedifferencesareexplainedthroughEnglish-Chinesetranslationandthestatisticsarealsogiventoprovethem.

      [KeyWords]comparison;modeofthought;languages;English;Chinese

      [摘要]根源于不同的文化淵源,英漢兩族人民形成了他們各自的思維模式。這種思維模式的差異深深地影響了他們的各種生活方式,尤其體現在語言上。思維模式是一個非常復雜抽象的概念,與哲學密切相關。在這篇論文中我將主要闡釋英民族的個體性思維和漢民族的整體性思維,因為它們之間的差異是思維模式中最突出的一面。英民族偏愛個體性思維,這使他們在認識世界時慣于將認知對象劃分為小個體。然而,漢民族偏愛整體性思維,將世界看成一個整體。語言深刻地反映了思維模式的這種差異,因此就形成了英語的形合特征和漢語的意合特征。這篇論文側重闡述語言中的形合和意合特征以及它們各種的形成原因----思維模式。英語民族的人民慣于利用形合標志連接句子成分,而漢民族卻常常應用自身的直覺來體會世界。這篇論文將通過英譯漢的翻譯和統計數據來證實此觀點。

      [關鍵詞]英漢思維;對比;語言;英語;漢語

      1.Introduction

      ThefamousWhorfhypothesisthinksthatlanguageshavedeterminingeffectsonmodesofthought,whichisformedrelativelytolanguagesanddifferentlanguageswillbringondifferentthinkingpatterns.[1]p35LiuMiqing(劉宓慶)holdstheopinionthatmodesofthoughthascontrolledoverlanguages[2]p35,andlanguagesaretheconcretemanifestationofmodesofthought.Inmyopinion,modesofthoughtdecidetheuseoflanguages,andthereasonshowlanguagesareinfluencedbymodesofthoughtshouldbeexaminedfromtheirrelationship.

      Modesofthoughtandlanguagesinfluenceandreflecteachotherclosely.“Thinkingpatterns,thoughtcharacteristicsandthinkingstylesarethephilosophicalmechanismoflanguageproduction.Languageactuallyattachescloselytothethoughtthatistheprofoundmechanism.”[3]p166Thinkingpatternsarethedeep-rootedmechanismoftheforminganddevelopingoflanguages,andontheotherhandlanguageshelptopromotetheforminganddevelopingofmodesofthought.Languageisthecarrierofthinkingandabstractionofreality,andmodeofthoughtistheconsciousactivityinwhichpeople’smindsreflectandrealizetheobjectivereality.[4]p36Thedifferencesbetweenthinkingpatternsarethemainreasonsthatresultinthedifferencesoflanguageforms,soIthinkthestudyofthefeatures,thetransitionandtherelationshipoflanguagesshouldbestartedwiththestudyofmodesofthoughtwhichconnectcloselywiththeculturesandthelanguages.English-Chinesemodesofthoughthavetheirowncharacteristicsinthinkingcore,thinkingpattern,cognitionhabitsandthinkingprinciples.AsatoolforcommunicationthebasicattributeofEnglishandChinesearethesame,sotherearemanysimilaritiesduringthedescriptionandthinkingwiththetwolanguages.Butbecauseoftheinfluenceoftheirowncultures,therearemanydifferencesbetweenthetwolanguages,andbasedondifferentcomparisonfoundationtherearemanydifferentkindsofresults.

      InthispaperEnglish-ChinesetranslationwillbegivenandanalyzedindetailsinordertounderstandthedifferencesofthemodesofthoughtbetweenEnglishandChinesethroughtheirlanguagemanifestations.StatisticswillbegiventoexplainthedifferencesofEnglishandChinese,whichisthefoundationformyanalyzingofthedifferencesoftheirownthinkingpatterns.Asweknow,therearemanydifferencesbetweenthetwolanguages,suchashypotaxisandparataxis,passiveandactive,staticanddynamic,impersonandperson.Butinthispassage,Iwillonlymainlydiscussfromonepointwhichishypotaxisandparataxis.AsNidastatesinhisbookthatstudyfromlinguistics,themostimportantdifferentcharacteristicbetweenChineseandEnglishisthedifferenceofparataxisandhypotaxis.[5]P13LiuMiqingholdstheopinionthathypotaxisandparataxisarethe“uniquecharacteristic”forEnglishandChinese.[6]P13Thecomparisonofthedifferencewillbedescribedthroughstatisticaldescriptionandthedeep-rootedreasonsofthinkingpatternswillalsobegiventoexplaintheformingofthelanguagedifference.

      2.TheexampleoftheEnglishtoChinesetranslation

      2.1Englishoriginal

      Weknowthatcleanenergytechnologieshavegreatappealtothedevelopingworldbeyondthevalueweinthedevelopedworldattachtotheircapacitytolimitclimatechange.Africa,forexample,barelyaccountsfor1%ofglobalgreenhousegasemissions.It’snotsurprisingthenthatourpartnersonthiscontinentaremoreconcernedwiththedevelopmentpotentialofsustainableenergy.ThepricevolatilityofAfrica’shydrocarbonimportshasplayedhavocwitheachstate’seconomyoverrecentdecadesandstymiedprogress.REEEP(RenewableEnergyandEnergyEfficiencyPartnership)’ssupportforprovenrenewabletechnologies,suchassolarwaterheatingandco-generation---whichofcourserelyonlocalproductswhichdon’tneedtobeimported---willgreatlyincreasethereliabilityofAfrica’senergysupply,andtherebyhelpspurdevelopment.

      Thecreatingofamoreevendistributionofenergysupplywill,inturn,fuelnewemploymentandcommercialopportunities,particularlyinruralareas.Renewablesourcesthenwillhelptoaddressthesocialinequalityacrosstheglobethatweseeinthecurrentlymarkedandunacceptabledifferencebetweenrichandpoornationsintermsofaccesstoanduseofenergysupplies.[7]P269

      2.2TheChinesetranslation

      清潔性能源技術因為能夠緩解氣候變化而受到我們發達國家的青睞。同樣,這種技術對發展中國家也有巨大的吸引力,但其價值卻不止于此。例如,非洲的溫室效應排放量勉強占世界總量的1%。因此,我們在本大陸的伙伴更加關注可持續性能源的發展潛能也就不足為奇了。最近幾十年來非洲烴進口價格的不穩定性已經給各國經濟造成了巨大破壞并妨礙了發展。再生性能源與能源效率合作組織(PEEEP)對已證實的再生性能源技術的資助,如太陽能熱水器和熱電聯產技術—當然,這只依賴本地產品,不必進口—將大大增加非洲能源供應的可靠性,從而促進發展。

      反過來,建立更均衡的能源供應可以提供新的就業和商業機會,尤其是在農村地區。在能源供應的選擇與使用方面,我們看到富國與貧國之間存在著今人難以接受的顯著差距,再生性能源將有助于消除這種全球性的社會不公。[8]P274-275

      3.Themainaspectofthedifferences---hypotaxisandparataxis

      ResultedfromdifferentthinkingpatternstherearesomanydifferentcharacteristicsbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thecompletestudyofthelanguagecharacteristicssurelywillrequiremanyeffectsandtime,sobasedonmyownlimitedknowledge,Iwillonlytrytoexplainthecharacteristicsofhypotaxisandparataxisandtheirformingresults.

      Inmyownopinionthecharacteristicsofhypotaxisandparataxisarethemostimportantdifferences,andtheanalysisofthemcanletusbetterunderstandthetwolanguagesandtheirownmodesofthought.

      3.1Thedefinitionsofthetwoconcepts

      Thedifferencesofhypotaxisandparataxisshouldbeexaminedbasedonthetheory,andnextIwillfirstgiveadescriptionoftheirconceptsandcombinethemtotheEnglish-Chinesetranslationanalyzingsomesentencesindetails.

      3.1.1Thedefinitionofhypotaxis

      Thesocalledhypotaxisreferstothecasethatthecomponentpartsofasentencearejoinedtogetherbyusingdefiniteconnectives,suchaspreposition,relativepronouns,conjunction,affixes,etc.[9]P35

      3.1.2Thedefinitionofparataxis

      Parataxismeansthatthecomponentpartsofthesentenceareplacedinadefiniteordertoindicatetheirrelationshipwithoutanyconnectivesinbetween.So,thesyntacticstructureappearstobesomewhatloose,butratherconciseandexpressive.[10]P36

      3.2Example

      (1)Englishoriginal:

      Weknowthatcleanenergytechnologieshavegreatappealtothedevelopingworldbeyondthevalueweinthedevelopedworldattachtotheircapacitytolimitclimatechange.

      Chineseversion:

      清潔性能源技術因為能夠緩解氣候變化而受到我們發達國家的青睞。同樣,這種技術對發展中國家也有巨大的吸引力,但其價值卻不止于此。

      3.3Theanalysisbasedonthisexample

      Inthisexamplethewordsintheitalicsarethemarkersofhypotaxis.FromthesentenceswecanseethatthereareninehypotacticmarkersintheEnglishversion,whileinitsChineseversiononlyfivemarkers.

      Theconnective“that”isthemarkerofobjectiveclausetoshowthattheclauseafter“that”iswhat“Weknow”,butinitsChineseversionthephrase“Weknowthat”isnottranslatedliterally.InEnglishthephrase“Weknowthat”isthehypotacticmarkertoshowthatwhatstatedlateristhecommonknowledgeforus,andwhattheauthorwanttosayshouldbemarkedinthelanguageforms.WhileinChinesethephraseisnotneededtobetranslatedbecauseChineseisakindofparatacticlanguageanditplacestheemphasisonlogicalprocedure,functionandmeaning.InChinesesenseoverweighstructure,sothereaderscanunderstandthemeaningsbythemselves.

      AlsotherearefourpropositionsintheEnglishoriginalversion,whichshowtherelationshipbetweenthephrasesbeforeandafterthesepropositions.WhileinChineseversionthereareonlyoneproposition,whichis“對”.

      Whatismore,the“-ing”and“-ed”arealsothehypotacticmarkers,whichshowthedifferentdegreeofthestatesmakingtherelationshipbetweenthecomponentsveryclear,whileinChinesethereisnotanythiskindofaffixestoshowtheirrelationship.

      3.4Thedescriptionofthetwoconceptsinmoredetails

      JiaDejiang(賈德江)statesinhisbookofEnglish-Chinesecomparativestudyandtranslationthatthecohesivetiesincludingthreekinds,whichare:relativewordsandconjunctions,prepositionsandothermeanstoshowthechangingofthelanguageforms.[10]p78

      AndnextIwillgiveasimpleclassificationtothehypotacticmarkersinordertobetteranalyzethetranslation.

      3.4.1Therelativewordsandconjunctionwords

      Therelativewordsincludingrelativepronoun,relativeadverb,connectivepronounandconnectiveadverbsuchas:who,whom,whose,that,which,what,when,where,why,howetc.Theyareusedtoconnectprincipalsubjectiveclauseandattributiveclause,subjectiveclause,objectiveclauseandpredicativeclause.

      Theconjunctionwordsincludecoordinativeandsubordinateconjunctionsuchas:and,or,but,while,as,since,until,so…that…,unless,lestetc.whichareusedtoconnectwords,phrases,andclause.WhenwearewritingEnglishsentences,theseconjunctionwordsarecommonlyusedandcannotbeneglected.ButinChinesethesewordsareseldomused.[11]p102

      (2)Exampletwo:

      Englishoriginal:

      It’snotsurprisingthenthatourpartnersonthiscontinentaremoreconcernedwiththedevelopmentpotentialofsustainableenergy.

      Chineseversion:

      因此,我們在本大陸的伙伴更加關注可持續性能源的發展潛能也就不足為奇了。

      TheEnglishversionbelongstothe“It+be”sentencestructure.AccordingtotheCardiffGrammarbyHuangGuowen(黃國文)andFawcett,thiskindofsentencestructureiscalled“enhancedthemeconstruction”.[12]p27

      AccordingtowhatisstatedbyPengXuanwei(彭宣維),therearethreekindsofenhancedthemeconstruction.“…therearethreekindsofenhancedthemeconstruction,whichareexperiential,evaluativeandexistential”.“…thesocalledexperientialisthecleftsentences,whichiscalledpredicatedthemesbyHalliday”[13]p27

      SoaccordingtothetheoryaboveIthinkthephrase“Itis”isnotthethematicbuild-up.

      Besides“it”isalsoatypicalhypotacticmarkerinEnglish,whichstandsforsubjectiveclause.InEnglishsuchkindofsentencesiscommonlyusedfortheirspecialfunctions.Suchstructurecanavoidpresentingalltheimportantmassageatthebeginningofthepassage,andittakesthefunctiontomakethesentencebetterunderstood.

      Theconjunctionword“then”after“notsurprising”isthesecondhypotacticmarkerinthesentence,whichmeans“so”inthesentence.Itisrightlytranslatedto“因此”toshowthecloserelationshipbetweenthissentenceandthefollowingones.InChinesetheword“因此”isusedtobethefirstwordinthesentence,whichclearlypredicateitsrelationshipwiththecontentabove.

      Theword“that”isthethirdhypotacticmarkerthatfollows.“notsurprising”istheidentified,sotheword“that”clearlymarksthatthecontentafteritwillbetheobjectthattheidentifierrefersto.AsfortheChineseversionthoughitisakindofparatacticlanguage,therearealsomanyhypotacticmarkersinthefirstparagraph.Ithinkthereasonisthatthepassageselectedisscientificexpositioninsteadofessay.Weknowthatinscientificexpositionthelogicisrequiredstrictly,fortheauthorsshouldclearlystatetherelationshipbetweenthedetails.

      BelowIwillselectashortsentencefromanessaytoshowtheparatacticcharacteristicsofChinese.

      (3)Forexample:

      Chineseoriginal:

      不必說碧綠的菜畦,光滑的石井欄,高大的皂莢樹,紫紅的桑葚……

      Englishversion:

      Ineednotspeakofthegreenvegetableplots,theslipperystonecopingroundthewell,thetallhoneylocusttrees,orthepurplemulberries.[14]p154

      FromthecomparisonbetweentheChinesesentenceanditstranslation,wecanalsoseethefeaturesofparataxisandhypotaxis.InChinese,therearenoconjunctions,andphasesareconnectedbymeanings.

      ForitsEnglishtranslation,withtheuseofhypotaxis,subjectstructuresaredecidedtobethecenterofsentencepattern,so“I”,thesubject,isadded.SowemayseefromtheexamplethatforChineseparallelstructurestheirparatacticmeaningcanbetranslatedintohypotacticconnectionaccordingtotheEnglishhabits.

      FromthecomparisonabovewemayseethatEnglishandChineseformdifferentsentencestructures.Whenmakingsentences,Chinesepeoplepreferthemethodoftaxis,whilewesternpeoplepreferconstructionmethod.InEnglishsentences,manyconjunctionwordsareusedtolinksentencecomponentsaroundthesubjectandpredicate,sowemayseethesentencesareexpendedfromthecorewords.FromthiswemayseethatChineseisaparatacticlanguagethatcontainsmanyimpliedmeaningsbetweenthelines.Onlyinsimplesentencescantheauthorexpressabundantmeaningswithartisticconceptions.

      3.4.2Preposition

      Theprepositionincludessimpleonessuchas:with,in,ofetc.andthecompoundonessuchas:inside,onto,upon,withinetc.andphrasalprepositionsuchas:accordingto,alongwithandapartfrometc.AccordingtothestatisticbyG..Curmethereareabout286prepositionsinEnglishtotally.PrepositionisthemostactivewordclassinEnglishlanguage,whichisthemainmeanstoconnectthewords,phrasesandclauses.[15]102

      R.Banderhaspointedoutthat“…Overninetypercentofprepositionusageinvolvestheseninepreposition:with,to,from,at,in,.[16]102

      Thenumberofprepositioninthistranslationisasfollowings:

      thefirstparagraphthesecondparagraph

      NO.inEnglish2012

      NO.inChinese44

      Sofromthetableabovewemayseethattherearetotally32prepositionsinEnglishtoshowtheslightrelationships,whicharemorethanthatinChinese.

      ButintheChineseversionthereareonly8prepositions,mostofwhicharetransferredfromverbs.GaoMingkai(高名凱)oncepointedoutthattheChinesepeopledon’tliketousetoomanyemptywordswithoutbasicmeanings,andtheyjustdisposeofthethingsandmeaningsinordertoleadthereaderstounderstandtheconnectionsbetweenthem.MostoftheChineseprepositionsare“borrowed”fromverbs,andstrictlyspeaking,fortheso-calledEuropean-orientedprepositionindeedmostofthemarenotthetrulypreposition.[17]p18AsamatteroffactChineseprepositionsareinfluencedbywesternlanguagesandseemtohavethecharacteristicofproposition.InChinesesomepropositionsareoriginallyverbssuchas“在”、“向”、“進”、“到”、“沿”、“拿”etc.Thesepropositionsarealwaysomittedespeciallyinspokenlanguage.

      (4)Forexample:

      Englishoriginal:

      Renewablesourcesthenwillhelptoaddressthesocialinequalityacrosstheglobethatweseeinthecurrentlymarkedandunacceptabledifferencebetweenrichandpoornationsintermsofaccesstoanduseofenergysupplies.

      Chineseversion:

      在能源供應的選擇與使用方面,我們看到富國與貧國之間存在著今人難以接受的顯著差距,再生性能源將有助于消除這種全球性的社會不公。

      IntheEnglishoriginaltheprepositionsare:to,across,in,between,in,of,toandofonebyone,whilefortheChineseversionthereareonlythreeprepositions,whichare在……方面,與……之間,于.Prepositions--thehypotacticmarkerswhicharemorecommonlyusedinEnglishcanbeclearlyseenfromthiscomparisonexample.

      Butthisdoesn’tmeanthattheChinesepeoplespeakwithoutlogicalreasons,forwithoutthepropositionwecanalsounderstandthemeaningimpliedinthem.IntheChineseversionwithoutanyconjunctionsandmanyprepositionstheauthoronlysimplyconnectsthreephraseswithoutanyhypotacticmarkbetweenthem,butwecanalsofullyunderstandwhattheauthorwantstoexpress,forthereasonthatChineseisakindofparatacticlanguage.

      3.4.3Otherconnectivemeans

      Thethirdclassificationofso-calledotherconnectivemeansreferstomorphologicalchangingforms,suchasthemorphologicalchangingformsofaffix,gender,number,style,tense,voice,comparativeformandpersonalpronoun.etc.[18]104

      (5)Forexample:

      Englishoriginal:

      ThepricevolatilityofAfrica’shydrocarbonimportshasplayedhavocwitheachstate’seconomyoverrecentdecadesandstymiedprogress.

      Chineseversion:

      最近幾十年來非洲烴進口價格的不穩定性已經給各國經濟造成了巨大破壞并妨礙了發展。

      FromtheEnglishoriginalversionwemayseethat“’s,s,-ed”arethemorphologicalchangingforms,whicharetotallyseven.WhileintheChineseversion,theonlymorphologicalchangingformsare“的”and“了”.Chineseisakindoflanguagewithouttoomanymorphologicalchangingformsandthesubstitutewordssuchas“it”and“there”.Inaword,Chinesetrytoomittheunnecessaryformaldecorationsemphasizingparataxis,andtherearelesshypotacticusagesinChinesethanthoseinEnglish.

      3.5Theconcludedstatisticalresults

      WecanhaveaclearviewofthegreatdifferencesbetweenEnglishandChinesefromthecomparisonoftheabovetranslation,fromwhichwemayseethatEnglishisakindofsyntheticlanguage.Andthesyntheticcharacteristicistousethemorphologicalchangingformstoexpressthegrammarrelationships.ThedefinitiongivenbyWebster’sNinthNewCollegiateDictionaryis:Asyntheticlanguageis“characterizedbyfrequentandsystematicuseofinflectedformstoexpressgrammaticalrelationships.”[19]p1(Heresyntheticnearlymeanshypotaxis,whichismyowninterpretation.AsforthedetailsIwillhavetoneglectforconciseness.)

      FromtheChinesetranslationversionandtheformabove,wemayseethattheChinesesentencesseldomusetheformallanguageconnectingforms.Chineseplacestheattentiononcovertcoherence.

      4.Theinfluenceofthinkingpatternsonlanguagesespecially,hypotaxisandparataxis

      FromthecomparisonsIpresentabovewemayseethatthedifferencesbetweenhypotaxisandparataxishaveresultedinthedifferentsentencestructuresandlanguageexpressionforms.Theformingofthesedifferences,inmyopinionmustbetracedbacktothediversityoftheirthinkingpatterns,fortheyarecloselyconnectedwiththewaytorecognizetheworldandtojudgewhatisthemostimportant.

      4.1ThemaindifferentcharacteristicsofEnglishandChinese

      Thedifferencesbetweenhypotaxisandparataxishavehelpedtoformthetwolanguagestheirownstyles.

      InthecomparisonsandtheorystatedabovewehaveknownthatEnglishusesmanyconjunctions,prepositionsandotherconnectivemeanstomakelinksbetweenphrasesandwords,becauseofwhichthelanguageismorelogicalandbetterorganized.SoMaoRongguiholdstheopinionthatEnglishisakindoflanguagethatisfullofvirilequalities,forthecharacteroflinearlogic,organizationandration,whichhasledittobe“masculinity”.[20]p420

      Ontheotherhand,Chinesehasgotitsownbeauty,whichdoesn’tpaytoomuchattentiontologicaldescriptionoftheobjectivereality.Furthermore,itisnotclingingwiththecriterionofthelanguagestructure.Chineseisakindoflanguagethatshowsthecharacterof“femininity”,andthecharmingofitliesinitsloosestructure.[21]p420

      4.2Theexampleused

      (6)Forexample:

      Englishoriginal:

      Renewablesourcesthenwillhelptoaddressthesocialinequalityacrosstheglobethatweseeinthecurrentlymarkedandunacceptabledifferencebetweenrichandpoornationsintermsofaccesstoanduseofenergysupplies.

      Chineseversion:

      在能源供應的選擇與使用方面,我們看到富國與貧國之間存在著今人難以接受的顯著差距,再生性能源將有助于消除這種全球性的社會不公。

      4.3Thedifferenceofmodeofthought

      Regardingtothis,thereasonsmustbeexaminedfromthedifferentthinkingpatternsandtheirformingreasons.

      ThedifferencesofphilosophyandculturalbackgroundbetweenEnglishandChinesehaveresultedintherethinkingoftheHannationalityasanentiretythinkingcountryandtheEnglishpeopleindividualcharacteristicsofthinking.

      4.3.1Chinesethinkingpattern----Entirety

      TheChinesepeopleareconcernedmorewiththeirownbodiesinexpressingemotions,sointuitionthinkingisthemainfeatureoftheirmodeofthought,forwhichpeoplestudyobjectsasawholeandemphasizeentirety.Chinesephilosophyissystematicalnaturalism.[22]p420

      4.3.2Englishthinkingpattern----Individualism

      TheEnglishpeoplelinktheirownemotiontoplanetaryinfluenceandthenaturalelements,sotheypreferanalyticallogicthinking.Targetobjectsaresubordinatedintosmallpartsinordertobescrutinized,which,ofcourse,mayleadthemtoplacethecomponentsbeforethewholewhentheytrytoknowsomething.[23]p420

      4.4UsingthetheorytoanalyzetheEnglish-Chinesetranslation

      IntheEnglishoriginalthesentencecomponentsareasthefollowings:

      SubjectRenewablesources

      Predicatewillhelptoaddress

      Objectthesocialinequality

      ThemostcommonlyusedwordorderforEnglishisthestrictSVO.Englishsentencestakeverbsastheircores,whicharetheircentercontrollingalltherelationshipsbetweenthesentencecomponents.Exceptthepredicateverballtheverbstaketheformofindefiniteformtomakedifferencefromthepredicateverb,andmanyprepositionsandconjunctionsareusedtoconnectthephrasescontained.ForChineseitusuallymakesgooduseofverbstogetherinonesentencetopresentthethingsonebyoneaccordingtothetimewhenthethingshappened.[24]P57

      Structuralismlinguisticspromotesthetheoryofconstituentincision,whichmeanstoseparatethesentencestophraseunities.[25]p31Moreovertheyprefertheconstituentanalysis,whichmeanstoconnectallofthelanguagecomponentstootherswhentheyareanalyzed.ThiskindofmethodwillchangetheEnglishtotherecognizedobjectsfromstructures.

      FromtheEnglish-Chinesecomparisonabovewemayseethatbesidesthebasiccomponents----subject,objectandpredicatetherearealsomanyothercomponentattachedclosely,whichIwilllistthembellow.

      Smallcomponents:

      acrosstheglobe

      thatwesee

      inthecurrentlymarked

      andunacceptabledifference

      betweenrichandpoornations

      intermsofaccessto

      anduse

      ofenergysupplies.

      AccordingtothetheoryIstatedabovewemayknowthatforEnglishthetargetobjectsaresubordinatedintosmallpartsinordertobescrutinized,which,ofcourse,mayleadthemtoplacethecomponentsbeforethewholewhentheytrytoknowsomething.Sowemayseethattheauthorformsintheirmindthedetailsoftheirrecognitionandthenconnectthemtogetherusingthelanguageforms---hypotacticmarkers.Forthesmallcomponentslistedthereareatlessahypotacticmarkertolinkitwiththecomponentsbehind,sothedescriptionismoredelicate.

      TheChineseisintuitional,paringwithEnglish,Chineseismorecompactandfaintness.Inintuitionalthinkingpeoplestudyobjectsasawholeandemphasizeentirety.Sowhenpeopleareorganizingorunderstandinglanguage,theyprefertostartfromtheentiretyandgetthewholefeelingfirst.

      IntheChineseversiontherearethreephrases,whichareplaceddirectlytogetherwithoutclearconjunctions.Thephrases“我們看到富國與貧國之間存在著今人難以接受的顯著差距”and“再生性能源將有助于消除這種全球性的社會不公”areuniquesentencesinChinese,butcanbedirectlyplacedtogether,whichisunacceptableinEnglish.Butthoughthereisnotanyconjunctiontolinkthemitcanalsobeclearlyunderstood.SothereaderscouldnotjudgetherelationshipfromthelanguageexpressionjustlikethatinEnglish.Inordertounderstandthemeaningsimpliedinthephrasesthereadersmustjudgefromahigherdegree----intuition.Inaword,basedonvisualizedmodeofthought,Chinesetendstoexpressabstractconceptusingparatacticformsthatcontainsmanyimpliedmeaningsbetweenthelines.Onlyinsimplesentencescantheauthorexpressabundantmeaningswithartisticconceptions.

      AswhatIsaidabovethestrictSVOsentencestructureiscommonlyusedwordorderinEnglish,whilethesentencestructureforChineseisnotsostrictlyrequired.UsuallyseveralSVOstructurescanbeplacedonebyonetoexpresssomethingsinonesentenceonly.InmyownopiniontheSVOphraseisperfectlyusedtoconnectthesmallcomponentstogether,andthedetailedcomponentsarewheretheEnglishpeoplestarttheirthinking.InthisconditionIwouldliketoassimilatethepredicateverbtothetrunkofthegrapethatcombinesallthegrapestogether.WhilefortheChinesethewholeintuitionisformedatfirstandthenthephrasesareplacedonebyonewithoutusingtoomanyconnectingformsjustlikethebamboojointswhichgrowonebyone.

      Wangying(王寅)thefamousprofessoroncesaidthatsomelinguisticslivelycompareEnglishstructureas“grapestructure”,forthemaintrunkofthegrapeisveryshortwithmanyfruitattachedonittoformverylongsentences.Differentfromthat,theChinesesentencesareshorter.Thephrasesareusuallyplacedonebyonetoexpresstheauthor’smeanings.Chineseinformationstructuresarejustlikethebamboojoints,withthejointsconnectedoneendbyoneend,soChineseiscalled“bamboostructure”.[26]p2

      5.Conclusion

      FromthecomparisonoftheEnglish-Chineselanguagesandtheirmodesofthought,wemayseethattheyareofonethingbuttwoaspects.Resultedfromdifferentculturalbackground,thedifferencesoftheirmodesofthoughthavegreatlydeterminedtheirownlanguages.Ontheotherhand,thelanguagesalsoreflectandinfluencedtheirthinkingpatterns.SoinordertolearnEnglishwellandbettermasterthetwolanguagesthethinkingpatternsshouldbestudieddeeply.Inmyownopinion,thestudyoflanguagesfromthedegreeofthinkingpatternwillgreatlybenefitthelearners.Forexample,itwillgivetheguidetotheteachingofsecondlanguageandthewritingofcomposition.Ofcoursemodeofthoughtbelongstophilosophy.Soitisaverycomplicatedconcept,andtogodeepintoitwillneedaverylongtimeandalsorequiresmanyefforts.

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