毕业论文
Pragmatic Functions of English Abbreviations and Their Infiltration on
Chinese
孟祥熙
吉林建筑大学外国语学院
2014年06月23日
毕业论文
Pragmatic Functions of English Abbreviations and
Their Infiltration on Chinese
学 生：孟祥熙
学 号：14110310
指导教师：王晓敏
专 业：英 语
所在单位：外国语学院
答辩日期：2014年06月23日
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... I 摘 要 ............................................................................................................................. II I. INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................... 1 II. LITERATURE REVIEW ......................................................................................... 3
2.1 The Origin of the English Abbreviations ............................................................. 3
2.1.1 The Objective World Factor ...................................................................... 3 2.1.2 The Subjective World Factor ..................................................................... 4 2.1.3 Language World Factor ............................................................................. 4 2.2 The Constitution of the English Abbreviations ................................................... 4
2.2.1 Acronym .................................................................................................... 5 2.2.2 Clipping Words .......................................................................................... 5 2.2.3 Blending Words ......................................................................................................6
III. PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF ENGLISH ABBREVIATIONS ...................... 8
3.1 Succinctness ........................................................................................................ 8 3.2 Eye-catching ........................................................................................................ 8 3.3 Highly Descriptive............................................................................................... 9 3.4 Rhetorical Function ............................................................................................. 9 IV. INFILTRATION OF ENGLISH ABBREVIATIONS IN CHINESE ................. 12
4.1 The Characteristics of English Abbreviations in Chinese ................................. 12
4.1.1 Large Quantity; Wide Extent ................................................................... 12 4.1.2 Productivity; Serialization ....................................................................... 13
4.2 The Constitution of English Abbreviation in Chinese ....................................... 13
4.2.1 Pure English Abbreviation Type .............................................................. 13 4.2.2 Transliteration in English Abbreviation Type .......................................... 13 4.2.3 Chinese and English Mixed Abbreviation Type ...................................... 14 4.2.4 Pure Pinyin Abbreviation Type ................................................................ 14
V. CONCLUSION ......................................................................................................... 15 NOTES........................................................................................................................... 16 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................. 17 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ......................................................................................... 18
ABSTRACT
English abbreviations play a very important role in our daily life. The paper based on the former’s search findings to introduce the four main pragmatic functions of English abbreviations, the infiltration of English abbreviations on the Chinese language and their misuse. The purpose is to awaken readers to the problem of dealing with the relationship between the infiltration of English abbreviations and the purification of the Chinese language.
Key words: English abbreviation; pragmatic function; Chinese; infiltration
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