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The Future Of The Chinese English Exploration

Posted on:2010-09-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H XiaoFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360272982993Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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As the most important tool of communication, la nguage is always in a consta ntstate of changing with our society. Among the 4000 la nguages all over the world,English is the most influential one. The globa lization of English would inevitably leadto its nativization and give rise to different varieties.China English is such a variety.It'sthe result of the encounter of English and Chinese culture and the two la nguages.Due to the differences in culture and la nguage,China English is different fromBritish English or American English.China English has its reasons for existence andhas characteristics in its phonetics,vocabulary and grammar.It's a supplement toEnglish and can serve as a brid ge in introducing Chinese Culture to the outsideworld.It is predicted that China English would become a most influential variety ofEnglish with China's development.Though it's hard to give a precise definition for China English, and unlikeSingaporean English,British English or American English,China English is still in theprima ry stage of its development,the truth is that it has already pla yed a significa ntrole in internationa l communications and probably more so in the future to come.
Keywords/Search Tags:China English, Chinese English, variety of English, language corpus
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