Thinking Differences Between English and Chinese and Their Pragmatic Characteristics
Journal: Journal of Higher Education Research DOI: 10.32629/jher.v5i6.3417
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to explore the differences in thinking styles between English and Chinese, as well as the expression of these differences in the structure, expression habits and other linguistic phenomena of the two languages. By comparing the pragmatic features of English and Chinese, such as grammatical structure, vocabulary use and context dependence, this study reveals the different modes of thinking, such as the analytical thinking of English and the holistic thinking of Chinese. The study found that English tends to use pragmatic features such as explicit grammatical markers and strict word order to express logical relations, while Chinese relies more on pragmatic features such as context and context to convey information. English's directness and clarity are in sharp contrast to Chinese's implicitness and euphemism.
Keywords
mode of thinking, language structure, grammatical markers, context-dependent
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