A Tentative Study of the Causes of Chinglish

ATentativeStudyoftheCausesofChinglishanditsSolutionsAThesisSubmittedtoCollegeofForeignLanguagesXingtanCollegeQufuNormalUniversityInPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsFortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsByWangGuangtaoUndertheSupervisionofLuYanfangMay2010ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIamextremelygratefultoLuYanfang,mytutor,whorevisedmyopeningreportelaboratelyandofferedincisivesuggestionsonmydrafts.Icouldnothaveproducedthisthesiswithoutherhelp.IalsowanttogivethankstomyfriendZhangTian,whowrotethesiswithmeinourdormitory.Wealwayshelpedeachotherondifferentaspectsaboutwritingthesis.Hisaccompanyandhelpencouragedmetofinishthisthesispreciselyandontime.Igiveparticularthankstothosee-friendswhokindlyprovidedinformationandmaterials,whichwereusedasreferenceinthisstudy.Withouttheirhelp,thisthesiswouldn’thavebeenabletobefinished.Mysinceregratitudealsogoestoallmyteacherswhohavegivenmeexcellentlecturesandgreathelpduringthesefouryears’learning.Theirhardworkisindispensabletothecompletionofthesis.Finally,Iwouldliketoexpressmyappreciationtoallthewriterswhoseworkshavebeenreferredtointhisthesis.摘要当代中国，越来越多的人投入到学英语的热潮中来。然而由于受到中国文化和汉语思维方式的双重影响，中国人在英语学习过程中创造出了大量的汉式英语。虽然已有大量关于汉式英语的研究，但是仍然存在着对汉式英语定义不清和成因分析不明等问题。本文提供了大量汉式英语实例来呈现汉式英语的特点，并在理论和社会实际两方面阐明汉式英语产生的原因。在文章的结尾，作者提供了几点关于纠正汉式英语的建议来帮助英语学习者摆脱汉式英语的困扰。关键词：汉式英语；汉语思维方式；英语初学者；成因；解决方案ABSTRACTMoreandmorepeoplearelearningEnglishinChina;however,undertheinfluenceofChinesecultureandthinkingpatterns,ChinesepeopleproducealargeamountofChinglish.Thoughmuchresearchhasbeendoneinthisfield,thedefinitionandcausesofitarestillnotclear.ThispaperoffersexamplesofChinglishtogiveacleardescriptionofthefeaturesofChinglishandanalyzesthecausesofChinglishfrombothacademicandpracticalaspect.Finally,effectivemethodsareproposedtohelptheEnglishbeginnersgetridoftheobstaclesofChinglish.Keywords:Chinglish,Chinesewayofthinking,Englishbeginners,causes,solutionsCONTENTS0.Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………11.NaissanceandFeaturesofChinglish………………………………………………………………………11.1NaissanceofChinglish…………………………………………………………………………………………………11.2FeaturesofChinglish………………………………………………………………………………………………………11.2.1Chinglishinpronunciation…………………………………………………………………………………11.2.2Chinglishinwordsandphrases…………………………………………………………………………31.2.3Chinglishinsentenceorders……………………………………………………………………………61.2.4Chinglishinparagraphorganization…………………………………………………………………72.CausesofChinglish…………………………………………………………………………………………………………72.1Thesubjectiveaspects…………………………………………………………………………………………………72.1.1TheinfluencefromChinesewayofthinking……………………………………………………82.1.2ThelimitationsofEnglishlearninglevels…………………………………………………………82.1.3TheconfusionbetweenChinglishandChinaEnglish…………………………………82.1.4ThecreationofChinglishforamusement……………………………………………………102.2Theobjectiveaspects…………………………………………………………………………………………………112.2.1ThebigdifferencebetweenChineseandwesternsociety………………………112.2.2ThelanguageenvironmentofChina………………………………………………………………132.2.3Theeducationsystem………………………………………………………………………………………132.2.4Theimproperuseofon-linetranslators…………………………………………………………133.SuggestedSolutions………………………………………………………………………………………………………133.1WatchmoreEnglishmoviesandTVdramaprograms………………………………………143.2Adaptgoodwaysinusingdictionaries……………………………………………………………………143.3Domorereading,speakingandwritingpractice……………………………………………………143.4Learnmoreaboutwesternculture…………………………………………………………………………154.Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………15WorksCited………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………170.IntroductionLearningaforeignlanguage,bynomeanswouldbeaffectedbynativecultureandwayofthinking.ItwouldbeworsefortheChinesestudents,becauseChinesesocietyandwesternsocietyareextremelydifferentfromeachother.ChinglishisperhapsthebiggestproblemfortheChinesestudentsinlearningEnglish.ThestudyofthecausesofChinglishanditssolutionswillcontributetothestudyofsecondlanguageacquisitionandhelptheEnglishbeginnersgetridofChinglish.WithabetterunderstandingofChinglishfeaturesanditscauses,Englishbeginnerswilladjusttheirlearningmethodsandadaptthemselvestobetterwaysoflearningit.WhatisChinglish?WhatarethefeaturesofChinglish?WhatmakesChinglishcomeintobeing?WhatcanwedoaboutChinglish?Thesearethequestionswewilldiscussinthispaper.1.NaissanceandFeaturesofChinglish1.1NaissanceofChinglishUnlikeAmericanEnglish,oneoftheEnglishvarieties,ChinesehasbeenusedbyChinesepeopleforaboutfivethousandyears.IthasformeditsownstructuralandgrammaticalsystemandinfluenceditsusersbyChinesewayofthinkingdeeply.Followingtheworldwideintercommunion,millionsofChinesestarttolearnEnglishsinceinmiddleschool.Now,primaryschoolstudentshaveEnglishclassestoo.However,ourdeeprootedwayofthinkingisastubbornblockonthewayoflearningaforeignlanguage,whichisextremelytrueinlearningEnglish,whoseculturalbackgroundgreatlydiffersfromChinese.Asaresult,akindofEnglishwithChinesethinkingpatternsandEnglishformscomesintobeing.1.2FeaturesofChinglishIfwelistentoChinesestudentsspeakingEnglishorobservetheirattempttowriteEnglish,wewouldsoonnoticethaterrorsofpronunciation,spelling,grammarandvocabularyarelikelytooccur.Arelat