商务英语中复合形容词的研究

论文摘要

在英语词汇方面,商务英语与普通英语有较大的不同。商务英语词汇有其自身的一些特点,如专业词汇、缩略词和古体词的使用等等。在商务英语词汇中,存在大量的复合词,其中复合形容词在商务英语语言中起着举足轻重的作用。它能及时反映变化的语言事实,扩展语言的功能。对商务英语中复合形容词的研究具有较强的理论价值。本文试图从实用的角度出发,用词汇形态学的理论,采用归纳分析的方法研究商务英语中复合形容词的构词特点,并探讨其形态结构、语义等方面的规律。此外,研究商务英语的复合形容词还具有一定的现实意义,例如本文拟根据中国学生学习英语过程中词汇习得的特点,探讨本研究对商务英语复合形容词教学的启示。

论文目录

• 摘要
• ABSTRACT
• Chapter One Introduction
• 1.1 Research Motivations
• 1.1.1 The Importance of the Study of Business English
• 1.1.2 The Importance of the Study of Compound Adjectives in BE
• 1.2 Organization of the thesis
• Chapter Two Literature Review
• 2.1 A Historical Review of Business English
• 2.1.1 English for Specific Purposes （ESP）
• 2.1.1.1 The definition of ESP
• 2.1.1.2 The development of ESP
• 2.1.2 The definition of Business English
• 2.1.3 Business English in an ESP context
• 2.1.4 Business English investigations in China
• 2.2 A Review of Present Research Results on Compound Adjectives in BE
• 2.2.1 The definition of compound and compounding
• 2.2.2 Motivations for compounding
• 2.2.3 Compounds and non-compounds
• 2.2.3.1 Orthographical criterion
• 2.2.3.2 Phonological criterion
• 2.2.3.3 Grammatical criterion
• 2.2.3.4 Semantic criteria
• 2.2.4 Classification of compounds
• 2.2.5 Characteristics of compounds
• 2.2.6 A brief comment on the study
• Chapter Three The Structure and Semantics of Compound Adjectives in BE
• 3.1 Tendency of compound adjectives in BE in number
• 3.2 Orthographic and phonological tendencies of compound adjectives in BE
• 3.2.1 Orthographic tendency
• 3.2.2 Phonological tendency
• 3.3 Possible morphological structure of compound adjectives in BE
• 3.4 Semantic relations between the components
• 3.5 Syntactic relations of compound adjectives in BE
• 3.6 A analysis of compound adjectives in BE
• 3.7 Etymological analysis of compound adjectives in BE
• Chapter Four Pedagogical Implications
• 4.1 The meaning and learning mechanism of compound adjectives in BE
• 4.1.1 The meaning of compound adjectives in BE
• 4.1.2 The learning mechanism of the acquisition
• 4.2 Necessity of conceptual metaphor in the learning of compound adjectives in BE
• 4.3 Approaches to the compound adjectives in BE acquisition
• 4.3.1 Incidental acquisition
• 4.3.2 Intentional instruction
• 4.3.3 Application of strategy
• 4.4 Inspirations to the teaching of compound adjectives in BE
• 4.4.1 Intra-lingual and extra-lingual knowledge of compound adjectives in BE
• 4.4.2 The creation of an environment to apply compound adjectives in BE
• 4.5 Summary
• Chapter Five Conclusion
• 5.1 A brief summary
• 5.2 Novelty
• 5.3 Limitations and Suggestions
• References
• 个人简介
• 导师简介
• Acknowledgements