1. Form combination: refers to the use of syntactic devices (syntactic devices) or lexical devices (lexical devices) for connections within sentences or between sentences.
2. Synthesis: the connection within sentences or the connection between sentences adopts semantic connection."
Chinese belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, and English belongs to the Indo-European language family. They have their own rules and characteristics in terms of pronunciation, word formation, syntax, rhetorical form and layout. Although there are many similarities between the two, there are also obvious differences. Eugene A. Nida said that from the perspective of language. From a scientific point of view, the most important difference between English and Chinese languages ??is the difference between hypotaxis and parataxis.
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Hypotaxis. Comparative introduction of synthesis, meaning synthesis and Eastern and Western thinking modes:
1. Indo-European languages ??are languages ??that are mainly composed of forms. Some people call them linear languages, and their syntax is centered on the subject-predicate structure. Axis; if there are object or complement components, they can be extended on the main line; attributive and adverbial components form branch lines and are connected to the main axis through associated words.
2. Tree-like structure. The subject-predicate structure forms the main structural axis of the whole sentence, so that the veins of each branch are clear at a glance, and the branches must have their destination. If the sentence structure is compared to a tree. , then sentences and sentences, paragraphs and paragraphs are related to each other and complement each other, forming a dense forest.
3. The Indo-European language that emphasizes form is a form that places great emphasis on external logic. The text, from syntax to text, emphasizes deduction and reasoning. With logical language, there will be logical thinking, and with logical thinking, there will in turn be a more logical language.
Chinese is based on this. Fowler describes Chinese as a language that focuses on meaning and synthesis: "Like ocean waves moving forward, the peaks and troughs of the waves seem to divide and merge, they are similar to each other, but they are also different; certain laws are hidden. , but too complex to analyze or express; these laws regulate various relationships between waves and waves, waves and sea, phrases and phrases, phrases and paragraphs."
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