Different Cultural Influences between the English and Chinese Languages
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2013-02-19T16:31:31Z
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In this paper, I consider the three problematic issues of content in the Chinese and English languages. I examined how the Chinese language and culture are represented in language in daily speech and communication. Language ideology permeates numerous of aspects in language related to culture. I examine the following phenomena: (1) Chinese communication styles and English communication styles, such as politeness, indirectness. (2) Chinese gesture and dead gestures, (3) levels of speech: formal vs informal, different writing forms.
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language usage, body language