On the Conversion of English Nouns into Chinese Verbs in Common Genres: A Corpus-Based Study
Shi Ya-hu · 2015
There exist many distinctions between English and Chinese. Therefore, the method of converting between parts of speech is often used and the conversion of English nouns into Chinese verbs is a very common one. Based on the self-constructed mini-corpus by the author, this phenomenon is analyzed in great detail, including the types of the nouns that are prone to be converted, and the distribution of each type in different genres. There are roughly six types of nouns that are likely to be converted; besides, in different genres their distributions vary according to elements like styles of articles in question, characteristics of the readers and so on. The exertion of such conversion can help to express the intended meaning of the original passage, as well as to make the translated version acceptable to the Chinese.