A Linguistic Typology Approach to Contrastive Analysis and Translation of English- Chinese Conjunctions: An ECCC Case Study
Wenshen Xu · Waiguoyu · 2015
Based on the English-Chinese Classics Corpus( ECCC),this paper makes quantitative and contrastive studies of conjunctions from the perspective of linguistic typology. After a brief introduction to the sampling,rationale and construction of the corpus,the author investigates the use and distribution of English and Chinese conjunctions in the four subcorpora of ECCC so as to explore similarities and differences of discourse cohesion in both languages. The research also aims to illustrate the translation mechanism of English-Chinese conjunctions and the possible inter-lingual influence upon the target language.