语言影响思维——外语学习对中国人思维造成的(6)
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导读：IntheoriginalChinese,the"oldtree(老树)”，"rottenvine(枯藤)”，"eveningcrow(昏鸦)”and"tinybridge(小桥)”，etc.,thoseimagesareputtogether,withnoovertconnectivesinbetween,topresenttherea
IntheoriginalChinese,the"oldtree(老树)”，"rottenvine(枯藤)”，"eveningcrow(昏鸦)”and"tinybridge(小桥)”，etc.,thoseimagesareputtogether,withnoovertconnectivesinbetween,topresentthereaderswithatranquilandleisurepicture.Thetranslatedversionisfaithfultotheoriginalpoembyretainingtheseconcreteimages;however,somearticles(the,a),prepositions(o’er,’neath,with,in,etc.)andverbs(fly,flow,go,etc.)areaddedinthetranslatedversiontoindicatetherelationshipsamongtheseimages,tomeettherequirementsonrigorousabstractthinkinginEnglishaswellasonsyntaxtoo.
3.2ComprehensiveThinkingvs.AnalyticalThinking
Bothofthetwostylesofthinkingarefoundinallnations.However,duetotheimpactexertedbytheirrespectivetraditionofculture,theChinesenationtendstobemorecomprehensiveintheirthinkingwhereasWesternnationsaremoreanalytical.
Astwobasicformsofthinking,comprehensivethinkingandanalyticalthinkinghavetheirrespectiveadvantages:toanalyzeistobreakupthewholeintomanypartsinordertogetdowntothecoreoftargetedobject;tosynthesizeistostudythetargetedobjectinacomprehensivewaybycombiningthepartswhichmaybeseemisolatedintotheintegratedwhole.Analysisplayedakeyroleintheestablishmentanddevelopmentofmodernsciences,despitethefactthatsystemizationwasalsoinservice.Inasense,modernscienceswouldnothavecomeintobeinghaditnotbeenforanalyticalthinking,nottomentiontheprosperityofeconomyandflourishofscienceandtechnologyoftheWestworld.
Chinesepeoplearemorecomprehensiveintheirthinking.IntraditionalChinesephilosophy,theyviewedtheheaven,theearthandmanasawholeandtheharmonybetweenmanandnaturewastheirconstantpursuit.Thus,analyticalmethodsarelessvaluedandtheChinesenationtendstotakethewholesituationintoconsiderationandobservetheuniversefromacomprehensivepointofview.
ThesetwodifferentstylesofthinkinghaveexertedtheirrespectiveimpactonthesyntacticalstructuresofEnglishandChinese.Duetotheinfluenceofanalyticalthinking,theEnglishlanguageisendowedwithdistinctchangesofwordforms,variedgrammaticalformsandflexiblesentenceorders;Incontrast,wordsalmostdonotchangeinforminChineseandgrammaticalrequirementsareusuallymetbylexicalmeans.Whatismore,phrasesandclausesareusuallyarrangedinchronologicalorderorinlogicalsequence.ParataxisintheChineselanguagebestmanifeststhisphenomenon:propositionsarecoordinativelyarrangedoneafteranotherwithnoconnectivesindicatingthesyntacticrelationsbetweenthem.Chinesesentences,inmoststylesofthelanguage,tendtobeshortandseeminglylooselyconnectedwithconnectingwordsomitted,butthemeaningcanbedecidedfromthecontext.Oftentimes,certainmembersofasentence(usuallythesubjectofaclauseorthesentence)areomitted,andthesentenceisstillintelligibletoChinesereaders.
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