The Study of English Abbreviation 英语语言学本科毕业论文_精品.doc

The Study of English Abbreviation Table of Contents Abstract I 摘要 II Preface 1 1. The Origin and Characteristics of English Abbreviation 2 1.1 The Origin of the English Abbreviations 2 1.1.1 The Objective World Factors 2 1.1.2 The Subjective World Factors 3 1.1.3 Language World Factors 3 1.2 The Main Causes of English Characteristics 4 1.2.1 Simplicity 4 1.2.2 Fuzziness 4 1.2.3 Lability 4 1.3 Summary 5 2. The Generation Characteristics of English Abbreviation 6 2.1 Clipping 6 2.1.1 Cutting the Final Part. 6 2.1.2 Cutting the Initial Part. 6 2.1.3 Cutting the Initial Part and the Final Part. 6 2.1.4 Cutting either the Initial Part or the Final Part. 6 2.2 Blending 7 2.3 Acronym 7 2.4 Digital Abbreviation 8 2.5 Borrowing Law 8 2.6 Variant Law 8 2.7 Summary 8 3. The Pronunciation Rules and Writing Rules of Abbreviation in English Language 9 3.1 Pronunciation Rules of English Language 9 3.2 Writing Rules of English Language 9 3.3 Summary 10 4. The Chinese Translation of English Abbreviation 11 4.1 Transliteration 11 4.2 Free Translation 12 4.3 Zero-Translation Method 12 4.4 Mixed-Translation Method 14 4.5 Summary 14 5. Pragmatic Function of English Abbreviation 15 5.1 Simpleness, Speediness 15 5.2 Eye-catching, Catchy Hooks 15 5.3 Strong Description 15 5.4 Rhetoric Function 15 5.5 Summary 16 Conclusion 17 Citation 18 Reference 19 Acknowledgements 20 Abstract A lot of English abbreviation production and use reflect a sharp change of modern society, the science and technology progress and cultural education leap and the rapid development of business, etc. The seemingly simple abbreviations in composition structure, pronunciation, and writing have many rules, and it is the unique function to use a language. The study of these rules can reduce and avoid chaos or mistakes when we use them. Keywords:　 English abbreviation rule pragmatic function translation 摘要 英语缩略词的大量产生和使用折射出现代社会的急剧变化，科学技术的飞跃进步和文化教育事业等的迅猛发展。 20 years, it appears a large number of abbre