Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education

A Cross-cultural Analysis of the Pragmatic Differences of English & Chinese Vocabulary

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Li Xiang
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Li Xiang
Available Online April 2015.
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10.2991/icsste-15.2015.155How to use a DOI?
Keywords
vocabulary; English and Chinese; cross-cultural; pragmatic differences
Abstract

As vocabulary is the most active element in a language, it is critical to study the cultural connotations of vocabulary and understand the target culture in intercultural communication. An all-round analysis is made in this paper from different cultural perspectives about the pragmatic differences between English and Chinese vocabulary in intercultural communication, which is intended to emphasize that only by understanding the cultural connotations of words can we gradually overcome the obstacles in intercultural communication.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Social Science and Technology Education
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
April 2015
ISBN
978-94-62520-60-8
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icsste-15.2015.155How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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