The Classification of Social Appellations in Chinese and English and the Comparison of their Linguistic Structures

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10.2991/emcs-16.2016.518How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Appellation; Classification; Linguistic Structure; Comparison between Chinese and English language

Abstract

Chinese and English social appellations are divided into three categories, which includes general appellation, occupational (job) title and quasi-kinship terms. The linguistic structure of Chinese social appellation is comparatively more complicated and includes seven elements. With its structural simpleness and closeness, English social appellation, on the other hand, has only five elements. None of the defining elements in these two languages is the structural prerequisite that composes a social appellation. The sequence of those elements in Chinese and English differs, and sometimes distributed quite reversely. Significant correlation is found between the linguistic structure of social appellation in Chinese and English and their national cultures.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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