早期西夏语文学研究概述

1931年苏联杰出的西夏学者Н.А.聂历山首次对国际西夏学研究的早期历史作了简要回顾,全面介绍了19世纪末20世纪初各国西夏学研究的重要成果,对西夏文字的创制、构成、发音、推广及其重要辞书、文献,尤其对西夏文释读作出重大贡献的《掌中珠》都作了生动有趣的描述。对我们了解西夏研究历史,总结前辈学人的经验教训,借鉴和完善方法理论,促进西夏研究的繁荣有着重要意义。现据《西夏语文学》译出,希望能为学界提供一些有价值的线索。     

浅析跨文化交际中非语言交际的差异

本文主要论述了跨文化交际中的非语言交际的差异特点,并列举一些具体的事例供广大的外语学习者在跨文化交际中加以研究和借鉴.     

英语语感漫谈

语感是英语界常挂在嘴边的一个概念,但很少有人认真思索过它的含义以及培养语感的途径和目的。虽然语感在人们的交际活动中所起的作用是隐隐约约、冥冥之中的,但其发挥的积极作用却是十分肯定的。主要从"含义、特征、方法、意义"四个方面对其做了较为深入的探讨。     

商标语言中的顺应现象

文章以Verschueren的顺应论为基础,探讨了商标在适应产品特点的同时,对消费者的文化、心理、认知,以及对语言系统本身做出的各种顺应现象,并讨论了顺应论为商标的翻译带来的启示。     

论跨文化交际的基本条件

跨文化交际是不同文化的国家、民族、个人之间的世界性交往的需要。熟练顺利有效地进行跨文化交际必须具备三个基本条件:其一,学会外国文字语言是跨文化交际的前提条件;其二,学会外国文化知识是跨文化交际的基础条件;其三,学会文明交往是跨文化交际的关键条件。     

论中国人外语习得的关键期

现在越来越多的中国人在学习英语,外语习得的关键期也成了广大语言工作者的热门话题.文章基于众多名家的理论并结合现状进行探讨,提出了外语学习宜早不宜晚,中国人语言习得的最佳期是3～14岁的观点.     

前景化理论与翻译研究

本文从风格和意义两个角度分析前景化理论在翻译实践中的运用,着重谈到有些前景化语言的不可译性问题以及如何在翻译实践中辨识前景化语言。旨在为译者提供一种新颖的翻译理论基础,为促进理论与实践具体结合方面起到方法论的作用。     

Prosodic levelling during language shift: Okinawan approximations of Japanese pitch‐accent1

This article demonstrates how the language death process potentially contributes to the emergence of a new dialect. A sociolinguistic survey of the prosodic phonology of Japanese spoken in Yaeyama, Okinawa shows that the obsolescence process of Okinawan has resulted in a new dialect of Japanese. First, Okinawan is undergoing processes typical of language death, including increased variability and the elimination of phonological contrasts at the prosodic level. These processes are also occurring in the incoming language, Japanese. Second, these processes have influenced the acquisition of the prosody of Standard Japanese, resulting in a new prosodic system. Third, a positive attitude towards the local variant of Japanese is prevalent among the younger members of the community, particularly the working‐class males. These results suggest that a local prosodic system is emerging, resulting in a new dialect of Japanese.     

语言：师生心灵之约——浅谈语言在语文教学中的重要性

语言是教育的存在,是师生灵魂碰撞的媒介。通过语言,师生确认存在,从而使教育成为可能;通过 语言,师生共享世界,从而使生命敞亮起来;通过语言,师生对话人生,从而引起师生同往。     

Dilemmas in planning English/vernacular relations in post‐colonial communities

In the context of globalization and post‐modern discourses, the debate about the relative status of local and dominant languages poses serious policy problems for post‐colonial communities. Critics of minority language rights (MLR) generally point out that engineering a language shift on behalf of a vernacular language – motivated by the preservationist interests, collective rights and sentimental associations of an ethnic group – is futile, as the economic and social mobilities of individuals are bound to work against this enterprise. Proponents of MLR have gone to the other extreme of essentializing the linguistic identity of minority communities, generalizing their language attitudes, and treating local language rights as non‐negotiable. This article addresses this debate in the context of the attempts to promote Tamil by the military leadership in the North and East of Sri Lanka. The paper brings together data gathered in sociolinguistic studies for four years in the Jaffna society in order to understand the reception of the language policy in everyday life. The leadership recognizes that language policy is a symbolic statement for political purposes and tolerates certain inconsistencies in policy and practice. While the community assures itself of ethnic pride and linguistic autonomy with the stated policies, it negotiates divergent interests in the gaps between the policy/practice divide. Scholars should recognize the agency of subaltern communities to negotiate language politics in creative and critical ways that transcend the limited constructs formulated to either cynically sweep aside or unduly romanticize language rights.