我国早期商务英语的产生及语言属性——兼论洋泾浜英语与商务英语的关系

盛行于我国清代通商口岸为涉外商贸服务的"中国洋泾浜英语"(CPE),就其词源及辞书释义、形成及用途、教学及读本内容、使用者的职业等而言,就是我国早期的商务英语。CPE产生于早期中西商贸语言接触和语言混合,经历了广州英语和上海洋泾浜英语两个主要发展阶段,是近代中外商贸交往中不可或缺的商贸通用语、混合语和有限的二语习得。

The Origin and Linguistic Property of Early Business English in China

Chinese Pidgin English(CPE) prevailing in the Chinese ports in Qing Dynasty was mainly the early business English serving the Sino-western trade and commerce in terms of the etymology and the dictionary explanations of the term "pidgin",CPE’s formation and purposes,the contents of CPE teaching and various readers,and the professions of CPE speakers.CPE originated from the language contact and hybridization in the early Sino-western trade and mainly underwent the stages of Canton English in the Canton Trade System and Shanghai Pidgin English in the Treaty System.CPE as the early business English was an indispensable lingua franca in the modern Sino-western business,a mixed language and limited second language acquisition.