Chapter 5 Overtness and Covertness
Chapter 5 Overtness and Covertness
Comparison *作业写完了！ The homework has been finished. *桌上有苹果。 There is an apple/ There are apples *你小心点！ on the table. You need to be careful
Comparison 作业写完了！ 桌上有苹果。 你小心点！ The homework has been finished. There is an apple/ There are apples on the table. You need to be careful
Discussion 1 Compare the Chinese sentences and the English ones in terms of overtness and convertness,and what can you find?
Discussion 1 Compare the Chinese sentences and the English ones in terms of overtness and convertness, and what can you find?
Overtness and Covertness In a general sense,English is a morphological language,while Chinese is semantic language. Thus,roughly,English grammar is explicit, and Chinese Grammar is comparatively implicit. 米 Markers are signals of explicitness. Grammatical markers vs.Semantic markers
Overtness and Covertness In a general sense, English is a morphological language, while Chinese is a semantic language. Thus, roughly, English grammar is explicit, and Chinese Grammar is comparatively implicit. Markers are signals of explicitness. Grammatical markers vs. Semantic markers
Discussion 2 Can you work out some grammatical and semantic markers that distinguish English and Chinese in terms of overtness and covertness?
Discussion 2 Can you work out some grammatical and semantic markers that distinguish English and Chinese in terms of overtness and covertness?