acknowledgments
Abstract
摘要
Introduction
Chapter1 A Literature Survey
1.1 Definitions of Discourse
1.1.1 Clarifications on “Discourse” and “Text”
1.1.2 What Is Discourse
1.1.3 The Characteristics of a Discourse
1.2 The Development of Discourse Analysis as a Subject
1.2.1 Academic Origin for Discourse Analysis
1.2.2 The Rise of Discourse Analysis as a Subject
1.2.3 The Shaping of Discourse as a Subject
1.3 Some Representative Figures in Discourse Analysis
1.3.1 Harris
1.3.2 Widdowson
1.3.3 Labor
1.3.4 Stubbs
1.3.5 Brown and Yule
1.3.6 Fasold
1.4 Discourse Analysis in Contemporary Linguistics
Chapter 2 Research on Patterns of Thought
2.1 Definitions of Patterns of Thought
2.2 The Research on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
2.2.1AcademicBackgroundforResearchonPatternsofThought
2.2.2 Early Researches on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
2.2.3 Further Researches on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
2.3 Some Representative Figures in the Contrastive Study of Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
2.3.1 Liang Suming
2.3.2 Lin Yutang
2.3.3 Zhang Dainian
Chapter 3 A Summary of the Major Features of Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
3.1 Physical and Social Background Contributive to Differences in Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
3.2 The Circular Pattern of Thought and the Linear Pattern of Thought
3.3 The Integral Pattern of Thought and the Analytical Pattern of Thought
3.3.1 “Man in Nature” vs. “Man against Nature”
3.3.2 “Harmony with Nature” vs. “Conflict with Nature”
3.4 The Concrete Pattern of Thought and the Abstract Pattern of Thought
3.4.1 “Intuition” vs. “Logic”
3.4.2 “Self-introspection” vs. “Extrovert Cognition”
3.4.3 “Ambiguity” vs. “Clarity”
3.5 Some Supplementary Remarks on Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought
Chapter 4 Differences between Chinese and Western Patterns of Thought vs. Differences between Chinese and Western Discourses
4.1 The Relation between Language and Thought
4.1.1 Which is the Determiner, Language or Thought?
4.1.2 Language is the Reflection of a Nation's Patter of Thought
4.2 Differences between Chinese and Western Discourses
4.2.1 "The Cyclical Structure" vs. "the Linear Structure"
4.2.2 "The General-particular Order" vs. "the Particular- general Order
4.2.3 "The Correlative Mode" vs. "the Detached Mode"
4.2.4 "Moderation" vs. "Polarization"
4.2.5 "Concreteness" vs. "Abstractness"
4.3 Some Supplementary Remarks on Chinese and Western Discourses
Chapter 5 Implications for English Foreign Language Acquisition
5.1 The Negative Transfer of Chinese Pattern of Thought in English Acquisition
5.2 Thinking in English Language
5.3 Some Advice on English Foreign Language Teaching
Conclusion
Notes
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