The Influence of Chinese and Western Thinking Differences on English Writing

A Case Study of Sentence Patterns

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10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_60How to use a DOI?

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language; thinking mode; sentence structure; negative transfer

Abstract

Thinking mode is the deep mechanism of language generation and development, and the difference between Chinese and Western ways of thinking is an important factor that causes language differences. This difference is also reflected in the sentence structure of English writing. Based on the difference between Chinese and Western thinking modes, this paper analyzes its influence on sentence structure in the process of students’ second language writing, and puts forward countermeasures in this regard, in order to help students eliminate the interference of negative transfer of Chinese thinking in the future English writing teaching process., so as to write authentic English composition.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dan Yang
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/02/13
TI  - The Influence of Chinese and Western Thinking Differences on English Writing
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 4th International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 474
EP  - 481
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_60
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-97-8_60
ID  - Yang2023
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