travelingenglishcharacteristics英語論文

1、TravelingEnglishacteristics關鍵詞：關鍵詞：TourismEnglishFunctionFeaturesCulture旅游英語旅游英語語言功能語言功能語言特點語言特點文化文化Abstract：WiththerapiddevelopmentofChinesetourismindustrymemefeigntouristshavecometoChina.Althoughnotallfeigntouristsaref

2、romEnglishspeakingcountriesEnglishasacommonlanguageintodayswldhasbecomethemostimptantmediumofcommunicationwheninternationaltouristactivitiesareinvolved.AsaresulttourismEnglishappearsasESPEnglishbecomespopularnecessaryinC

3、hinesetourism.ManyChinesestudentsmajingintourismlearntourismEnglishasacourse.AlargenumberofemployeesintourismindustrystarttouseEnglishintheirwk.InthiscasethisessayfirstlyaimsatexposingthelanguagefunctionsoftourismEnglish

4、analyzesitsdistinctivefeaturesintermsoflinguisticsculturewhichidentifiestourismEnglishasaspecialbranchofEnglish.ThedetailedstudyontourismEnglishitselfwillbehelpfulftheChinesestudentsoftourismEnglishthestaffinthefieldtous

5、eitwelldealwithtourismEnglishtranslation.摘要：隨著中國旅游業(yè)的迅速發(fā)展，越來越多的外國游客來到中國旅游觀光。雖然這些外國游客并不是全部來自英語國家，但是作為當今世界通用語，英語成為國際旅游活動中一個最重要的交流工具和媒介。因此，旅游英語這個特殊的英語文體開始在中國旅游行業(yè)中流行，并成為旅游業(yè)發(fā)展必不可少的因素之一。許多旅游英語專業(yè)的學生在學習旅游英語，一大部分旅游從業(yè)者開始學習使用英語。對此，本

6、文首先通過對旅游英語本身的研究，揭示了旅游英語的語言功能，并且從語言學和文化的角度，分析了旅游英語的特點，正是這些特點使得旅游英語成為一種獨特的英語文體。對于旅游英語本身的詳細研究不僅可以幫助旅游從業(yè)人員更好的了解和使用旅游英語，并且也為旅游英語翻譯打下良好的基礎。IntroductionTourismhasreceivedaninternationalreputationasaneverdecliningindustryinthehi

7、styofwldeconomy.InChinatourismhasahistyofalmost55yearssincethefirsttravelagencyfoundedinNovember1949.Butduringthefollowing30yearsChinesetourismwasadvancingslowlyduetopoliticalreasons.AccdingtothedatareptedbyNationalTouri

8、smAdministrationBureauofChinaonly1.809millionpeopleincluding0.23millionfeignersvisitedChinain1978.Howeverin1998Chinareceived63.4784millioninternationalvisitsincluding7.1077millionfeigntouristswhichis35timesthatin1978.Chi

9、nahasbecomeoneofthemostpopulartouristdestinationsoneoftheleadingcountriesofwldtourismindustry.DuetothedevelopmentoftourisminChinatourismEnglishbecomesmemeimptantnowadaysinChina.AsaresulttourismEnglishappearsasaterminmany

10、researchescoursebookswiththemeaningofEnglishlanguagethatisusedftourism.SinceChinahasbeenrecognizedasanapproveddestinationbymanycountriesofficiallymemefeigntouristshavebeenflowingintoChinafavisittourismEnglishhasbecomenec

11、essaryboomingasaresult，fromairpttohotelrestaurantfromtraveltotouristspot.Englishisusedwheneverafeigntouristisreceived.WesupposethatChina’stourismwouldnothaveadvancedsmoothlywithoutthedevelopmentoftourismEnglish.Therefeso

12、meresearchesabouttourismEnglishshouldbedone.Butintheauth’seyesdistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglisharetobeexpledfirstly.OnlyifsomedistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglisharemadeclearsomewkontranslationpracticeabouttourismEnglis

13、hshouldbedoneindertopushfwardtheChinesetourism.That’swhytheauthofthepaperchooses“OnDistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglish”asitstitle.Befethispaperwasstartedlotsofmaterialswerecheckedread.Findingsweremadethattherehavebeenafe

14、wresearchesaboutthedistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglishfromthepointoflinguistics.TherefemeresearchesshouldstillbedoneonthedistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglishfromthepointoflinguisticssothattheresearchescouldpromotethedevel

15、opmentoftourismEnglishalsocouldpushfwardthedevelopmentoftourismeconomythecultureofChina.Thatisthepurposeofthispaper.ThetopicwillbeanalyzedfromthreeaspectsasfollowsthescopeoftheuseoftourismEnglishthefeaturesoflanguagefunc

16、tionoftourismEnglishthelinguisticfeaturesoftourismEnglish.TheauthwillgivesomeexamplestoexplainitinthefollowingⅠ.TheScopeoftheUseofTourismEnglishTourismEnglishasitissocalledistheEnglishlanguageusedftourismisaparticularvar

17、ietyofEnglishintermsoflinguistics.Itappearswiththedevelopmentoftourismindustryespeciallyinternationaltourism.Whenpeoplemakeavisittosomeplacetheywillbeprovidedwithallkindsofservicesneededduringthetour.AccdingtoOxfdAdvance

18、dLearner’sEnglishChineseDictionarytourismis“thebusinessactivityconnectedwithprovidingaccommodationservicesentertainmentfpeoplewhoarevisitingaplacefpleasure.”Theservicesrefertotransptationservicehotelservicetouristspotser

19、vices.TherefetourismEnglishiswidelyusedintransptation(includingairplanetrainbus)hotel(includingrestaurant)touristspotspokenwritteninfms.A.TourismEnglishUsedinTransptationInthispassagethedetailedinfmationofthetouristdesti

20、nationFbiddenCityofBeijingWhatisFbiddenCityItwasthehomeofempers.HowmanyroomsinthecitySuchinfmationisprovidedtotourists.B.TheDirectiveFunctionGenerallytourismEnglishisdirectedathelpingtouristsarrangetheirtoursmakeiteffect

21、ive.Whentheyareinfmedthedetailsoftheirtourstheyreceivethedirectionsguidancefromthetourismganizations.AsaneffectivemediumEnglishperfmsadirectivefunctionintheprocess.Inmostcasesguidesmakefulluseofthislanguagefunctionoftour

22、ismEnglish.FollowingpassageistakenfromaguidebooktointroduceoneofthefamousrestsinBritainCnwallinwhichspecificdirectionsaregiventotouristsfaccommodationthewaysofhowtogetthere.CnwallTouristBoardhas1335approvedaccommodationm

23、embersofwhom568areservicedestablishmentsincludingHotelsPubsInnsFarmhouses582areselfcateringunits190aretenttouringstaticcaravanholidayparks.Fulldetailsonaccommodationareavailablefromourwebswalltouristboard.co.uktelephoneu

24、son(01872)322900.Thisisaboutaccommodation.HowtogetthereTheM5motwaylinkswiththeA30providesafasteasyrouteintoCnwall.RailGreatWesternVirgintrainsrunservicestoCnwall.MainlinestationsatLiskeardBodminParStAustellTruroRedruthCa

25、mbomeStErthPenzancewithbranchlinestoLooeNewquayStIvesFalmouth.Contact08457484950ffurtherinfmation.Youcanalsobyairbyboat.TheptsofFalmouthFoweyarestopofpointsfcruiseliners.AirNewquayAirpthasadirectlinkwithLondonGatwickLond

26、onStanstedsoisaccessiblefromanywhereinthewld.Inthispassageyoucanknowclearlytheaccommodationthreeways(roadseaair)togetthere.TherefewesaytourismEnglishhasdirectivefunction.C.TheEvocativeFunction“Theevocativefunctionistheus

27、eoflanguagetocreatecertainfeelingsinthehearer.”(HuZhuangling)Ftherelevantganizationsoperatsoftourismitisurgenttoattractmepeopletovisitthetouristdestinations.TherefetourismEnglishisusedtoevokethetouristsfeelingofdesiretoc

28、ometovisitthatplaceenjoytheservicestheyprovideofcoursewithpay.Fexample:HangzhouisoneofChina’smajscenicwondersaswellasafamousculturecitywithalonghisty.HangzhouisfamousfitsWestLakeanareaofstrikingbeauty.Covering5.66squarek

29、ilometershassuchplaceofinterestasThreePoolsMirringtheMoon.iginallyashallowbayadjoiningtheQiantangRiveritwasgraduallytransfmedintoaninllakebythesittingupoftheoutlet.“TheWestLakeiscomparablewiththegirlXiZialwaysmingwitheit

30、herlightheavymakeup”.Indeeditlooksbeautifulasthesomebeautifulpoem.Sometouristswanttocheckupthepoemabovetheyareattractedbythebeautifulwds.Ⅲ.TheLinguisticFeaturesofTourismEnglishIdentifyingthefeaturesoftourismEnglishstudie

31、disalwaysnecessarywhenwewkonit.ThedistinctivefeaturesoftourismEnglishdistinguishitfromtheotherbranchesofEnglishsuchastechnologyEnglishlegalEnglishbusinessEnglishsoon.ThepaperwillanalyzethefeaturesfromfouraspectsThefirsti

32、sfromthepointoflinguisticswhichincludesthelexicalgrammaticalpointofview.Thesecondisfromitsperfmativefunctioncourtesyfeature.Thethirdisfromitsstylethelastisfromthepointoftheculture.ItisbelievablethattourismEnglishwillbema

33、decleareraccdingtotheanalysisoftheexteriinterifeaturesoftourismEnglish.A.LexicalFeature“Lexicologyisthebranchoflinguisticsconcernedwiththestudyofthevocabularyofagivenlanguage.Itdealswithwdstheirigindevelopmenthistyfmatio

34、nmeaningapplication”isfromAnIntroductiontoEnglishLexicology.(LinChengzhang)“Lexiconinitsmostgeneralsenseissynonymouswithvocabulary.”(HuZhuangling)LikeothervarietiesofEnglishsuchaslegalEnglishjournalismEnglishtourismEngli

35、shhasitsownlexicalfeaturesbesidestheverygeneraluseofEnglishvocabulary.1.TheTechnicalTermsTermsconsistofwdsidioms.TherearealargenumberofEnglishwdsidiomswhicharespeciallyusedintourism.TheyarecalledtermsoftourismEnglish.Fex

36、amplebefetheflightsetsofftheflightattendantstellthepassengers:“Pleasestowallhcarryonluggageundertheseatinfrontofyouintheoverheadcompartments.”Thereareseveraltourismtermsinthesentencewhichmightbeuncleartothetouristwhohasa

37、journeybyplanefthefirsttime.Thethingspassengersbringaboardtheplanearecalled“hcarryonluggage”.To“stow”themmeanstoputthemaway.Thusthewholesentencecanbeparaphrasedasfollowing:Carryonluggagecanfiteitherundertheseatinaspecial

38、compartment(enclosedspace)abovetheseatovertheheadsofthepassengers.Othertermslike“packagetour”(thetravelagencycombiningtourspackagingthemalongwiththenecessarytransptationaccommodations)“bedboardhouse”(thehotelprovidingaco