On the Brevity of Modern English 现代英语的简洁

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1、OntheBrevityofModernEnglishABSTRACTInthisever-increasingcompetitivesociety,lifetodaymovesmuchfasterthaneverbefore.Asanimportanttoolbymeansofwhichpeoplecommunicate,andexchangeideasandinformationwithoneother,languagesaswellshowatrendtowardssimplificationa

2、ndbrevitysoastoadaptthemselvestothefastpaceofmodernlife.'Totakethesimpleandlesscomplicatedway'hasbecomethebuild-inattributeaswellaslawofdevelopmentsharedbyalllanguages.ModernEnglishisatypicalexampleassuch.ThisessaylooksintoandanalysesthebrevityofmodernE

3、nglishfromseveralaspects.PeculiarwritingstyleslikeBusinessEnglish,advertisingEnglish,andEnglishofJournalism,andpronunciation,vocabulary,grammaticalstructurewillbediscussed.Keyword:modernEnglishbrevitysimplification23现代英语的简洁摘要随着社会的发展，竞争日趋激烈，人们的生活节奏不断加快。语

4、言作为人们交流思想传递信息的工具，为适应高效率的生活方式也出现了不断简化的趋势。同世界上任何一个语言一样，英语经历了漫长的，不断发展变化的历史过程，分析和研究英语的历史，不难发现，近代英语具有一个明显的特征：简洁表达。避繁趋简是语言公有的固有属性及发展规律。英语相对汉语而言有其独到的简洁性，文章从语音，词汇，句法结构，以及新闻英语，商务英语，，广告英语等注重简洁的特殊文体几个角度，就其表达的简洁予以分析。关键词：近代英语简洁简化23CONTENTSABSTRACTI摘要II1Introduction1

5、2.ThebrevityofEnglish22.1InthefieldofJournalismEnglish22.1.1Omission22.1.1.1Omittingthearticle22.1.1.2Omittingthepreposition32.1.1.3Omittingthelinkingverbsandauxiliaryverb42.1.1.4Replacingtheconjunctionswithacomma42.1.1.5Usingellipticalsentences42.1.2Ab

6、breviation52.1.2.1Usingpremodification52.1.2.2Usingparticipialphrases62.1.2.3Usingblendingwords,acronyms,curtailedwords62.1.2.4Conversion72.1.2.5Usingidioms,proverbs82.1.2.6Creativelyusingadverbs82.2InthefieldofAdvertisingEnglish82.2.1Useofalotofmonosyl

7、lables92.2.2Useofalotofellipticalsentences9232.2.3Useofalotofjuxtapositionofphrases92.2.4Useofalotofnonce-words102.2.5Useofalotofsentenceswheresubjectsareomitted102.2.6Useofalotofheadingstatement112.2.7Useofsentencefragments112.3InthefieldofBusinessEngl

8、ish112.3.1Useofshortandsimplewords112.3.2Usealotofcolloquialexpressionforms122.4Summary133LinguisticsAspects143.1Inthefieldofpronunciation143.2Inthefieldofintonation143.2.1Stress143.2.2Soundintensity143.2.3Pitch153.2.4Range153.3I