A Critical Review of “qi-cheng-zhuan-he” within the Field of Contrastive Rhetoric

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1674-8921.2014.04.005

Abstract

Abstract: This paper systematically reviews the studies of “qi-cheng-zhuan-he” within the field of contrastive rhetoric, finding that the insights so far obtained have experienced a spiral progression. The typical Chinese textual pattern was initially rejected by western scholars as being dramatically different from “directness” in English, thus having negatively affected the English writing of Chinese students. However, as more recent research findings indicate, “qi-cheng-zhuan-he” has been found to be similar to the deep structure of problem-solution pattern in English. Finally, it is pointed out that description of the pattern based on self-built corpus and across genres is necessary before systematic contrastive study is conducted.

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LIU Lixin, YANG Yuchen. A Critical Review of “qi-cheng-zhuan-he” within the Field of Contrastive Rhetoric[J]. Contemporary Foreign Languages Studies, 2014, 14(04): 18-22.

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