Abstract: Reduplication is a pervasive phenomenon across human languages. Due to the special functions in two languages, many scholars have been dedicated to the study of this phenomenon. However, the whole research is extensive, the study of the English reduplication is absolutely insufficient due to its scant portion in English vocabulary. Though the reduplication is the same phenomenon in two languages, the instinct difference of two languages leads to the similar but divergent points of reduplication. This paper aims to make a systematic comparative study of reduplication in Chinese and English in three perspectives --classification, word structure and rhetorical effects.   

Key words: reduplication; comparative study; classification;structure;rhetorical functions

Contents

Abstract

中文摘要

1.Introduction-1

   1.1 Definition of Reduplication1

   1.2 Previous Studies.1

2.Classification of Reduplication in Chinese and English-3

2.1 Chinese Reduplication-4

2.2 English Reduplication-5

3.Comparision in the Perspective of Word Structure-6

3.1 Meaning of Constituent-7

3.2 Difference in Form-8

3.3 Difference in Grammatical Function-9

4.Comparison in Regard of Rhetoritical Functions-11

4.1Similarties in Rhetorical Functions-11

4.1.1 Adding Vitality-11

4.1.2 Expressing Emotion-12

4.1.3 Showing the Degree-13

4.1.4 Exaggerating-14

4.1.5 Imitating Sounds-15

4.2 Difference in Rhetorical Functions-15

4.2.1 The Meaning of Diminution-16

4.2.2 The Meaning Related to "Time"-16

4.2.3 Expressing the "Undulate" Moves-17

4.2.4 Creating a Neat Beauty in Vision-18

5. Conclusion-18

Reference-20