A Brief Analysis on Chinglish

A Brief Analysis on Chinglish
AbstractThe phenomenon of Chinglish has taken on spreading tendency, which cannot be ignored. This paper analyzes the definition, manifestations and reasons of Chinglish. Besides, the author gives some effective measures on how to avoid Chinglish. Thus the block to learn English can be cleared.
Key wordsEnglish Chinglish
一、Introduction
At present, as English gradually becomes an international language, more and more Chinese people begin to learn English. Due to the influence and disturbance of Chinese, they will undoubtedly create distorted English, not in accordance with authentic English. This kind of English is generally called Chinglish (Liu Wenzhong, 1993/4).
二、Manifestations of Chinglish
（一）At phonetic level
At phonetic level, the author intends to describe Chinglish at levels of speech sounds and syllables.
1.Speech sounds
（1）Substitution of [t, s] for [θ], [d, z] for [δ]
Some Chinese learners of English pronounce “this” as “[dis]”. The mispronunciation is caused by the fact that there are no such phonemes as [θ] and [δ] in Chinese. Therefore, some Chinese speakers just use the nearest equivalent phonemes [t, d] or [s, z] to replace [θ] and [δ].
（2）Confusion of [n] and [l]
Some Chinese learners, especially those from Hunan, Hubei, Fujian and Anhui provinces, may have difficulty in distinguishing between [n] and [l]. They have a tendency to replace [n] with [l] or [l] with [n].
（3）V owels after certain consonants
Chinese consonants are combined with vowels while English ones are not. So plosive consonants [p,b,t,k,g] are articulated as: p-o，b-o, t-e, d-e，k-e，g-e, which is
another form of Chinglish.
2.Syllables
（1）Difficulty with Consonant Cluster
In English, The combination of consonant cluster may be represented as CCCVCCCC. Many Chinese students have difficulty in pronouncing consonant clusters. For example, they put the vowel [u] after [p] and [b].
（2）Difficulty with nasal plosion
For Chinese English learners, they may have more difficulty in pronouncing “nasal plosion” in English, such as [tn] and [dn].However, in Chinese syllables there is no such “nasal plosion” often habitually pronounced as [tən] and [dən] respectively.
（二）At lexical level
1.Redundancy
Redundancy is using more words than necessary or repetition of words or phrases with similar meanings. Take the example of “desk”; C hinese people would say “book desk” or “writing desk” instead.
2.Misuse of words
It’s necessary to pay attention to the use of English words. One of the big problems of people learning English is the misuse of words. For instance：Wrong: I feel very painful in my right hand.
Correct: I feel great pain in my right hand.
3.Ignorance of the idiomatic English expression
Ignorance of the idiomatic English expressions also results in Chinglish. For Chinese speakers, they first think in Chinese and then translate it in English. As a result, the words or expressions appear ridiculous to native speakers.。