The peculiarity of English spoken language and Chinese spoken language

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The peculiarity of English spoken language and Chinese spoken language

Chinese and English are two different languages used by different people and countries respectfully. Either Chinese or English has a long history. Admittedly, there are some similarities between the tow. However, huge differences make the two very much unlike each other.

To begin with, I would like to take spoken language as an example. The pronunciations of Chinese and English are quite dissimilar. Chinese spoken language usually has four tones, making a syllable sound various. On the contrast, there are usually not such tones changing in English pronunciation, but only stresses. In general, the intonation of Chinese is much more changeable than is English. Scientists have discovered that Chinese speakers use both of the semi-spheres of their brains, while at the same time English speaking people use only one side. This piece of evidence accounts for the reason that English speaking people are having hard times in learning oral Chinese and vice versa.

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Moreover, the habit in speaking between the two languages is also distinctive. Chinese people, for example, mostly would like to focus on the meaning or content when they are speaking their mother tongue. Unlike Chinese, the English speaking people organise their sentences in a more grammatical way, which bases on the general rules of the grammar structures. The gap in between is obvious, resulting in the two speaking styles. Compared with English speakers, Chinese speakers talking more casually, the misunderstandings happen much more often between the Chinese than between the English.

In addition, though the formation of oral language ...

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