Differences between spoken English and written English（英语书面语与口语的区别）.pptVIP

Outline Differences General characteristics Reasons of differences 日本位于中国的东边 Japan is on the east of China. Japan is in the east of China. (×) Are you crazy? I can’t leave these men for a baby! They’re dying—hundreds of them. Get some woman to help you. General characteristics In spoken English, we usually use phrasal verbs(片语动词) to take the place of the single words of the same meaning. put up with (Sp.) —— tolerate (Wr.) give in (Sp.) —— surrender (Wr.) piling up (Sp.)—— accumulate (Wr.) come in (Sp.)—— enter (Wr.) blow up (Sp.)—— explode (Wr.) P o w e r B a r 中国专业PPT设计交流论坛 Welcome to our classroom Differences between spoken English and written English Slides by Zhang Huilin Yangkun In general In linguistics In linguistics Lexical level Phonological level academic professional easy simple slang vogue intonation pronunciation pauses abbreviations Written English Spoken English In linguistics Pragmatic level Discourse level Syntactical level implications the coherence of sentences and the unity of paragraphs long and complex sentence with different types of clauses passive voice and none phrases Written English Spoken English In general Stylistics illustrating reasons and stating ideas expressing thoughts and communicating feelings in writing in conversation Formal, logic, well-organized informal Written English Spoken English Differences in style try endeavor end terminate lucky fortunate begin commence Informal Formal In general Stability Structure Grammar stable rigid loose mistake is forbidden sentence fragment Written English Spoken English In general Stability Structure Grammar stable rigid loose mistake is forbid sentence fragment Written English Spoken English In general Stability Structure Grammar stable rigid loose mistake is forbid sentence fragment Written English Spoken English frequently in the male domain dominated by women/ mothers often public carries internal monologue and dialogue