3. Why English language is more flexible in word orde（r 语序）? Why is it not so in Chinese? Because word order is more connected with the formal changes. If the form
4. What is the usual word order in English sentences? What are the nine types of
inversion in English sentences? The usual word order in English sentence is Subject-Verb-Object. The nine types of inversion in English sentences include: interrogative inversion, imperative inversion, exclamatory inversion, hypothetical inversion, balance inversion, link inversion, signpost inversion, negative inversion, metrical inversion.
6. How many kinds of formal words （形式词） are there in English language? 2. There are five types of formal words, that is:
i. article, including a, an, and the; ii. preposition, like on, in, to, for, as, at, of, with, from, across, etc.; iii. auxiliary verb, like will, do, have; iv. coordinator, including and, but, or; subordinator, like unless, after, for, due to, etc. 7. Why Chinese is called Tone Language（声调语言） ?
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英汉语言对比
Synthetic vs. Analytic
Ⅰ . Answer Questions
Directions: Answer the Questions in English briefly, with examples if necessary.
1. What are synthetic languages综( 合语 )? How are they characterized?
According to Dictionary, A synthetic language
is “ Characterized by frequent and systematic use of inflected forms to express
1. 5. What are the E—C differences in formal words（形式词） ? English language is featured in its abundant function words, of which is article.
Articles are frequent employed. To use an article or not, and to use a definite one or an indefinite one, makes great difference in expression of meaning. Auxiliary are more frequently used in Chinese. Chinese language contains auxiliary for tense, structural and mood. This last category is especially unique in the language for the richness for delineation of emotions, like the letters 呀、啦、哦、嘛、呢， and others.
change is more flexible, the word order is more flexible. Chinese language is an analytic language, the word order cannot be change at random, in which the relationship between the words are closely related with word order and function words.
grammatical relationships
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2. What are analytical language（s 分析语） ? How are they characterized?
According to The Random House College Dictionary , An analytic language is “ Characterizedby a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs and changes in words order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms
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