Gangni Chen, Qiong Jia

Gangni Chen

15 Dec. 2022

Locative words in English, Locative words in Chinese, Grammatical forms, Linguistic functions, Systemic and functional linguistics.

Locative words are words or language expressions that indicate spatial direction or position. From the perspective of systemic functional linguistics, this paper makes a comparative study of the grammatical performance and functions of English and Chinese locative words. It is found that both English and Chinese locative words can be collocated with nouns or noun phrases in terms of grammatical performance, but there are differences in specific ways. As far as language functions are concerned, both English and Chinese locative words have ideational, interpersonal and textual functions. This study has some implications for vocabulary teaching, English-Chinese translation and dictionary compilation.

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