A Tentative Norm Principle of Chinese English and Its Implementation
English has been upheld as the most valuable foreign language in China and the rise of different English usages from the English standards of native countries takes place in China.It becomes controversy to judge whether these differences are errors against the exonormative standards,or innovations made by Chinese English speakers in the pragmatic context of China.This article is to present the linguistic feature of Chinese bilinguals of English with the data analysis in China Daily,discuss how to judge errors or innovations of English performed by Chinese people,and demonstrate a tentative norm principle of distinguishing innovations from errors.
language errorslanguage innovationsChinese Englishworld English norms
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