Language Interaction and the Influence of the Chinese Language〔＊〕

He Xiaoyong

（Faculty of Humanities Jinan University，Guangzhou Guangdong 510632）

Ⅰ.Definition of language interaction and the history of language sample

The development of regional linguistics and pragmatics is the cultural pattern formed in thousands of years，which consists of the Chinese cultural system based on classics and history.The civilization mechanism of this system follows a linguistic mode.Therefore，research on the regional proposition of Chinese language is the cultural renaissance based on Chinese classics and history.By studying the cultural foundation of Chinese and English，we can find that they are cross-regional and integrated human linguistic cultures，whose linguistic classification and linguistic group are based on the civilization form of regional industrial society.The Chinese zone and English zone，as we call，refer to interacted cultural systems，which serve as the mutual foundation in the modern civilization pattern of population，region and domestic production.Therefore，in terms of the cultural regional perspective，Chinese language，supported by ancient Chinese culture，undoubtedly has its own research features.In terms of linguistic development，the linguistics is constantly constructed with the progress of civilization development in the worldwide.Thus，new language learning mode and language civilization system will also be formed.

However，the problem is that the development of modern culture will lead to people’s ignorance of the basic“sample”of culture，thus ignoring the cultural background of pragmatic mechanism.The dialogue between west and east also brings forth the progress of Chinse linguistic sociology.So far，the spread of Chinese language in the world has formed a distinguished cultural sample，which has become an important basis to define Chinese language.All languages are the semantic and pragmatic system of their culture dreams.The former needs academic construction while the latter needs social construction.Recent years have witnessed the combined research of Chinese language with western linguistic discipline.Thus，we can establish Chinese pragmatic mechanism on the modern language system，discuss the social characteristics of modern Chinese language and explore how Chinese language decides listening，speaking，reading，writing and expressive contexts in detail，thus establishing a Chinese linguistic system featuring motivation and context attribution.Ultimately，we can establish the“great look of china”of the worldview unique to Chinese language.

Ⅱ.New culture obtaining and initiative integration

Language as used，as the“executive”aspect of language is closely connected with specific context.Chinese analysis shows the language heritage of a cultural goal by specific people in specific context by means of the overall recognition of language culture.New linguistic“cultural mode”has thus formed so as to promote the constant update of human language civilization sample and keep the internal motivation and context attribution of human language.Finally，gloss explanations of words in ancient books have to construct the ancient models by means of constant study on ancient classics.Therefore，Chinese language，as language worldview and linguistic philosophy has gradually possessed the contextual value of universal return.

Modern Chinese has been updated since the May 4th Movement.By researching the systems formed by ancient Chinese language and modern Chinese language in terms of cultural process and linguistic mechanism，or researching“samples”，we can solve various problems in the scientific field in linguistic re-sults，with the representative of Chen Yinke.Another school holds that language is a metaphor mechanism of cultural context，and that the value of the proposition of language lies in whether pragmatic mechanism realizes its implication，with the representative of Qian Zhongshu.Obviously，Chen Yinke still studies the language system featuring human civilization implication in terms of classical language research while Qian Zhongshu focuses on the contextual attribution function of human language civilization in the context of modern life，career and culture faced by the structure of modern civilization.

After the founding of People’s Republic of China in1949，a lot of practical researchers，including Ye Shengtao and Xia Mianzun，maintain the opinion of the“l(fā)anguage wisdom”of Chinese language.The research on language basically insists on the pragmatic claims in the modern context.After the Reform and O-pening up，Xu Guozhang，Wang Zongyan，Hu Zhuanglin，Shen Jiaxuan and Liao Qiuzhong contribute a lot in reestablishing pragmatics.Western linguistics and pragmatics have become one of the academic orientations of China’s linguistic circle.A lot of famous works on linguistics have been presented after years’of introduction.Based on the language introduction and research foundation，Wang Jianhua is the representative who explicitly puts forward the teaching system of pragmatics，which is also in line with the opinions of western linguists，namely“the orientation of linguistics is language education”.

The worldview of Chinese language is based on the communicative context of modern pragmatics which holds that various languages share something in common.Despite of the various differences among nationalities and cultures，we all live in the same planet.Therefore，people with different cultural backgrounds will share some same cultural accumulation，thus bringing forth common culture，which is manifested as cultural semantics when reflected in language.Common culture incurs same expression of language mechanism.The common culture semantics of different languages is produced by the agreement of objective matters.In terms of the language mechanism of Chinese dream，the common culture is manifested in the profound regional civilization and national etiquette.On one hand，Chinese dream holds that Chinese language should be uniformed.On the other hand，Chinese dream has put forward the contextual integration of Chinese culture and the cultural hypothesis of modern pragmatics.“Language is a national phenomenon.The structure，form，meaning and implication of languages in various nations are different.National language is linked with certain national and cultural characteristics.”That is to say，the individuality and nationality of language do not only manifest as the different expression of same pragmatic hypothesis，but also the contextual attribution of modern pragmatics of the worldview of Chinese language.

Ⅲ.The Chinese language region：integration of languages and the distribution and development of the Chinese language region

More and more Chinese language regions have been discovered in recent years，such as Dunhuang language region，Henan and Luoyang language region and the State of Chu language region.As the integrated regions of ancient language，classic reservation of language has showed up in the above-mentioned regions.The Japan and Korea language region is the creative construction of Chinese language.Modern Chinese also pays attention to the distribution of language regions.Real contexts from nature，society，science and industry also show the detailed route of context.In the process of the formation of language during thousands of years，the mode of “one nation，one language，and one country”and the mode of“one nation，multi-language，and one country”are the basic process of establishing the mass linguistic mode.By the beginning of the 20th century，American linguist Edward Sapir and his student Benjamin Lee Whorf put forward the famous “Sapir — Whorf hypothesis”，whose basic thinking is linguistic determinism，to be more specific，language determines thinking pattern.Linguistic activity means that different languages lead to different thinking patterns.

There is no doubt that Chinese is an abundant cultural context system.In the diverse yet uniformed context，the language motivation and language action of all people should be hypothesized to gain the best contextual effect of the context itself.The“motivation — context”characteristic of language includes the overall contextual construction of culture，nation and country rather than the simple language itself.At present，Chinese language education has realized the pragmatic hypothesis of“one country，two systems”and formed the pragmatic civilization system of integrated Chinese language.What’s more，the integration of Chinese language has set up Chinese language education system which is suitable for Chinese context in many countries，which serve as a basic model of realizing Chinese contextual attribution.For instance，Chinese language education system with the native tongue of Chinese has been set up in Australia，which has been integrated into the western language teaching system.Undoubtedly，the practicality and popularity of Chinese language in diverse contexts have begun to construct its own motivation and model.

The language view of historical materialism has been established by the region mode of Chinese language.The meaning of regional context refers to，to be simple，the two basic concepts raised by grammar，diachronic semantics and synchronic semantics.The contextual construction system with the main line of Chinese history can be taken as an example of diachronic semantics.In the pre-Qin period，Confucius，Mencius，Mo-Tzu and Xun-Tzu as well as many classic books have all quoted the Book of History to illustrate history and their own theories.It is believed that the study on history is the advantage of Chinese academic circle.The philosophical system of China can be taken as an example of synchronic semantics，which is the “short plank”of Chinese academic circle.As the representative of ancient human civilization，Chinese language is different from western traditions.To be frank，western philosophical world pays more attention to synchronic semantics which tends to be attributed to philosophy，while the complex language patterns and various regional hypotheses pay more attention to diachronic semantics.As a result，Chinese language boasts the characteristics of flexibility and directness in cultural heritage and development as well as the advantage of academic accumulation.The different inclinations of Chen Yinke and Qian Zhongshu in academic standpoints mentioned above show some resemblance to the difference between Chinese and western academic circles.

Ⅳ.Conclusion

Chinese language，as a worldview of language，has great interaction with other languages and boasts vital influence.Western theoretical circle even holds that Chinese culture is the source of western wisdom.In this way，the transcendental cognitive mode included in the Book of Changes has its philosophical status.After all，languages share same function in establishing cultural mechanism and promoting the evolution of civilization.They all involve with human，and nature，the fundamental proposition of society.What’s more，we insist that the key ability of culture and language lie in human and human motivation determines linguistic mechanism and form linguistic sample mode.

Based on the opinions on“regional context”，different modes of region can be formed by researchers by the way in which pragmatic goals are realized by the adjustment of contextual topics.In pragmatic research，the classification of regions is not decided by pragmatic modes nor by cognitive modes，but the one who constructs context and how to be constructed by language.Or，the construction of all applied disciplines all have a premise，namely “who is it”，and then the“main body of activity”，namely“what to do”.Therefore，Chinese language reflects the linguistic pursuit and pragmatic value.

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