LexicalChunksandTranslation.PDF

2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication (ICELAIC 2015) Lexical Chunks and Translation Fangrong Liu School of Foreign Languages Wuhan Textile University Wuhan, P. R, China E-mail: 178146790@ Abstract—The previous researches mainly highlight the but the patterned language plates with specific meanings, influences of lexical chunks upon English listening, reading with fixed or semi-fixed structure. In the 1970s, Becker and writing, never involving the relationship between lexical (1975) Bolinger (1975) were the first to raise the concept chunks and translation. To make it clear, through the analysis of “prefabricated chunk”[5]. Pawley Syder (1983) defined of the definition and classification of lexical chunks, the thesis this phenomenon “lexicalized sentence stems”[6]. They throws light on the nature of translation from the prospective thought that people should first master those lexicalized of linguistics, so that the nature of translation texts can be sentence parts to master the language. Moon(2002) gave a clarified. Meanwhile, it provides a brand-new perspective for broader idea. He described the phenomenon by using “multi- the research of translation. word items”, saying “the word groups with two or more Keywords—lexical chunks; definition; classification; words are complete and inseparable in the forms of sema