【正文】 ...................................................................................................... 15 Rhetoric Function ........................................................................................................... 15 Summary......................................................................................................................... 16 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 17 Citation .................................................................................................................................... 18 Reference ................................................................................................................................. 19 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................. 20 黑河學(xué)院 本科生 畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計） I Abstract A lot of English abbreviation production and use reflect a sharp change of modern society, the science and technology progress and cultural education leap and the rapid development of business, etc. The seemingly simple abbreviations in position structure, pronunciation, and writing have many rules, and it is the unique function to use a language. The study of these rules can reduce and avoid chaos or mistakes when we use them. Keywords: English abbreviation rule pragmatic function translation 黑河學(xué)院 本科生 畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計） II 摘要 英語 縮略詞的大量產(chǎn)生和使用折射出現(xiàn)代社會的急劇變化，科學(xué)技術(shù)的飛躍進(jìn)步和文化教育事業(yè)等的迅猛發(fā)展。 承 諾 書 我承諾所呈交的畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計）是本人在指導(dǎo)教師指導(dǎo)下進(jìn)行研究工作所取得的研究成果。 看似簡單的縮略語在組成結(jié)構(gòu)、讀音、書寫等方面均有很多很多變化規(guī)則，而且具有獨特的語言使用功能。s need for briefness psychology. With people39。 auto — automobile。 fridge — refrigerator。 ISBN (International Standard Book Number). Measurement unit of the acronym use lowercase letters with, such as meter (m/m), centimeter (cm), gram (g), etc. Some acronym can also act with other words, such as, Hbomb — hydrogen bomb 黑河學(xué)院 本科生 畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計） 8 (hydrogen bombs)。 . (bits in die twice a day)。 ei /, MP / em39。 SYS, sys (system)。 S/C is sales confirmation。s name. It very easily lead to wrong interpretation of these terms. For example, AIDS, at the beginning, the major media newspapers translated AIDS as 愛滋 , which has aroused public misinterpretation of the disease, causing undue panic. It is so lengthy if it is translated into acquired immune deficiency syndrome according to free translation, so that they do later reported, all with HIV to replace the AIDS, which one of the reasons is to reduce people39。 Samp。 . refers to the steel casting phrases。 BASIC / bei sik / (beginner39。 tech — tek。 3C (China Compulsory Certification)。 IT (Information Technology)。 doze — bulldozer。 fax — facsimile。 關(guān)鍵詞： 英語縮略詞 規(guī)則 語用功能 翻譯 目錄 1 Preface Lately 20 years, it appears a large number of abbreviations in the English vocabulary. Its appearance on one hand is due to the trend of the development of English itself。若本論文（設(shè)計）及資料與以上承諾內(nèi)容不符，本人愿意承擔(dān)一切責(zé)任。據(jù)我查證，除了文中特別加以標(biāo)注的地方外，論文中不包含他人已經(jīng)發(fā)表或撰寫過的研究成果。研究其規(guī)律可以減少和避免使用時出現(xiàn)混亂或錯誤。s new psychological and the arrival of the economic society, in order to adapt yourself to the petitive society, people began to consciously care what happened around the world and to absorb new information initiatively. English abbreviations represent new things, new honored, new information of letters abbreviations, such as PK (play kill, against / challenge), ATM (automatic teller machine, automatic teller machines), etc. It is easy to be accepted and used by people. Language World Factors Various elements in the language, vocabulary is the most volatile factor in the language, which is liquid rather than solid. The development of modern English vocabulary, on the one hand, is a big increase in the number of new words, on the other hand is increasingly cohesive simplified. The French linguists had also proposed language economic principle. He points out that the munication and expressions are always in the dynamic changing, and more, newer, more characteristics of the language units will emerge. But as the people whose performances show inertia in all aspects of daily life, it requires us to minimize consumption in speech, and use the abbreviation with the habits we familiar and a 黑河學(xué)院 本科生 畢業(yè)論文（設(shè)計） 4 small amount of language unit. The Main Causes of English Characteristics Simplicity With the accelerated pace of modern life, as people use language in oral or written munication, the words are being more and more simplified. On the one hand, the abbreviation of syllables or letters in word or phrase constitute significantly reduced, the exchange is more convenient. On the other hand, the written form is simple, easy to remember. If the phrase “l(fā)ight wave application by stimulated emission of radiation” is abbreviated as the “l(fā)aser”, the words from the previous 19 to 2. We can see that abbreviations save trouble and effort and are in line with the requirements of the development of modern society. Fuzziness The basic ponents of English abbreviation are “l(fā)etter”. It is thumbnail because letters are only with the sound and shape, no sense. The bination of words, sound, form after righteousness which contact between them became very loose, not like the plete words or phrases that are close. For example, the APC can be American Power Conference (American Power Conference), also can be adjustable pressure conveyor (pressure regulating conveyor), and also may be the automatic Power control (automatic power adjustment), automatic program control (automatic process control) or automatic phase control (automatic phase adjustment). The phrase rules are not fixed, and human factors influenced is bigger. For example, peo