A Comparative Study of Word Order and Register in English and Chinese Causal Complex Sentences from the Perspective of Logical Semantics

本文在前人对英汉因果复句逻辑语义分类的基础之上，以英语“because”和汉语“因为”为关键词检索，分别从英语COCA语料库和汉语BCC及CLC语料库中随机各语种抽取500句进行精细化清洗和标注，本文主要关注复句的分类、语序及其语域分布。在获得详细分析数据的前提下，对比了逻辑语义视角下英汉因果复句在语序及语域方面的差异，并从英汉思维方式和认知方式的角度对研究结果进行解读，旨在帮助读者在逻辑语义视角下对英汉特定因果复句共性和个性进行更为深入而全面的理解，并为相关领域的研究提供参考。Based on previous studies on the logical-semantic classification of English and Chinese causal complex sentences, this paper uses the keywords “because” in English and “因为” in Chinese to retrieve examples from English and Chinese corpora. A total of 500 sentences were randomly selected from each corpus, followed by refined cleaning and annotation. The study primarily focuses on the classification, word order, and register distribution of causal complex sentences. With detailed analytical data, the paper compares the differences in word order and register distribution of English and Chinese causal complex sentences from a logical-semantic perspective. Furthermore, the results are interpreted from the perspectives of English and Chinese cognitive and thinking patterns, aiming to provide readers with a deeper and more comprehensive understanding of the commonalities and particularities of specific causal complex sentences in English and Chinese from a logical-semantic perspective, as well as to offer valuable references for research in related fields.