中国的儒家哲学以“礼”为先，“礼”是礼仪、道德、规矩、传统等观点的总和。中国文化强调团体，在语言上就体现了以“we”为核心的语言特点，西方强调个体，在语言上也就体现了以“I”为核心的语言特点。比较下面两则中美领导人在两所知名大学的讲话。
1. Harvard is a world famous institution of higher learning, attracting the best minds and bringing them up generation after generation… It is my great pleasure to stand on your rostrum and have this face-to-face exchange with you. (Remarks of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao at Harvard University)
2. I also thank the students here for this opportunity to meet with you, to talk a little bit about my country and answer some of your questions…
My wife Laura and I have two daughters in college, one at Yale and the other at the University of Texas. We are proud of our daughter just like I am sure your parents are proud of you. (Remarks by President Bush at Tsinghua University)
第一则是温家宝总理2003年12月在哈佛大学的演讲，总理在演讲开始盛赞了哈佛大学的辉煌成就及历史，以一种交流的姿态和听者进行沟通，体现出了中国人以团体为中心、以“礼”为先的价值观；第二则是美国总统布什2002年2月在清华大学的演讲，讲话中布什也通过对自己女儿的描述和对自己女儿的自豪表达了对清华学子的称赞，体现了西方人以个体为中心的价值观。
连淑能认为中国传统思维注重整体思考和直觉体悟，重直观内省与内心体验，往往通过直觉来感悟和认识世界的本质。西方思维传统注重科学、理性，实证，擅长探索事物的内在逻辑关系，在论证和推演中认识事物的本质和规律。与英民族的直线式思维、抽象思维和逻辑思维不同，汉民族注重曲线式、形象思维和辩证思维。
语篇层面的中国英语表现为受思维模式的影响而产生的特殊语篇模式。国内有许多英语教师在课堂上要求学生在使用英语时用英语来思维。这种要求实际上是很难做到的。所以，语篇层面的中国英语应该是语言选择顺应语言使用者思维模式以及顺应汉语文化的产物。在这里笔者就其中的归纳型与演绎型差异举例说明语篇层面的中国英语是怎样产生的。中国人的思维总体上是归纳型的，而英美人是演绎型思维。因此，英美人说话、写文章喜欢开门见山，直扑主题，而中国人则喜欢先有所铺垫，然后再触及要点。例如，一位中国香港谈判代表在和北美商人谈判时说：“Because most of our production is done in China now, and uh, it’s not really certain how the government will react in the run-up to 1997,and since I think a certain amount of caution in committing to TV advertisement is necessary because of the expense. So I suggest that we delay making our decision until after Legco makes its decision.”［13］1中国香港谈判代表在陈述完种种原因后才说出其主题，那就是“推迟做出决定”， 这是典型的顺应中国人思维方式的中国英语。
下面是一名中国营养学教授访问美国时与美国专家谈话录音：
American: How does the Nutritional Institute decide what topics to study? How do you decide what topic to do research on?
Chinese: Because, Now, Period gets change! It is different from past time! In past, In past time, we emphasize how to solve practical problems. Nutrition must know how to solve some deficiency diseases. In our country, we have some nutritional diseases, such as, X, Y, Z. But now it is important that we must do some basic research. So, we must take into account fundamental problems. We must concentrate our research to study some fundamental research. ［14］393
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