4.5.5 Locatives
OETT and TETT show great difference in the clusters of location(127&304,LL-74.74).Altogether the clusters of location in TETT occur more than twice than OETT.Some frequently used clusters in OETT include the centre/top of the,on the east/west side,at the centre/top/base/head/foot of,is located in/on the.Besides above expressions,there are some others in TETT to describe orientation such as from north to south,fromsouth to north,from east to west,to the east/south of,on the east/right and the north of the.It seems that TETT endeavors to offer an all-around viewabout tourist attractions.
Exam ple 17:
(1)The Music Room was originally known as the Bow Drawing Room and is the centre of the suite of rooms on the Garden Front between the Blue and the White Drawing Rooms.(OETT,themefocused)
(2)If you want to see Opaekaa Falls up close,find the trailhead at the top of the falls,close to the 2-mile marker that is past the fall's lookout on Highway 580.(OETT,theme-focused)
(3)The shape structure of“Bird's Nest”is a colossal sadd leshaped elliptic steel structure with 24 truss pillars in total[description].It is 333 meters long from north to south[location],294 meters wide from east to west[location],the highest point is 68.5 meters and the lowest point is 42.8 meters[description].(TETT,all-around view)
(4)The second yard,dedicated Zhu Geliang,has a bell tower on the right and a drum tower on the left of the entrance.(TETT,allaround view)
OETT often uses location clusters to highlight the theme,as the centre of the,at the top of in(1)and(2).Conversely,TETT often offers com prehensive details with an all-around description.Dimension of Bird's Nest in(3)is introduced precisely with the clusters from north to south and from east to west.Similarly,location is broadly described with on the right and and on the left of in(4).The diversity is caused by different thinking modes.W hen describing an object,Westerners usually come to the point,but Chinese pay more attention to details because they praise highly on holism and symmetry.(https://www.daowen.com)
To be sure,with the all-around description,readers can get plenty of information about attractions in TETT.But their attention is probably distracted at the same time.At this point,OETT is appreciated by arousing readers'interest with the aid of curtailing trivial details and highlighting themes.
As for orientation,OETT and TETT presents different axis lines under the influence of different culture.
Exam ple 18:
(1)The non-uniform decline of the valley graben was more extreme on the east side,least in the center,and intermediate on the west side,defining three distinct areas known as the Baca Graben,Alamosa Horst,and Monte Vista Graben,respectively.(OETT,eastwest axis line)
(2)It covers an area of218,000 squaremeters and is1,120 meters in length fromsouth to north.(TETT,north-south axis line)
As a whole,TETT uses more location clusters than OETT(54&18).A detailed analysis shows that TETT uses more clusters contain north or south(38 times).Sharply contrasted with north-south axis,clusters contain east or west only occur 16 times.OETT is found the exact opposite:There aremore clusters contain east or west(15 times),only 3 clusters contain north or south.