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.-.英語詞匯學(xué)期末論文論中英文中動(dòng)物詞匯的文化差異TheCulturalDifferencesofAnimalWordsinEnglishandChineseABSTRACTLanguageisthecrystallizationofhumanculturaldevelopmentcontainsanation'ssocialconsciousness,history,culture,customsandothersocialcharacteristics.Differentculturalbackgroundsandculturaltraditions,makingthedifferentwayofthinking,values,codesofconduct,andlifestylebetweenChineseandEnglish.Thereismuchmoreobviousinanimalwords.Duetothedifferencesinculture,thetwolanguages,EnglishandChinese,theculturalconnotationandsignificancegiventhesamekindofanimalisgenerallydifferent.Fromalinguisticpointofview,bycontrastofAnimalWordsinEnglishandChinesetorevealtheculturaldifferences.KEYWORDS:culturaldifferences,language中文摘要語言是人類文化發(fā)展的結(jié)晶,蘊(yùn)含著一個(gè)民族的社會(huì)意識(shí)、歷史文化、風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣等各方面的社會(huì)特征。不同的文化背景和文化傳統(tǒng),使中西方的思維方式、價(jià)值觀念、行為準(zhǔn)則和生活方式等方面也存有一定的文化差異,在中西方的動(dòng)物詞匯中體現(xiàn)得尤為明顯。由于中西方文化的差異,英漢兩種語言賦予同一種動(dòng)物的文化內(nèi)涵和意義一般是不同的。本文從語言學(xué)的角度,對比英漢語言中的動(dòng)物詞匯,以揭示文化差異。關(guān)鍵詞:文化差異、語言ContentsIIntroduction5IITheCulturalMeaningofAnimalWordsinChineseandEnglish……52.1TheSameAnimalWordswithCommendatoryMeaninginChinesebutDerogatoryinEnglish…………….62.2TheSameAnimalWordswithMeaninginChinesebutCommendatoryMeaninginEnglish………………….6IIIReasonsforTheseDifferences63.1ReligiousInfluences…………………..73.2Fables…………………..73.3CustomsandLivingHabits…………..8IVConclusion………8IIntroductionAnimalsplayaveryimportantroleinthelivesofhumanbeings.Everykindofanimalhastheirowncharacteristics,whichendowthemwithmanyculturalmeanings.Languageisanessentialelementofoneconcretecultureofapeople,anditinfluencesculturedeeply.Animalwords,asanessentialaspectoflanguagealsoinfluenceculture.Atthesametime,culturealsoinfluenceslanguageandanimalwords.Alongwiththedevelopmentofhumansociety,animalsindifferentpeoplesowndifferentculturalmeaningsbydifferentprospectofviewsaccordingtotheircharacteristics,theirstories,andtheirrelationwithhumanbeings,etc.ThisphenomenoncanbefoundinChineseandEnglisheasily.China,whichhasalonghistoryof5000years,possessesrichculturewhichinfluencesChineselanguageandtheanimalwords.InChinese,manyanimalwordshavetheirownculturalmeaningsandthesemeaningsareusedfrequentlyinthelivesofChinesepeople.Whatwillreflectinpeople’smindassoonasmentioningoneconcreteanimalisnotonlytheimageofthatanimal,butalsoitsculturalmeaning.English,whichismostwidelyspokenintheworld,isalsoinfluencedbythecultureofEnglish-speakingcountries.SoanimalwordsalsoloadasrichculturalmeaningsinEnglishasthatinChinese.BecauseofthesedifferencesinChineseandEnglishculture,theculturalmeaningsinChineseandEnglishofanimalwordsaredifferent.IITheCulturalMeaningofAnimalWordsinChineseandEnglishTherearemanyanimalwordsaswellasanimalsintheworld.However,animalwordsindifferentculturemaynotnecessarilyhavethesamemeanings.Infact,theymightbequitedifferentinChineseandEnglish.SomeoftheanimalwordshavetotallydifferentculturalmeaningsinChineseandEnglish.TherearesomeanimalwordshavecommendatorymeaningsinChinesebutderogatorymeaningsinEnglish.WhilesomeotheranimalwordshavederogatorymeaninginChinesebutcommendatorymeaningsinEnglish.2.1TheSameAnimalWordswithCommendatoryMeaninginChinesebutDerogatoryinEnglishItisquitecommontofindthatmanyanimalwordshavecompletelyoppositemeaningsinChineseandEnglish.SomeoftheanimalsareappreciatedbytheChinesepeople,sothoseanimalwordsowncommendatorymeaningsinChinese.EveryChineseisquitefamiliarwithdragon,whichhasrichculturalmeaningsinChinese.ItisthesymbolizationofChinesenation.ToChinese,adragonissomethingscaredandhasbeenreferredtoastheancestoroftheChinesenation-that’swhytheChineseallcallthemselvesdescendentsofthedragon.Inancienttime,peoplethoughtdragonisamythicalwithgreatpower.Itsymbolizedthekinginfeudalsociety.Sothekingswerecalled“sonsofdragon”.DragonisscaredtoeveryChinese.However,inwesternpeople’sminds,dragonisalargeimaginaryanimalthathaswingsandalongtailandcanbreatheoutfire.Dragon,isawordthatgeneratedfromGreeceword“drakon”thatmeans“tosee”,“tolookout”,“towatch”and“toflash”.InEnglishspeakingcountriespeoplethinkadragonisdangerous,wingedmonsterthatkillsandeatspeople,livesincavesandbreathesfire.Therefore,inwestern,thedragoniswithderogatorymeaning.ItisthemosttypicalexampletoshowthedifferentmeaningsofanimalwordsinChineseandEnglish.2.2TheSameAnimalWordswithMeaninginChinesebutCommendatoryMeaninginEnglishTherearealsomanyanimalswhichareappreciatedbythepeopleinEnglish-speakingcountrieswhilerejectedinChina.ThoseanimalwordshavecompletelyoppositemeaningsinChineseandEnglishaswell.Owlisakindofusualanimal.ButitsculturalmeaningistotallydifferentisEnglishfrominChinese.ItsculturalmeaninginEnglishisquitepositivewhileinChineseitiscompletelynegative.InEnglishculture,owlsymbolizeswisdom.HoweveritistotallydistinctiveinChinese.ThereisasuperstitiousbeliefthatowlisanunluckybirdandisthesymbolofdisasteranddeathinChinesepeople’sminds.Theircrysymbolizesthatsomebadthingswouldhappeninashorttimeanditisalsorelatedtothecorpseandfuneral.ItisdifficultforEnglishtounderstandwhysowiseabirdisconsideredasbadluckinChinese.AndthesamedosetheChinese.IIIReasonsforTheseDifferencesTherearesomanydifferencesintheculturalmeaningofwordsinChineseandEnglish.WiththedevelopmentofcultureinChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries,thelanguagedevelopaswell.ThesedifferencesaremainlycausedbythedifferentcultureofChinaandEnglish-speakingcountries.Thereforedifferentculturalmeaningofanimalwordsarealsoresultedinbyculture.3.1ReligiousInfluencesReligionisanessentialelementofculture.Ithasgreatinfluencesonlanguageandanimalwords.Serpent,inEnglishmeanswisdom,subtlety,anddevil.InBible,Jesustellshisdisciplesto“bewiseanserpentsandinnocentasdoves.”InChinesethereisnophraseaboutserpentrelatedtowise.3.2FablesInbothChineseandEnglishculture,thesearemanyfables.Manyanimalsplaysomecharactersinthosefables.Theyhavespecialmeaningsinthesestories.Alongwiththedevelopmentofculture,themeaningsofanimalwordshavebeeninfluencedbyfablesInCanadathereisafableaboutalionandabeer.Thelionplaystheroleofthekingofanimal.Itiswiseandknowsthecharacteristicsofallanimalsandtheirgoodqualities.Itisalsoknowshowtomakefulluseoftheircharacteristics.SoinEnglishlionisjustassolemnasaking.InChinesethereisalsoafableaboutlion.Alionmeetsadog,anditwantstoeatthedog.Atfirstitischeatedbythedog.Butwhenitmeetsthedogagain,iteatsthedogwithoutanyhesitate.Inthisstory,thelionisfiercewithoutanyregal.SowhenChinesepeoplewanttoexpressthemeaningexpressedbylioninEnglish,theywouldchoosetiger.3.3CustomsandLivingHabitsAnimalsareinimportantpartofpeople’slives.ThecustomsandlivinghabitsofpeopleinChinaandEnglish-speakingcountriesinfluencetheculturalmeaningsofanimalwords.InEnglish-speakingcountries,peoplelikehavingadogastheirpet.Theytreattheirdogastheirfriendoreventheirfamilymember.SodogsareappreciatedbymostofthepeopleinEnglish-speakingcountries.ButinChinadogisnotthepetinafamily.Ifafamilykeepsadog,itmustbetreatedasaslave,whichisjustusedtowatchthegateofthehouse.IVConclusionAnimalsandhumanbeingsarecloselylinkedwitheachother.Animalshavegreatinfluenceonhumanlanguages.Culturalmeaningsthatcomefromsomecharactersofanimalsaredeepinimplosionandsymbolism.Aspartofthehugevocabularysystem,animalwordsembodyeachculturalcharacterofEnglishandChinese.Throughthecontrastofthese“culturally-loadedwords”,itisclearthatanimalphrasesinanylanguagearenottherepresentativesofanimalimageonly;culturaldifferencesimpressamarka=onanimalphraseswhichthereforehaveallkindsofabundantculturalcontents.Itisobviousthatculturaltendencyc

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