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1、CultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishAcomparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheirdifferentderivation1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,idiomsaretheimportantpartoflanguage.Itisappliedathighfrequency,ittransformsplentyofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,religi
2、on,andmilitary,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandetc.alsoitcontainsalargenumberofculturefeaturesandculturebackgrounds.SodifferentculturesbringoutthesimilaranddifferentidiomsbetweenChineseandEnglish.Weshouldknowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingidiomsandinturnget
3、betterunderstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandChineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofdifferencesandsimilaritiesofthetwolanguagesintheprocessoflea
4、rningEnglish.Inaddition,ithelpsusintranslation.2.Thedefinitionandclassificationofidioms2.1DefinitionWhatareidioms?Differentscholarshavedifferentopinionsanddefinition.Someareconsideringitasthecreamoflanguage;somethinksitisthetreasuryoflanguage;somethinksittobetheimportantp
5、artoflanguage.Tosumupdefinitionofidiomsinsomeauthoritativedictionaries:LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionary:aphrasewhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheseparatewords;TheConciseOxfordDictionaries:agroupofwordsestablishedbyusageandhavingameaningnotdeducibl
6、efromthoseoftheindividualwords;LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish:aphrasewordsfromwhichisformed;Webster’sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytothepatternsofthelanguage,orhavingameaningdifferentfromthelanguageorhavi
7、ngameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.Tobebrief,idiomisaspecialkindoflanguageformthatphrase,structureorexpressionestablishedbyusage.Totalunderstandingofitreliesonitswaysofusage.#2.2ClassificationLanguagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,idiomsincludings
8、etphrases,commonsayings,proverbs,idiomaticphrases,slang,atwo-partallegoricalsayingandallusionetc