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1、AComparativeStudyofChineseandEnglishNames[Abstract]Eachpersoninsocietyhashisnamewhichdistinguisheshimfromothermembersandwhichusuallyaccompanieshimforthewholeofhislifetime.Withthisfunction,namesplayasignificantroleinpeople’ssociallife.Asamirrorofculture,ChineseandEnglishnamesare
2、fullofculturalconnotations,andresultinculturalgapbetweenEnglishandChinese.ThispapermakesaclosestudyofChineseandEnglishnames.Firstofall,itdemonstratestherelationbetweenpersonalnameandculture.Throughcomparativestudyonanation’shistory,religion,conceptsofmoralandvalue,wecanseediffe
3、rentculturalconnotationsbetweenEnglishandChinesenames.ThenitfocusesonthemainsimilarculturalconnotationmanifestedinChineseandEnglishnamessuchasawarenessofroot-seeking,totems,specializingpoints.ChinesenamesystemisdifferentfromEnglishnamesysteminaspectsoftheoriginandtimeofappearan
4、ceoffamilyname,expectationsinmaleandfemalenames.Finally,thispaperconcludesthatacomparativestudyofChineseandEnglishnamesdoesworkeffectivelyinunderstandingthetwocultures.[KeyWords]comparison;Chinesenames;Englishnames1.IntroductionNamesarewordsbywhichaperson,ananimal,aplaceorathin
5、gisknownandspokentoorof(HornbyApelS,2000:1123).Asaspecialsignindicatingindividualsinsociety,anameis“thewordsthatsomeoneiscalledorknownby”.Eachpersoninsocietyhashisnamewhichdistinguisheshimfromothermembersandwhichusuallyaccompanieshimforthewholeofhislifetime.Withthisfunction,nam
6、esplayasignificantroleinpeople’ssocialinteractions,politicalinvolvement,aswellasineconomiclife.Meanwhile,namesarealsoacarrierofculture.Innamingthenewborns,peopleareinevitablyinfluencedbytheirculturalsurroundings.Theyputinnamestheirexpectationoforbestwishesforthenewborn,whichman
7、ifeststheirvalueandaestheticaltaste.Theorderingoffamilynameandgivenname,thetimeofappearanceofthetwoinhistory,thechoiceoravoidanceofcertainnames,andeventhechangeoffemalenamesaftermarriagetruthfullyrevealsanation’spsychologyandreflectsitssocialreality.Fromthispointofview,namesare
8、notonlylinguisticsymbolsbutalsosocialsymbols.Likeother
