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《The Comparative Study on Animal Terms between English and Chinese from the Perspective of Culture 英汉动物词汇的文化比较研究》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、TheComparativeStudyonAnimalTermsbetweenEnglishandChinesefromthePerspectiveofCulture英汉动物词汇的文化比较研究ABSTRACTCultureandlanguageareinseparablyinterwoven.Languageisavehiclethathelpsrecordandinterpretculture;it’sthroughlanguagethatpiecesofabstractimpressionsandconceptionsinman’smindcanbereco
2、nstructedinconcretewords.Onlywhenwordsandphrasesinacertainlanguagearecombinedwithsomeculturalelementscouldtheyceasetobedeadsymbolsofmeaningaswhattheyareinthedictionary.Culturebecomesalivebymeansoflanguage.Ontheotherhand,cultureismorethantheinterrelationshipsandbehaviorpatternsofmanki
3、nd,inotherwords,cultureisnotonlyuniquetohuman,butalsosomethingconcerninganimals.Humankindisnotseparatebeings,foranimalscamebeforeus,nowsurroundusandwillhelpusalongintothefuture.Theyfacilitateandaddspicetohumanlife.Animalterms,asonegroupofthemostfrequentlyusedlexicons,carrysomeextende
4、dmeaningsmorethanwhattheydenoteonthesurface,sincewiththeelapseoftime,humanbeingshavetiedthesewordswiththeirhabits,customsandsociety.ThisarticlewillanalyzeseveralanimaltermsandtherelevantexpressionsintermsoftheChineseandEnglishcultures,histories,thinkingmodelsetc.,andexplorethepossibl
5、ereasonswhichcanaccountforthesedifferences.Keywords:animaltermscomparativeanalysisextendedmeaningculture17摘要文化与语言密不可分。语言是种有助于记录和阐释文化的媒介,正是通过语言,人脑中零碎的印象和概念才得以以具体的文字方式重组。一种特定语言中的词汇,除非包涵了文化元素,否则只是字典中毫无生命力的符号。文化因语言而得以活灵活现。另一方面,文化不仅仅是人类自身的相互关系和行为方式,即文化不只关乎到人类本身,还关系到动物。人类不是孑然一身的,因为无论过去,现在,
6、将来,动物都相伴其间。它们使人类的生活变得便利,并为其增添乐趣。动物词汇应用频繁,除了本身所指的动物外,还包含一些引申义。本文拟从中英文化,历史,思维模式等方面对一些动物词汇及相关词句进行分析,并探究造成这些差异的可能原因。关键词:动物词汇比较分析引申义文化171717CONTENTSAbstract…………………………………………………………I摘要……………………………………………………………II1Introduction…………………………………………………12TheComparativeAnalysisofSomeAnimalTerms……….22.1Dr
7、agon….…………………………………………………..22.2Cat………….………………………………………………22.3Goat(Sheep)………………………….…………………….32.4Rat(Mouse)………………….……………………………52.5Elephant…………..…………………………………………62.6Raven(Crow)……….………………………………………73TheCausesofCulturalDifferences……..……………………93.1LanguageDeterminism………………………………………93.2Lexic
8、alGapandCult
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