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1、FigurativeMeaningofAnimalWordsinChineseandEnglishCultureAbstract:Asweknow,animalsaregoodfriendsofhumanbeings.Inthelongprogressofhumansociety,animalscontributemuchtoman'sliving.Therefore,animalwordscometohumanlanguageandplayaveryimportantroleinhumancom
2、munication.TherearealotofanimalwordsinbothEnglishandChinesebutthetwocountrieshavegreatdifferencesinculturalbackgroundsandthinkingmodes.Thesedifferencesbetweenthetwoculturesleadtodifferentfigurativemeaningsofanimalwords.Myessaywilltrytocomparethefigura
3、tivemeaningsofanimalwordsbothinEnglishandChinesefromthefollowingaspects:sameanimalassociationvehicleswiththesimilaranddifferentfigurativemeanings,thedifferentanimalassociationvehicleswiththesimilarfigurativemeaningsandthesemanticgaps.KeyWords:animalwo
4、rds;figurativemeaning;associationvehicle;EnglishandChineseculture1.InfluenceofanimalwordsinbothChineseandEnglishculture Languageisthecarrierandcontainerofculturalinformation.Asaresult,wecanfindinlanguageallhumanknowledgeandexperiencewhichareinter
5、pretedasculturalinformation.[1]Soinhumanlanguagethereexistaplentyofanimalwordsthatareoftenusedaskindsofassociationvehicles.Humanbeingsoftenassociatetheirfeelingsandemotionswithvariousanimalsaccordingtoanimals'featuressuchastheirappearances,habitsandch
6、aracteristicssothatthenamesorimagesofanimalspossessspecificculturalconnotations. UniversalitybetweenChineseandEnglishculturesandsimilarityinthethinkingmodesmakepeopleassociatethesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarfigurativemeanings.Butdifferencesb
7、etweenthesetwoculturesalwaysleadtodifferentassociation,ieChineseandEnglishpeoplehavedifferentfigurativemeaningstosameanimalwordsorusedifferentanimalassociationvehiclestoexpresssameorsimilarfigurativemeanings.2.Animalwordsasassociationvehicles Iti
8、swellknownthattherearemanyfigurativeexpressionsinEnglishandChinese,especiallyanimalmetaphors.However,becauseofdifferenthistories,socialbackgroundsandcultures,theconnotationsofanimalwordsaredifferent.IfChinesepeopleandEnglishpeoplewanttousethef
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