cultural influence on language

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1、PaperforSociolinguistics题目:Culturalinfluenceonlanguage姓名：谭静学号：2008212724ContentsChapteroneCultureandthemeaningofwords…………11.1ColorwordsinChineseandEnglishculture………………11.2MetaphorinChineseandEnglishculture…………………1ChaptertwoCultureandLanguageBorrowing……………2Conclusion………………………………………………………2Bibliog

2、raphy……………………………………………………3CulturalinfluenceonlanguageAbstract:Thelanguageandtheculturebelongtothesocialphenomenon,thelanguage,oneofsocialculturalessentialfactors,whichistheculturalcarrier.Thecultureishandeddownthroughlanguage,theyhavecloserelationship.ThemeaningsofbothEnglishandChinesewordsarever

3、yflexible.Theysometimeshavetwoormorethantwomeaning,soitisdifficulttocorrespondthemwordforword．Theassociativemeaningisalsodifferentbetweendifferentcultures.Languageisaspecialcomponentofculture.Ifseeingcultureasaall-embracinggeneralidea,languagebelongstothegeneralcultureofhumanbeing,thatisthecatego

4、ryofbigculture.Keywords:culturelanguagemeaningborrowing.ChapteroneCultureandthemeaningofwords1.1ColorwordsinChineseandEnglishcultureColorwordsmayshowdifferentculturalconnotationofeachlanguageinsomedegree.Thereexistdifferencesbetweeneachlanguageinsomedegree．ThereexistdifferencesbetweenEnglishandCh

5、inesepeopleinhabitsandcustoms,religiousbelief，geographicalconditions，modeofthinking.SoChineseandEnglishcolorwordshaveculturaldifferencesinboththeoriginalandtargetlanguage．1.TheSameorSimilarConceptsbutDifferentColorWordsChinesephrase“红白喜事”meansjoyousoccasionsandfunerals，whileinEnglishblackisconnec

6、tedwithfuneralssuchasinthephrasebedressedinblack．2．TheSameColorWordWithTheSameMeaning．EnglishandChineseusesomesamecolorwords,andtheirmeaningsarethesame.Forexample,蓝图blueprint;蓝领bluecollar;蓝带blueribbon;白领whitecollar;红灯区redlightdistinct．3．TheSameColorWordbutDifferentMeaningsEnglishandChineseusesome

7、colorwords，butwithdifferentmeaning.thereisanexpression_rreguardinEnglishand“红卫兵”inChinese，buttheirmeaningsaredifferent．InChinese，itisaderogatoryterm．InEnglishredguardreferstoimperialguard;itisacommendatoryterm．4．TheCol