The Influence of Culture on Idioms in English Language 英语专业毕业论文

The Influence of Culture on Idioms in English Language 英语专业毕业论文

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1、TheInfluenceofCultureonIdiomsinEnglishLanguageIntroductionEnglishidiomsareconsideredasthemostactivepartofEnglishlanguage,andtheyarewidelyusedinpeople’sdailylife,newspaper,magazine,broadcastingandTVmedia.Itisquitedifficulttogiveacleardefinitiontotheword“idiom”,foritpossessesseveralm

2、eanings,whichmightcauseconfusion.Itmaymeanthelanguageofapeopleoracountry,oradialect,oralinguisticusagethatdefiesgrammaticalanalysis.Butthemostsuitabledefinitionforthispaperisasfollows.“Idiomisanexpressionestablishedinthelongusageofalanguagethatispeculiartoitselfeitheringrammaticalc

3、onstructionorinhavingameaningthatcannotbederivedasawholefromtheconjoinedmeaningsofitselements.”Englishidioms,inabroadsense,includeidiomaticphrase,proverbs,colloquialismsandslangs.Incomparison,theChineseequivalentfor“idiom”is“习语”.Itmeansakindofsetphraseorsentence,which,likeastockexp

4、ression,isoftenquotedbythecommonpeople.Chineseidiomscanberoughlydividedinto“setphrases”(成语),“commonsayings”(俗语),“proverbs”(谚语),“atwo-partallegoricalsaying”(歇后语),and“vulgarexpression”(粗俗语)Fromtheabovedefinitionsandclassificationswecanextractthreebasiccharacteristicsofidioms.(1)Anidi

5、omisaspecialformoflanguage.Anidiommustbewellestablishedandacceptedthroughcommonpractice.Itstandsasawhole.Sonoelementinanidiomcanbechanged.Inmanycases,idiomsholdimpliedmeanings,andcannotbeinterpretedjustaccordingtotheirliteralmeanings.(2)Anidiomisthecrystallizationoflanguage.Languag

6、egivesbirthtoidioms.Italso18polishesidioms.Refinedbylongusageidiomshavebeendescribedasthecoreoflanguage.(3)Anidiomistherepresentativeofalanguage.ThoughbothBritishandChinesepeopleuseidiomsandgivethealmostsamedefinitionofidioms,wecannotequalthetwoidioms,fortheirrangesaredifferent.Asa

7、nimportantmeansofspreading,retaininglanguageandculture,idiomscontainrichculturalfactorsthemselves.Fromthispointofview,itistotallywrongtostudylanguagebyisolatingidiomsfromthewholeculturalbackgroundofonelanguage.WecansavemanydifficultiesbymasteringEnglishidiomsandlearnthemwell.18Chap

8、ter1TheRelationshipBetween

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