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1、AContrastiveStudyofFigurativeMeaningsofAnimalWordsbetweenChineseandEnglish I.IntroductionLanguagesinanycountryoftheworldarebasedontheirspecialculturalbackgroundwhichreflectstheiruniquecultures.Languageisapartofculture,simultaneouslyasthecarrierofculture.Thereisaninseparablere
2、lationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.Theculturalcharacteristicofanationandtheirnationalthoughtsinallaspectsofsociallivingmustbeinflectedinlanguages.Proverbsoridiomsaretheunitswhichcarryrichnessofculturalsignifications.Fromthat,peoplecangetlotsofeffectiveinformationaboutthegeog
3、raphy,history,socialcustoms,conceptsandattitudes,etc.ofanation.Inthelongriverofhistoricalprocess,humanbeingsandanimalsareinterlinkedandhaveadeeprelationshipwitheachother.Therefore,animalwordshaveahighrateofusinginlanguage.Theusesofanimalwordsoftenreflectthedifferencesinaesthe
4、ticbetweendifferentcultures.Cultureisthesoiloflanguage,andalsoahistoricalphenomenon.Eachgenerationinheritsthecultureestablishedbyitsforefathersandmakesitsowncontributionstothedevelopmentofculture;sodifferentnationshavedifferentcultures.ThesimilaritybetweenChineseandEnglishcul
5、turesandthinkingmodesmakepeopleassociatethesameanimalwordswithsomesameorsimilarfigurativemeanings.Whilethosedifferencesinthetwoculturesalwaysleadtodifferentassociations,i.e.ChineseandEnglishpeoplemayhavedifferentanimalvehiclestoexpressthesameorsimilarfigurativemeaningsorthesa
6、mevehicleswithdifferentfigurativemeanings.Inthispaper,theauthormainlycomparesthefigurativemeaningsofanimalwordsbothinChineseandEnglishcultures.Inthefollowingparts,throughthecomparisonofthefigurativemeanings,wecanseethatinthedifferentculturalbackgrounds,thesameanimalvehiclesma
7、yhavesameordifferentfigurativemeanings;thedifferentanimalvehiclesalsomayhavethesamefigurativemeaningsortheirespecial/ownmeanings.Intheend,theauthoristryingtoexplaintheinfluencesofthefigurativemeaningsofanimalwordsoninterculturalcommunication.II.TheSimilaritiesandDifferencesof
8、theFigurativeMeaningsbetweenChineseandEnglishAnimalWordsAseveryonekn
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