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1、AnAnalysisofEnglishProverbsFromCulturalPerspective1.IntroductionEachlanguagehasitsownproverbsintheworld.Generally,thehistoryofacountryislonger,theproverbsarericher.Proverbisaformoflanguagetoexpresspeople’semotionsandfeelingsintheirdailylives;andisashortexactsentenceorphr
2、asefromcreatingofpeople’ssocialpractice;andisgraduallythemostconciseandvividpartoflanguage.MuchresearchworkhasbeendoneonEngllishproverbsfromsocial,religious,humanisticandculturalpespectsandmanylinguistsdogreatcontributioninthesefields.Theyhavestudiedtheorigins,languagefe
3、aturesandculturalimplicationsofEnglishproverbs.Sobasedontheirworks,thispaperattemptstodecodeEnglishproversfromculturalpespective,byanalyzingtheorigin,culturalvaluesandfunctionsofEnglishproverbs,inordertomakereadersgettoknowsomebasicideasofEnglishproverbfromculturalview.T
4、hispapermainlyfocusonBritishEnglishproverbsandcontainsthreeparts:theoriginofEnglishproverbs,theculturalvalueofEnglishproverbsandthefunctionsoftheculturalvalue.Firstly,itintroducesthesourcesoftheEnglishproverbs.Englishproverbscomefromfolklife,mythology,literaryworks,other
5、languages,anation’shistoryandsoon.Secondly,itmentionstheculturalvalueofEnglishproverbs.ItsculturalvalueistoreflectmanyaspectsoftheGreatBritain.Theyreflectthehistory,geography,customsandhabits,religionandliteratureofGreatBritain.Thridly,itmentionsthefunctionsoftheproverbs
6、fromculturalaspects.Itsculturalvalueistoinspireandguidepeople'sbehavior,teachingexperience,moraleducation,advocacyandothersocialfunctions.Duringthestudyonthissubject,theauthorhascometorealizethatmanyproverbsareculturallyderived.Theyreflectmanyaspectsoftheculture.Therefor
7、e,anadequate-16-knowledgeoftheculturalbackgroundofproverbsisfundamentalinthestudyofEnglishandintheexplorationofproperstrategiesofproverbtranslationanddeepenthenationalCultureofEnglishunderstanding,inordertoimprovecross-culturalcommunicationskills.2.TheOriginofEnglishProv
8、erbsProverbsareconcise,vividandcommonshortsentenceswhichbeusedandpassedonorally.Theyarethesummingupofth