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1、TheCulturalDifferencesofAnimalWordsBetweenEnglishandChinese【Abstract】 Alanguageanditsculturearecloselyconnectedwitheachother,inwhichthelanguagecan’texistwithoutitsculture,andtheremustbebrandsofspecificculturalconnotations.ThispapertriestomakeananalysisofEnglishandChineseanimal
2、wordsandphrasesfromtheviewofculturaldistinctions,andtriestofindoutthedifferencesbetweentwoofthem.[1]Withcomparison,wecanclearlyseetheculturalmarksofanimalwordsbecauseofculturaldifferences.【Keywords】 animal;culture;connotation;distinctionAnimalmeansalottousbecausewehavebeenlivi
3、ngtogetherforsolongatime,millionsofyearsofclosenessandsharing,whichresultsinhumancomplexfeelingsoffondness,sympathyorantipathy.Thereisnodoubtthatanimalsaretheclosestorganismsofhumanbeingsinnature.LanguagesofallnationsincludeChineseandEnglishhavealotofwordsdonatingtoanimals.Wit
4、hthedevelopmentandevolutionofhumansociety,manyanimalshavebecomedomesticanimals,andmanyothershavebecomepeople’spets.Insomesense,animalshavebecomepartofpeople’slife.Forthosefactorsabove,intheprocessoflanguagedevelopmentpeoplehaveendowedanimalswithplentifulconnotationsandtheproce
5、ssstillgoeson.Peopleindifferentcountrieshavedifferentideasaboutanimals.AnimalwordsgottheirconnotationsindifferentlanguagesChangesinthemeaningofanimalwordsaredeterminedbycultureofwhichthesubstantialcontentisinturnreflectedbytheculturalmeanings.ManyEnglishandChineseculturally-lo
6、adedanimalwordsdifferinmeaningowingtodifferentculturalcontent,traditionandpsychology,andthemeaningdifferencesarelikelytoinvokeerrorsincomprehensionandexpression.[2]Sothesedifferentconnotationsofanimalwordscanreflecttheirculturedifferencesanddifferentvaluesystemsindifferentlang
7、uages.Asweallknow,animalexpressionsareimportantcomponentsoflanguage.Theseexpressionsreflectthedevelopmentofpeople’slifeinhistory.Fromtheseexpressions,linguistsfigureoutthelifestyleofpeopleatthattime,theirlikesanddislikes,anddifferentculturesofdifferentpeoples.Differentpeopleha
8、vedifferentattitudestowardsanimalsduetodifferentculturefactor