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1、TheculturedifferencebetweenEnglishandChinesekinshiptermsAbstract:TheculturedifferencebetweenEnglishandChinesekinshiptermsliesonthedivisionofpatriarchalandnon-patriarchalclans,detailsandomissionsofpaterchalandmaternalkinshipsterms,elder-youngerrelationsands
2、eniorityorder,bloodrelationsbymarriage,constructionofderivatives,generalization.Innon-kinshipterms(socialaddressforms),Chinesehasmorecomplexaddresswords,aswellasintheusageofrespectandhumility.Thereasonsofsuchphenomenonarethedifferenthistories,conceptsofbea
3、ring,conceptsoffriendships,aswellasthedifferentbeliefs.Keywords:kinshipterm,socialaddressform,culturaldifference摘要：英汉亲属称谓词在区分宗族与非宗族、父系与母系、长幼辈分、姻亲与血亲、派生词的使用、泛化方面有明显的区别；在社会称谓中，汉语表达的词汇相对丰富，敬语与谦语的使用也更频繁。造成这种现象的差异是两民族的历史、生育观念、友谊观念和信仰观念结构的不同。关键词：亲属称谓、社会称谓、文化差异In
4、troductionTheexactnatureoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculturehasfascinated,andcontinuestofascinate,peopleformawidevarietyofbackgrounds.Afewwordsarenecessaryconcerningwhatwemeanby“culture”.Weintendtouseitinthesenseofwhateverapersonmustknowinordertofunc
5、tioninaparticularsociety.Goodenough’sdefinition(1957,p.167):“asociety’scultureconsistsofwhateveritisonehastoknoworbelieveinordertooperateinamanneracceptforanyoneofthemselves’culture,therefore,isthe’know-how’thatapersonmustposestogetthroughthetaskofdailyliv
6、ing.”Onelong-standingclaimconcerningtherelationshipbetweenlanguageandcultureisthatthestructureofalanguageviewstheworldandtheconceptofthem.ThisclaimusuallyassociateswiththelinguistEndwardSapirandhisstudentBenjaminLeeWhorf.Whorfianhypothesisiswidelyadoptedby
7、linguistsallovertheworld.Sapiracknowledgedthecloserelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture,maintainingthattheywereinextricablyrelatedsothatyoucouldnotunderstandorappreciatetheonewithoutaknowledgeoftheother:Humanbeingdonotliveintheobjectiveworldalone,noralonei
8、ntheworldofsocialactivityasordinarilyunderstood,butareverymuchatthemercyoftheparticularlanguagewhichhasbecomethemediumofexpressionfortheirsociety.Itisquiteanillusiontoimaginethatlanguageismerelyanincidentalma
