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1、AStudyontheCultureofEnglishIdiomswithNames1.IntroductionEnglish,asauniversallanguage,isflexibleandactive,whichhasmorethan20,000idioms,withabout4,000idiomsusedindailylife.Englishidiomsderivedmainlyfromculture,takehistoricalevents,ancientlegendsandrelig
2、ions,forexample.Tounderstandexactlythecultureofidiomsenablesustouseidiomsappropriately.StudiesaboutEnglishidiomshavealonghistoryinhomeandabroad,whicharefocusedonstructures,semanticsandfunctions;however,worksonthecultureofEnglishidiomswithnamesarerelat
3、ivelyscarce.ThispapergivesdetailedinformationandorganizedviewsonEnglishidiomswithnamesandtheirculturalconnotations,whichisfromdiverseaspects:religions,historicalfigures,fairytales,folkcultureandcurrenteventsandnews.2.DefinitionsofEnglishidiomsItisquie
4、tdifficulttogiveaclear-cutdefinitiontotheword“idiom”,fortherearevariousviewsonthisterm,whichmightleadustoconfusion.2.1VariousdefinitionsofEnglishidiomsindictionariesInWebster’sNewWorldDictionary(1972),wefindthedefinitionof“idiom”:Anacceptedphrase,cons
5、truction,orexpressioncontrarytotheusualpatternsofthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.InCollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearners’EnglishDictionary(2006),itpresentsthat“Anidiomisagroupofwordswhichhaveadiffere
6、ntmeaningwhenusedtogetherfromtheonetheywouldhaveifyoutookthemeaningeachwordseparately.InOxfordEnglishDictionary(1970),itdefinesthat“Aformofexpressiongrammaticalconstruction,phraseect,particulartoalanguage;aparticularityofphraseologyapprovedbyausageofk
7、nowledge,andoftenhaveasignificanceotherthanitsgrammaticalorlogicalone.2.2AgeneraldefinitionofEnglishidiomsGenerally,idiomsareexpressionsinalanguage,whichcoversetphrasesandshortsentencesandloadedwiththenativeculturesandideas.Inaddition,idiomscannotbein
8、terpretedmerelybytheirliteralmeanings.3.Definitionofculture3.1DiverseviewsoncultureEnglishanthropologistEdwardBurnettTylorformulatedthedefinitionofcultureinhisclassicbookPrimitiveCulture,“Culture...isthatcomplexwholewhichincludesknowledge,beli
