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1、AnalysesofEnglishandChineseculturaldifferencesofsetphrasesandtheirrhetoricalsimilaritiesIntroductionIfyoucomeacrossthesentences:”heissheddingcrocodiletears”,”Samisarealcoolcat”or“hispopalbumseemstobeinhighcotton”,howcouldyoudealwiththephrases“sheddingcrocodile”,“arealcoolcat”and“inhi
2、ghcotton”?Ofcourse,youarenottotranslatethemeaningofeverysingleword.Inthesesentences,“sheddingcrocodiletears”,“arealcoolcat”and“inhighcotton”arerepresentativeEnglishsetphrases.InEnglishtherearealotofsetphraseslikethese.Theyareverydifficulttomaster.Itaddstothedifficultythatthecombinati
3、onofwords(OfwhichEnglishsetphrasesarecomposed)oftenseemsarbitraryandcanseldombeaccountedfor.Yet,withoutsomeknowledgeofserphrases,youcannotadequatelyunderstand,speakorwriteatall,letalonetranslatethemadequately.Setphrasesbasicallycomesfromthefolk,andtoagreatextent,reflectsanationality’
4、sculturalcharacteristics,thedifferentnatianality’sexperienceoflifeandthenatianalcharacter.Sameasnovel,peotryandotherliterarywork,setphrasesistheessenceofvariousnationallanguages.Thevarymanysetphrasesareevenverydifficulttofindincommondictionaries,buthasvividlifefeatureandturebornnatia
5、nalcharacteristic.Thisisalsoaphenomenonwhichisworthyofthelanguageresearchersandlearners’attention.Setphrasesisalsoanimportantrhetoricmethodoflanguage,theindependent,anomalisticbutthefixedfactoroflanguage.Thesetphrasesofdifferentlanguagesarebothinfuencedbyculturalcharacteristics,andha
6、veacertaininfluencetotherespectivelanguageandnationality’sculture.LikeChinesesetphrases,Englishserphrasesiaalsoavividlanguageform.Itisbriefandtothepoint,vivid,harmonious,andsoon.27Setphrasesasaspecialformoflanguageexistinbothofthemandcarryalargreamountofculturalinformationsuchashisto
7、ry,geography,religion,custom,nationalitypsychology,thoughtpatternandect,andthereforearecolselyrelatedtoculture.Theyaretheheritageofhistoryandproductofculturalevolvement.Consequently,wecankoowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingsetphrasesandinturngetunderstandingofsetphrasesbylearningthecu
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