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1、ComparisonsandCulturalImplicationsbetweenChineseandEnglishSurnamesAbstractSurnameisapersonalsymbolaswellasaninformationcarrier;throughitpeoplecanperceiveasocietyanditscultureinvariousaspects.ThusChineseandEnglishsurnamesshouldbetreatednotonlyasasignsystemforidentificationbut
2、alsoasasocialandculturalphenomenonwhichreflectsthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweentheeasternandwesternnations.ThispaperattempttoprobeintocomparisonsandcultureimplicationreflectedthroughChineseandEnglishsurnamessoastoenhancecross-culturalawarenessandimprovecommunicationandmu
3、tualunderstandingKeywordsSurnamessimilaritiesdifferencesculturesimplicationscommunication1IntroductionAsoneofthemoststablepersonalidentityofhumanbeings,apersonalsurnameisthesymbolofthedistinctionofbloodrelationship,whichiscloselyrelatedtothereligion,historyandtraditionofanat
4、ionalityandacomponentofthelanguageandcultureofacountry.Inthecourseofhumanhistory,differentnationalitieshavetheirowncharacteristics,buttheymayhavesomethingincommon.Bycomparisonsandcontrasts,wewillhaveageneralunderstandingofnationalculturalpsychologywhichwillhelpusincross-cult
5、urecommunication2LiteraturereviewNameisanoldtopicwhichhasbeendiscussedseveraltimes.Therearemanyresearchconcernaboutnames,forexample,nameandculture,femalediscriminationinname,thechangingofEnglishname.However,comparingwiththeboomingofnamestudy,thestudyofsurnamewasmuchless,most
6、lywerejustmentionedalittlewhentalkingaboutnames.Andthediscussionwaslimitedinafewperspectives,suchastheoriginofsurname,ortherelationshipbetweensurnameandname,whichwasneitherprofessionalnorcomprehensive.Infact,comparedwithname,theinheritanceofsurnameismorestable,andcanreflectt
7、hecharacteristicsofagroupbetter.Thedevelopmentofsurnamecanindicatethechangesofacountryandnation,ofasocietyandculture.Thus,thesurnameresearchshouldbedeepermorespecific,morecomprehensiveandmoresystematic.Outofthatpurpose,thispaperwillmakeacomparisonofbetweenChineseandEnglishsu
8、rnames,andthentrytofigureouttheculturereflectedinthosesimilaritiesanddiffer
