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1、OntheMeaningoftheNumberSEVENintheEasternandWesternCultureAbstractNumbersareinventedtomeettheneedsofsocietybythehelpofsymbols,signsandsemioticswhenhumanbeingsdeveloptoacertainstage.OwningtotheinfluenceoftheEasternandWesterntradition,religiousbelief,languageworship,therearedifferentapoth
2、eosesofthenumbersbetweentheEastandtheWest.Besides,therearemanythingsincommonandsimilarlaws,especiallyintheWorshipofNumber.Inthepast,scholarsathomeandabroadusuallystudytheproblemfromaseriesofnumberperspectiveandfewfromthespecificnumberperspective.Thisthesisfirstofallsummarizestheorigina
3、nddevelopmentstagesofnumerologystudy,followedbytheinterpretationofconnotation,denotationandthesymbolicmeaningaboutSEVENfromsemiotics.Later,thearticlegivestheapplicationsofSEVENintheeasternandwesternsociety,cultureanddailylife,attemptingtofurthercomparetheconnotation,denotationandthesym
4、bolicmeaningoftheNumberSEVENintheEastandWest.Withabundantexamples,thepaperaimsatprovingthattheconnotationandthesymbolicmeaningofnumberscanreflectcultureaswellasamodeofmindanddeed.Keywords:Semiotics;TheNumberSEVEN;Culture;Meaning摘要数是人类思维发展到一定阶段,为适应社会生产活动的需要,在符号的帮助下产生的。由于受东西方文化传统、宗教信仰、语言
5、崇拜、地理环境等方面的影响,数字的神化存在着东西方差异,但也存在着共性,有着共同的规律,特别体现在数字“七”上。国内有不少学者就数字写过著作和论文,但是极少有人从社会符号学的角度探讨一个具体的数字在东西方文化中的含义。本文先介绍了数字学的起源和发展,接着从社会符号学的角度解释了数字“七”的内涵,外延以及象征意义。之后,文章分别列举了数字“七”在东西方社会、文化、生活上面的运用,从而进一步分析数字“七”在东西方所代表的文化内涵和象征意义,以及它们的相同点和不同点。文章旨在通过列举大量的例子证明数字的文化内涵和象征意义可以反应一种文化、一种思维以及一种行为模式。关键词:
6、社会符号学;数字“七”;文化;含义TableofContentsAbstractinEnglish……………………………………………….………………iAbstractinChinese……………………………………………………………….ii1.Introduction…………………………………………………………………….2.NumerologyReview………….……….………………………………………..2.1HistoryofNumerology….…………………………………...........................2.2TheMeaningofMea
7、ning….…………………………………......................2.3MeaningoftheNumberSEVEN……………………………………………2.3.1ThedenotativemeaningofthenumberSEVEN…………………………2.3.2TheconnotativemeaningofthenumberSEVEN……………………….3.TheApplicationoftheNumberSEVEN……………………………………..3.1TheApplicationoftheNumberSEVENintheEast…………………
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