The Comparative Study on Animal Terms between English and Chinese from the Perspective of Culture

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1、TheComparativeStudyonAnimalTermsbetweenEnglishandChinesefromthePerspectiveofCulture英汉动物词汇的文化比较研究摘要文化与语言密不可分。语言是种有助于记录和阐释文化的媒介，正是通过语言，人脑中零碎的印象和概念才得以以具体的文字方式重组。一种特定语言中的词汇，除非包涵了文化元素，否则只是字典中毫无生命力的符号。文化因语言而得以活灵活现。另一方面，文化不仅仅是人类自身的相互关系和行为方式，即文化不只关乎到人类本身，还关系到动物。人类不是孑然一身的，因为无论过去，现在，将来，动物都相伴其间。它们使人类的生活变得便利

2、，并为其增添乐趣。动物词汇应用频繁，除了本身所指的动物外，还包含一些引申义。本文拟从中英文化，历史，思维模式等方面对一些动物词汇及相关词句进行分析，并探究造成这些差异的可能原因。关键词：动物词汇比较分析引申义文化ABSTRACTCultureandlanguageareinseparablyinterwoven.Languageisavehiclethathelpsrecordandinterpretculture;it’sthroughlanguagethatpiecesofabstractimpressionsandconceptionsinman’smindcanbereconst

3、ructedinconcretewords.Onlywhenwordsandphrasesinacertainlanguagearecombinedwithsomeculturalelementscouldtheyceasetobedeadsymbolsofmeaningaswhattheyareinthedictionary.Culturebecomesalivebymeansoflanguage.Ontheotherhand,cultureismorethantheinterrelationshipsandbehaviorpatternsofmankind,inotherwords,

4、cultureisnotonlyuniquetohuman,butalsosomethingconcerninganimals.Humankindisnotseparatebeings,foranimalscamebeforeus,nowsurroundusandwillhelpusalongintothefuture.Theyfacilitateandaddspicetohumanlife.Animalterms,asonegroupofthemostfrequentlyusedlexicons,carrysomeextendedmeaningsmorethanwhattheydeno

5、teonthesurface,sincewiththeelapseoftime,humanbeingshavetiedthesewordswiththeirhabits,customsandsociety.ThisarticlewillanalyzeseveralanimaltermsandtherelevantexpressionsintermsoftheChineseandEnglishcultures,histories,thinkingmodelsetc.,andexplorethepossiblereasonswhichcanaccountforthesedifferences

6、.Keywords：animaltermscomparativeanalysisextendedmeaningcultureCONTENTSAbstract…………………………………………………………I摘要……………………………………………………………II1Introduction…………………………………………………12TheComparativeAnalysisofSomeAnimalTerms……….22.1Dragon….…………………………………………………..22.2Cat………….………………………………………………22.3Goat(Sheep)………………………….………

7、…………….32.4Rat(Mouse)………………….……………………………52.5Elephant…………..…………………………………………62.6Raven(Crow)……….………………………………………7113TheCausesofCulturalDifferences……..……………………93.1LanguageDeterminism………………………………………93.2LexicalGapandCulturalGa