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1、TheCulturalConnotationsofAnimalWordsinEnglishAbstract:Theculturalmeaningofanimalwordsreflectsthecultureofanation.Duetodifferentculturalbackgrounds,peopleofdifferentculturalgroupshavedifferentunderstandingtothesameanimalvocabularyandadddifferentculturalconnotationtoi
2、t.TheexplorationofthesourcesoftheculturalconnotationsofanimalwordsinEnglishishelpfulfortheunderstandingoftheEnglishculture.Thispaperaimstomakeacomparativeanalysisoftheeasternandwesternculturaldifferencesbetweentheconnotativemeaningsofsomecommonanimals.KeyWords:Anima
3、lwords;Culturalconnotations;CulturaldifferencesI.IntroductionAnimalisthebestfriendofhumanbeingswhichplaysanimportantroleinalanguage.Withthedevelopmentofoursociety,humanandanimalsco-existandcontactfrequently.Therefore,thereisagreatquantityofanimalwordsandphrasesinhum
4、anlanguages.Theyplayveryimportantroleinthelifeofhumanbeings,sodoanimalwordinlanguage.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinkingwhichisreflectedinlanguages.AndthisthesisaimsatexploringthecultureconnotationsofanimalwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.II.AnimalW
5、ordsandItsConnotationinEnglishandChinese2.1ThesameanimalwordwiththedifferentsimilarconnotationTherearemanywordswhichcontaincertainmeaningsofanimalwords.Itisveryeasytounderstandtheirforms.InEnglishandChineselanguages,peoplehavethesameconnotationpig.Inpeople’smind,the
6、ythinkpigisugly,dirty,lazy,greedyandrough.Therearesimilarphraseaboutpiginthetwolanguagessuchas“asfatasapig”“肥的像头猪”and“aslazyaspig”“懒得像头猪”andsoon.ThePilgrimagetotheWestisoneofthefourfamousbooksinchina.Itisamyth.Inthisnovel,Zhubajieisanugly,lazy,greedyandlustperson.Fo
7、xhasthealmostsameconnotationinbothEnglishandChinese－sly.InChinese,whenwecallagroupofrogues“他是只老狐狸”，wemean“Heisverysly”.ThesamecasehappenstothewordwolfinEnglishandChinese.It’sassociatedwithviolent,cunningandgreedy.InChinesewecanfind“如狼似虎”“ferocious”,“狼心狗肺”“ungrateful
8、”etc.InEnglish,wemeet“wolfdown”“狼吞虎咽”，“haveawolfbyears”“进退两难”andsoon.Moreover,whenawolfrepresentsaperson,itmeansamanwhoisalwaysreadytomake
