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1、.IntroductionLanguageisthecarrierandcontainerofculture,whichisinfluencedandshapedbyculture,andsimultaneouslyreflectsculture.[1]P7Beinganintegralpartoflanguagelexicon,thekinshiptermsisdeeplyembeddedincultureandalsodirectlyreflectculture.Kinshiptermsrefertoterminologieswhichtakeoneasthecentertodefin
2、iterelatives’relationshipwithoneself.[2]P79Theirmainresourcesareblood,marriageandlaw.Generally,kinshiptermsareclassifiedintofourseries:paternalside,maternalside,sideofhusbandandsideofwife.Owingtodifferentlanguagesandsocialbackgrounds,differentnationshaveproduceddifferentkinshipsystems.Itlogicallyf
3、ollowsthatvariedkinshiptermscomeintobeing.ThispapermainlyfocusesonthreedifferentcharactersbetweenEnglishkinshiptermsandChinesekinshipterms.Bycontrastivestudy,thethreedifferencesrespectivelyincomplexity,stresspointandthedistinctionofrelationshiparepresented.Bythecomparison,theculturaldifferencesbet
4、weenthemareobviouslyobserved.ⅠThecomparisonbetweenEnglishandChinesekinshipterms1.1ComplexityEnglishkinshiptermsbelongtoEskimokinterminologywithatypicalfeatureofsuccinctnessandgenerality.Onthecontrary,ChinesekinshiptermsbelongtoSudanesekinterminology,whichentailscomplexityandspecificity.[3]P145Asth
5、efollowingchartshown:EnglishChineseEnglishChinesefather父亲mother母亲husband丈夫wife妻子son儿子daughter女儿grandfather祖父,外祖父grandmother祖母,外祖母brother哥哥,弟弟sister姐姐,妹妹grandson孙子,外孙granddaughter孙女,外孙女uncle伯,叔,舅,姨夫,姑父aunt伯母,婶母,姑母,舅母,姨母nephew侄子,外甥niece侄女,外甥女father-in-law公公,岳父mother-in-law婆婆,岳母son-in-law女婿daughter-i
6、n-law儿媳brother-in-law大伯,小叔,姐夫,妹夫,内兄,内弟sister-in-law大姑,小姑,大姨,小姨,嫂子,弟媳...cousin堂哥,堂弟,表兄,表弟cousin堂姐,堂妹,表姐,表妹Inthechartabove,kinshiptermsofthreegenerationsareincluded.ThenumberofEnglishkinshiptermsis23incontrastto58Chinesekinshipterms.[4]P228Therefore,thedifferencebetweenthemisclearlyshown.Englishkins
7、hiptermsarepoorandgeneral.Thedenotationofacertainkinshiptermisnotdesignated.Forexample,theterm“sister”canmeanbotholdersisterandyoungersister.Sodoes“brother”.Moreover,expectthekinshiptermsinnuclearfamily,thereisno