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1、Abstract:Anylanguagebearsalotofculturalconnotations,languageisthevehicleofculture，andvocabularyisthemostactivepartoflanguage.Animalmetaphors,withtheculturalconnotationsoftheirown,arewidelyemployedinbothEnglishandChineselanguage.Thisarticlecomparesandanalys
2、estheconnotationsofanimalmetaphorsindifferentaspects,revealingtherelevantsocialandculturalpsychologyanditsinfluencesoninterculturalcommunication.Keywords:animalmetaphors;culturalconnotation;interculturalcommunicationTheSimilaritiesandDissimilaritiesofTheCu
3、lturalConnotationsofAnimalWordsinBothChineseandEnglishI. Introduction Animalsarefriendsofhumanbeingsfromancienttimes.LanguagesofallnationscontainalotofwordsdenotinganimalsandsodoChineseandEnglish.Inthesocialdevelopment,animalwordsgraduallygettheirestabli
4、shedconnotationsinalllanguages,thatis,peopleassociatetheirfeelingsandemotions,evenhappeningsandnaturalphenomenawithvariousanimalswhicharethoughttorepresentdifferentcharacterslikepeople,orserveasomens.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolinpeople’sthinking,and
5、thissymbolisreflectedinthelanguage.Inrecentyears,manylinguists,asDeYanchang,HeZiran,HuWenzhong,havepaidmuchattentiontocross-culturalcommunication.Theydevotemuchtopragmatics,comparisonoflanguagesandculturesbetweenEnglishandChinese.II.LiteraturereviewBecause
6、connotationsofanimalwordsinonelanguagedonotnecessarilycoincidewiththoseinChineseandEnglishandscatteredinmanybooks.Inordertofindhowanimalsstandfordifferentsymbols,over200questionnairesweredistributedinChineseandEnglishrespectivelytoChineseandEnglishspeaking
7、people(DeZhang,1997).InawaytheopinionsthusgatheredcanrepresenttheEnglishspeakingpeopleandChinesethoughtheyareneitheraccuratenorveryauthentic,butasacomparativeorcontrastivestudy.Thefirstpartofquestionnaireintendstothesymbolismofsomeanimalsstandingfor.Theres
8、ultrevealsthattheconnotationsofsomeanimalsinthetwoculturesvarygreatlywhilethoseofothersareverysimilarasthefollowingtablesshow.Animal Symbol(s) PercentageinChinese PercentageinEnglishFox Cunning,Slynes
