A Study of Cultural Differences between English and Chinese Animal Slangs英语专业毕业论文

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1、AStudyofCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalSlangsBySubmittedtotheSchoolofForeignStudiesinPartialFulfillmenttotheRequirementsfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsinEnglish(InternationalTrade)UndertheSupervisionofMs.June,2015iiiiiiTableofContentsTableofContentsiAbstractiiKeyWordsii摘要iii关键词iii1

2、Introduction11.1Abriefintroductionofanimalslangs11.2Significanceofthethesis11.3Literaturereview22TheoreticalFramework42.1Thedefinitionofculture42.2Theconceptsofculture43CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalSlangs63.1Differenthistoricalorigins63.2Differentgeographicalenvironments73.3Di

3、fferentcustoms83.4Differentreligiousbeliefs93.5Differentthinkingstyles104SuggestionsforUsingAnimalSlangs114.1Awarenessofthedifferencesbetweenthesurfacemeaninganddeepmeaning114.2Awarenessofmeaningchanges115Conclusion13Acknowledgements14iiiWorksCited16AStudyofCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChi

4、neseAnimalSlangsAbstract:Slangembodieslinguisticandculturalcharacteristicsofacountry,differentcountriesandregionshavetheirownuniqueslangs.Asaspeciallanguageexpression,slangisofregionalcharacteristicsandgoesthroughalonghistoryofdevelopment.Besides,itisthetokenoflinguisticculturesofmanynations,soto

5、someextent,differencesbetweenChinesecultureandwesternculturecanbefoundinit.Animalslang,animportantcomponentofslangingeneral,possessesuniquefunctionandfertileexpressiveproperty,livelyandvividlyreflectingtheculturalfeaturesofChinaandwesternnations.Onthisbasis,thisthesisistomakeanendeavortoapplycont

6、rastiveanalysiswithexamplestothestudyofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseanimalslangs,whichwillhelpEnglishlearnersandresearcherstofurthertheirstudiesoflanguagesandculturesofEnglishandChinese.Thethesisismadeupoffivechapters.ChapterOneintroducesanimalslangs,significanceofthethesisandlitera

7、turereview.ChapterTwosetsthetheoreticalframeworkbygivingthedefinitionofcultureandtheconceptsofculture,mainlyincludingfiveaspectsofhistoricalorigin,geographicalenvironment,custom,religiousbeliefandthinkingstyle.ChapterT