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1、AStudyontheCultureofEnglishIdiomswithNames1.IntroductionEnglish,asauniversallanguage,isflexibleandactive,whichhasmorethan20,000idioms,withabout4,000idiomsusedindailylife.Englishidiomsderivedmainlyfromculture,takehistoricalevents,ancientlegendsandreligions,forexample.Tounderstand
2、exactlythecultureofidiomsenablesustouseidiomsappropriately.StudiesaboutEnglishidiomshavealonghistoryinhomeandabroad,whicharefocusedonstructures,semanticsandfunctions;however,worksonthecultureofEnglishidiomswithnamesarerelativelyscarce.Thispapergivesdetailedinformationandorganize
3、dviewsonEnglishidiomswithnamesandtheirculturalconnotations,whichisfromdiverseaspects:religions,historicalfigures,fairytales,folkcultureandcurrenteventsandnews.2.DefinitionsofEnglishidiomsItisquietdifficulttogiveaclear-cutdefinitiontotheword“idiom”,fortherearevariousviewsonthiste
4、rm,whichmightleadustoconfusion.2.1VariousdefinitionsofEnglishidiomsindictionariesInWebster’sNewWorldDictionary(1972),wefindthedefinitionof“idiom”:Anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytotheusualpatternsofthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromthelanguageorhavingamea
5、ningdifferentfromtheliteral.InCollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearners’EnglishDictionary(2006),itpresentsthat“Anidiomisagroupofwordswhichhaveadifferentmeaningwhenusedtogetherfromtheonetheywouldhaveifyoutookthemeaningeachwordseparately.InOxfordEnglishDictionary(1970),itdefinesthat“Aformofe
6、xpressiongrammaticalconstruction,phraseect,particulartoalanguage;aparticularityofphraseologyapprovedbyausageofknowledge,andoftenhaveasignificanceotherthanitsgrammaticalorlogicalone.2.2AgeneraldefinitionofEnglishidiomsGenerally,idiomsareexpressionsinalanguage,whichcoversetphrases
7、andshortsentencesandloadedwiththenativeculturesandideas.Inaddition,idiomscannotbeinterpretedmerelybytheirliteralmeanings.3.Definitionofculture3.1DiverseviewsoncultureEnglishanthropologistEdwardBurnettTylorformulatedthedefinitionofcultureinhisclassicbookPrimitiveCulture,“Culture.
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