On the Cultural Difference of Animal Vocabulary Existing between Chinese and English

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1、中英语言中动物词汇存在的文化差异OntheCulturalDifferenceofAnimalVocabularyExistingbetweenChineseandEnglishContentsAbstract………………………………………………………….………….1KeyWords……………………………………………………….………….1I.Introduction…………………………………………………….………...21.Theimportanceoflanguage………………………………………………22.Vocabularyanditsmeaning………………………………………………

2、33.Theconceptionofculture……………………………………...…………44.Therelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture……………………………5II.TheComparisonsofAnimalVocabularybetweenChineseandEnglish…………………………………………………………………...51.Sameanimalvocabularyandsameculturalconnotations………...………...62.Sameanimalvocabularyanddifferentculturalconnot

3、ations……………….71)SomeanimalvocabularywithcommendatorymeaninginChinese,butwithderogatorymeaninginEnglish………………………...……..…………72)SomeanimalvocabularywithcommendatorymeaninginEnglish,butwithderogatorymeaninginChinese………………………………..……..93.SameanimalvocabularywithoutcorrespondingvocabularyinChineseandinEng

4、lish………………………………………………………….…….91)SomeanimalvocabularywithvariedculturalconnotationsinChinese,butwithnoculturalconceptionsinEnglish……………….………..……..102)SomeanimalvocabularywithvariedculturalconnotationsinEnglish,butwithnoculturalconceptionsinChinese……...…………………….….104.Differentanimalvocabularywithsim

5、ilarculturalconnotations…....….…..11III.Conclusion………………………………………………………..…...12References……………………………………...…………………………...13Abstract:Languageisthecarrierofculture.Thankstodifferentlanguages,culturehasbeensocolorful.Words,astheunitoflanguage,playanimportantroleinculture.Differentlivingenvironmentsandcu

6、lturalconventionshaveagreateffectontheculturalconnotationsofvocabulary.Animalsarefriendsofhuman-beings.Languagesofallnationscontainalotofwordsdenotinganimals,andsodoChineseandEnglish.AlthoughanimalvocabulariesexistinbothChineseandEnglish,sometimestheirmeaningsdifferfromeachother.Inordertogetabetter

7、understandingoftheEnglishcultureandamorevividandeasefulwayofcommunication,weoughttohavesomeideaofanimalvocabulary.Ifnot,wemayhavedifficultiesinunderstandingtheinsidemeaningortheintentionofthespeaker.Keyword