difference of cultural connotation of animal words in english and chinese 英语毕业论文

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1、DifferenceofCulturalConnotationofAnimalWordsinEnglishandChineseCONTENTSAbstract…………………………………………………………………1Introduction…………………………………………………………….3Chapter1AnimalWordsandItsConnotation…............................41.1DifferentWordMeaningsfromDifferentPerspectives…..…….41.2ExamplesofDifferentAnimalWord

2、s……………………….....5Chapter2FactorsInfluencingDifferentofCulturalConnotation............................................................................62.1History………………………………………………………….62.2ReligionandBelief……………………………………………...7Chapter3theComparativeStudyofAnimalWords’CulturalConnotationbetweenEngli

3、shandChinese…………………..93.1SameAnimalWordswithSimilarCulturalConnotations……..93.2DifferentAnimalWordswithSimilarCulturalConnotations...103.3TheRichConnotationsofAnimalWordsinChinesebutVacantinEnglish………………………................................................11Chapter4Conclusion………………………………………………..13

4、Notes……………………………………………………………………14Bibliography…………………………………………………………..1516Abstract:Languageandculturearecloselyrelatedtoeachother.Animalwordisanimportantpartofalmostallthehumanlanguages,andmanyofthemreflectparticularconnotationsinEnglishandChinese.Withthedevelopmentofthesociety,animalwordswhichha

5、veculturaldifferencesplayimportantrolesinthecommunicationbetweenChinaandWesternworldandtheimplicationofdifferencecannotbeneglectedinthelanguagelearning.Animalshavethecloserelationshipwithhumanbeings.Manyanimalsweretamedtobecomedomesticanimalsandservepeopleandbecomefriendsorpartofpeople’slife.Peo

6、pleassociateanimalswithnaturalphenomena,personalitiesandemotions.Theyplayveryimportantroleinthelifeofhumanbeings,sodoanimalwordsinlanguage.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinkingwhichisreflectedinlanguages.However,duetotheinfluenceofdifferentfactors,suchashistoryandreligion,anima

7、lwordshavedifferentconnotationswhichoftenresultinmisunderstandingincommunication.Inthisthesis,theauthorattemptstomakeacomparativeanalysistotheculturalconnotationsofanimalwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.Keywords:animalwords;cul