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1、AStudyontheCultureofEnglishIdiomswithNames1.IntroductionEnglish,asauniversallanguage,isflexibleandactive,whichhasmorethan20,000idioms,withabout4,000idiomsusedindailylife.Englishidiomsderivedmainlyfromculture,takehistoricalevents,ancientlegendsandreligions,forexample.Tound
2、erstandexactlythecultureofidiomsenablesustouseidiomsappropriately.StudiesaboutEnglishidiomshavealonghistoryinhomeandabroad,whicharefocusedonstructures,semanticsandfunctions;however,worksonthecultureofEnglishidiomswithnamesarerelativelyscarce.Thispapergivesdetailedinformat
3、ionandorganizedviewsonEnglishidiomswithnamesandtheirculturalconnotations,whichisfromdiverseaspects:religions,historicalfigures,fairytales,folkcultureandcurrenteventsandnews.2.DefinitionsofEnglishidiomsItisquietdifficulttogiveaclear-cutdefinitiontotheword“idiom”,fortherear
4、evariousviewsonthisterm,whichmightleadustoconfusion.2.1VariousdefinitionsofEnglishidiomsindictionariesInWebster’sNewWorldDictionary(1972),wefindthedefinitionof“idiom”:Anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytotheusualpatternsofthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferen
5、tfromthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromtheliteral.InCollinsCOBUILDAdvancedLearners’EnglishDictionary(2006),itpresentsthat“Anidiomisagroupofwordswhichhaveadifferentmeaningwhenusedtogetherfromtheonetheywouldhaveifyoutookthemeaningeachwordseparately.InOxfordEnglishDict
6、ionary(1970),itdefinesthat“Aformofexpressiongrammaticalconstruction,phraseect,particulartoalanguage;aparticularityofphraseologyapprovedbyausageofknowledge,andoftenhaveasignificanceotherthanitsgrammaticalorlogicalone.2.2AgeneraldefinitionofEnglishidiomsGenerally,idiomsaree
7、xpressionsinalanguage,whichcoversetphrasesandshortsentencesandloadedwiththenativeculturesandideas.Inaddition,idiomscannotbeinterpretedmerelybytheirliteralmeanings.3.Definitionofculture3.1DiverseviewsoncultureEnglishanthropologistEdwardBurnettTylorformulatedthedefinitionof
8、cultureinhisclassicbookPrimitiveCulture,“Culture...isthatcomplexwholewhichincludesknowledge,beli
