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1、AStudyofCulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalSlangsBySubmittedtotheSchoolofForeignStudiesinPartialFulfillmenttotheRequirementsfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsinEnglish(InternationalTrade)UndertheSupervisionofMs.June,2015iiiiiiTableofContentsTableofContentsiAbstractiiKeyWordsii摘

2、要iii关键词iii1Introduction11.1Abriefintroductionofanimalslangs11.2Significanceofthethesis11.3Literaturereview22TheoreticalFramework42.1Thedefinitionofculture42.2Theconceptsofculture43CulturalDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalSlangs63.1Differenthistoricalorigins63.2Differentgeograph

3、icalenvironments73.3Differentcustoms83.4Differentreligiousbeliefs93.5Differentthinkingstyles104SuggestionsforUsingAnimalSlangs114.1Awarenessofthedifferencesbetweenthesurfacemeaninganddeepmeaning114.2Awarenessofmeaningchanges115Conclusion13Acknowledgements14iiiWorksCited16AStudyofCultur

4、alDifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseAnimalSlangsAbstract:Slangembodieslinguisticandculturalcharacteristicsofacountry,differentcountriesandregionshavetheirownuniqueslangs.Asaspeciallanguageexpression,slangisofregionalcharacteristicsandgoesthroughalonghistoryofdevelopment.Besides,itisth

5、etokenoflinguisticculturesofmanynations,sotosomeextent,differencesbetweenChinesecultureandwesternculturecanbefoundinit.Animalslang,animportantcomponentofslangingeneral,possessesuniquefunctionandfertileexpressiveproperty,livelyandvividlyreflectingtheculturalfeaturesofChinaandwesternnati

6、ons.Onthisbasis,thisthesisistomakeanendeavortoapplycontrastiveanalysiswithexamplestothestudyofculturaldifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseanimalslangs,whichwillhelpEnglishlearnersandresearcherstofurthertheirstudiesoflanguagesandculturesofEnglishandChinese.Thethesisismadeupoffivechapters

7、.ChapterOneintroducesanimalslangs,significanceofthethesisandliteraturereview.ChapterTwosetsthetheoreticalframeworkbygivingthedefinitionofcultureandtheconceptsofculture,mainlyincludingfiveaspectsofhistoricalorigin,geographicalenvironment,custom,religiousbeliefandthinkingstyle.ChapterT