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1、中英差异（DifferencesbetweenChinaandBritain）CulturalconnotationsanddifferencesofanimalwordsinEnglishandChineseFengsu(twodegreeinChinese,JilinNormalUniversity,Siping136000,Jilin)Instructor:TanHongjiao(Lecturer)Abstract:......Keywords:......English:......Inthe
2、longprocessofhumanhistory,animalshavebeencloselylinkedwithhumanbeings,andhaveaprofoundimpactonhumansurvivalanddevelopment.Thiskindofintimaterelationshipmakeshumanlove,sympathy,disgust,fearandotheremotionsofperplexinganimal,peopleoftenborrowfromanimalsus
3、tenanceandexpressionofhumanfeelings,sointhetwodifferentcultureshavelotsandlotsofanimalrelatedwords.Wordsofthelanguagereflectdifferencesinculturaldevelopment,influencedbyhistory,customs,values,religiousbeliefsandotheraspectsoftheculturalfactors,bothinEng
4、lishandChineselanguagegivesanimalwordsintheirparticularculturalconnotation.Aseveryoneknows,indifferentlanguagesanddifferentculturalbackgrounds,eachwordhasaliteralmeaning(denotation),andtherichculturalconnotation(culturalconnotation),whichimpliedthewordw
5、ithassociativemeaning,metaphoricalmeaning,symbolicmeaningandemotionalcommendatoryandderogatory.Manyanimalsinthesamelanguagehavedifferentculturalconnotationsindifferentlanguages.Forexample,the"goat"brandalarmclockmadeinChinaisofgoodqualityandsellswellint
6、heinternationalmarket.ButinBritain,nobodyisinterestedinitbecauseofthewordsusedintrademark.InChina,"goat"canrepresenttheeruditeperson,thekindergartenchildrenallknowthattheoldgoatgrandfatherisverylearned;whilegoatcontains"lewdanddecentman"inEnglishculture
7、connotation.Itcanbeseenthatthesameanimalwordsbringdifferentassociationsindifferentculturalbackgrounds.Fromtheperspectiveofculturallinguisticsandcomparativelinguisticstoanalyzethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofanimalwordsinthecontrastoflanguagesinculturalco
8、nnotationmayhelplanguagelearning.ThroughtothesameanimalinEnglishandChineselanguages,thesamemeaning,instead,zerocorrespondingdifferentanimalwordsmaycausesimilaraspectsofthecomparativestudyofLenovo,wecandistinguishtheculturalinflue
