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…..…

2、….41.2ExamplesofDifferentAnimalWords……………………….....5Chapter2FactorsInfluencingDifferentofCulturalConnotation............................................................................62.1History………………………………………………………….62.2ReligionandBelief……………………………………………...7Ch

3、apter3theComparativeStudyofAnimalWords’CulturalConnotationbetweenEnglishandChinese…………………..93.1SameAnimalWordswithSimilarCulturalConnotations……..93.2DifferentAnimalWordswithSimilarCulturalConnotations...103.3TheRichConnotationsofAnimalWordsinChinesebutVacantinE

4、nglish………………………................................................11Chapter4Conclusion………………………………………………..13Notes……………………………………………………………………14Bibliography…………………………………………………………..1515Abstract:Languageandculturearecloselyrelatedtoeachother.Animalwordisanimportantpart

5、ofalmostallthehumanlanguages,andmanyofthemreflectparticularconnotationsinEnglishandChinese.Withthedevelopmentofthesociety,animalwordswhichhaveculturaldifferencesplayimportantrolesinthecommunicationbetweenChinaandWesternworldandtheimplicationofdifferencecannotbe

6、neglectedinthelanguagelearning.Animalshavethecloserelationshipwithhumanbeings.Manyanimalsweretamedtobecomedomesticanimalsandservepeopleandbecomefriendsorpartofpeople’slife.Peopleassociateanimalswithnaturalphenomena,personalitiesandemotions.Theyplayveryimportant

7、roleinthelifeofhumanbeings,sodoanimalwordsinlanguage.Manyanimalshavebecomeakindofsymbolisminpeople’sthinkingwhichisreflectedinlanguages.However,duetotheinfluenceofdifferentfactors,suchashistoryandreligion,animalwordshavedifferentconnotationswhichoftenresultinmi

8、sunderstandingincommunication.Inthisthesis,theauthorattemptstomakeacomparativeanalysistotheculturalconnotationsofanimalwordsbetweenEnglishandChinese.Keywords:animalwords;cul