A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Animal Proverbs 英汉动物谚语的对比研究

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1、15AComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseAnimalProverbsAComparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseAnimalProverbsI.IntroductionInLongmanModernEnglishDictionary,proverbis“abrieffamiliarmaximoffolkwisdom,usuallycompressedinform,ofteninvolvingaboldimageandfrequentlyajinglethatcatchestheme

2、mory.”Aproverb,whichsuccinctlysumsuphumanexperienceandobservationoftheworld,statesageneraltruthandgivesadviceorwarning.Aproverb,ofteninvolvingaboldimage,musicalrhythmandcompressedform,canbringvividnesstothereadersandsotheyareeasytorememberandspread.Proverbsaresummingupoffolk

3、wisdom,theyareusuallypithy,andhaveuniversalappeals.Peoplelovetopickupproverbswhentheytrytoreasonthingsoutandtheproperuseofproverbscanmaketheirviewsmoreconvincing.Proverbsarethecrystalofthenationalwisdom.Theyareanimportantpartofanationallanguageandtheyappropriatelyreflectther

4、elationbetweencultureandlanguage.Theyhavebeenconnectedcloselywiththenationalcharacteristicseversincetheircomingintobeingandintheirdevelopment.Itisgenerallyacknowledgedthatdifferentpeopleshavegreatdifferencesintheircultures.Butsincedifferentpeoplesliveonthesameearthwithroughl

5、ysimilarneedsandsomeofthemhaveevenexperiencedsimilarsocialdevelopmentstage,theirexperiences,emotionalreflectionandobservationoftheworldareinmanyaspectssimilar.Thisshowsthatdifferentpeoplesmayhaveculturalgeneralitybesidesculturaldifference.Proverbs,asthecreamofalanguage,inevi

6、tablycarrytheimprintofculturaldifferenceandgenerality.ThedifferenceandgeneralityrespectivelyleadtothedissimilaritiesandsimilaritiesbetweenEnglishandChineseanimalproverbsandmakingacomparativestudyofthemisofgreatsignificance.II.AnimalsProverbswithIdenticalMeanings15AComparativ

7、eStudyofEnglishandChineseAnimalProverbsSomeanimalproverbsinEnglishandChineseareidenticalinmeaning.Theproverbsinthiscategoryarelimitedinnumber.Theyaretheresultofeithercoincidenceortranslationloansfromonelanguagetoanother.Theseproverbsarenothinderedbynationalboundariesorcultur

8、ebarriers,insteadtheyhavetakeonuniversalsignificance.Thefollowingaresomeexa