Cultural Differences in Animal Idioms Between English and Chinese 英语专业毕业论文

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1、CulturalDifferencesinAnimalIdiomsBetweenEnglishandChineseABSTRACTLanguageandcultureareinseparable.DifferencesofanimalidiomsbetweenEnglishandChinesealsoreflectculturaldifferencesbetweentheeastandthewest.Thispapercontrastsanimalidiomsfromthefollowingfouraspects:culturalcustom

2、s,orientationofthoughts,associationsofanimalsandhistoricalallusions.Beingawareofthesedifferenceswillhelpusimproveourcross-culturalcompetenceincommunication.[Keywords]Animalidioms;Culturaldifferences;EnglishandChinese摘要语言和文化是密不可分的，英汉动物习语的差异也反映了中西文化的差异。本文从文化习俗，思维方式，动物联想和历史典故等

3、方面对英汉动物习语进行了比较。了解这些有助于提高我们语言学习者的跨文化交际能力。[关键词]动物习语文化差异英汉语言Contents1.Introduction(1)2.DifferentCustoms(2)2.1LivingHabits(2)2.2ReligiousBeliefs(2)2.3ImagesandAttitudestowardAnimals(3)3.DifferentOrientationofThoughts(3)3.1OrientationofThoughtsReflectedinChineseAnimalIdioms(4)3.

4、2OrientationofThoughtsReflectedinEnglishAnimalIdioms(5)4.DifferentAssociationsofAnimals(6)4.1SameAnalogiesandSimilarAssociation(6)4.2SameAnalogies,butDifferentAssociation(8)4.3DifferentAnalogies,butSimilarAssociation(11)5.DifferentHistoricalAllusions(12)5.1HistoryEvents(12)

5、5.2FablesandMythologies(12)6.Conclusion(13)References(14)AcknowledgementsCulturalDifferencesinAnimalIdiomsBetweenEnglishandChinese1.IntroductionTheword“idiom”possessesseveralmeanings.Itmaybedefinedas“thelanguageofapeopleoracountry”,asin“theChineseidiom”;or“adialect”asin“Can

6、toneseidiom”.Itmayalsobedefined,accordingtoOxfordAdvancedLearner’sEnglish-ChineseDictionary,as“phraseorsentencewhosemeaningisnotclearfromthemeaningofitsindividualwordsandwhichmustbelearntasawholeunit”[1]p734.Theseconddefinitionmostsuitsthepurposeofthispaper.TheChinese“equiv

7、alent”for“idiom”is“习语”,italsoreferstoakindofaphraseorsentencefixedbylongusage.Idiomshavemanycharacteristics,suchasbriefwriting,exactchoiceofwords,vividimages,andpleasingrhythms.InChineseandEnglishlanguages,therearemanyidiomswhichareanalogizedbyanimals.Theseidiomshavenotonly

8、theirliteralglossarysignificancebutalsomorefundamentalandmoreimportantimplicationo