On the Association of Animal Words in English and Chinese

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1、英汉语言中动物词语的联想意义OntheAssociationofAnimalWordsinEnglishandChineseContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………1II.TheAssociativeMeaningsofAnimalWords……………………..1A.ThesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese…………………………………………………….1B.Thesame

2、animalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..3C.ThedifferentanimalwordswithsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..5D.Oneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeanings

3、intheotherlanguages………………………7III.TheCausesandInfluenceoftheAssociationofAnimalWordsinCross-CulturalCommunication………………………………..8IV.Conclusion…………………………………………………………...9WorksCited…………………………………………………..………..10第12页Abstract:Theculturalmeaningofanimalwordsreflectsthecultur

4、eofanationfromaperspective,andthedifferentculturalmeaningsofanimalwordsinEnglishandChineselanguagesreflectthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesetwocultures.Somereasonsaccountforthisphenomena,suchasdifferentculturalbackground,differentcustoms,differentwaysofthink

5、ing,ect.So,inmypaperIwillexpoundthephenomenafromfouraspects.ThefirstisthesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.ThesecondisthesameanimalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.Thethirdoneisthedifferentanimalwordsw

6、ithsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.Thelastisoneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeaningsintheotherlanguages.Withthedevelopmentofoursociety,theglobalizationisbecominganunavoidabletendency,andhumanbeingscontactwitheach

7、othermoreandmorefrequently.Thisexplainsthenecessitytounderstandnotonlyourownculturebutotherculturestofacilitatethecross-culturalcommunication.Moreover,theanimalwordsplayanimportantroleintheculture,soitisnecessaryforustounderstandtheassociativemeaningsofanimalwordss

8、oasnottomakemistakes.Keywords:animalwords,associativemeanings,interculturalcommunication摘　要：动物词汇的文化意义从一个角度反映了一个民族的文化，英汉语言中动物词汇的不同文化含义反映出英汉文化的异同。这