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.Thesamean

2、imalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..3C.ThedifferentanimalwordswithsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..5D.Oneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeaningsinth

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

4、tionfromaperspective,andthedifferentculturalmeaningsofanimalwordsinEnglishandChineselanguagesreflectthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesetwocultures.Somereasonsaccountforthisphenomena,suchasdifferentculturalbackground,differentcustoms,differentwaysofthinking,ect.

5、So,inmypaperIwillexpoundthephenomenafromfouraspects.ThefirstisthesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.ThesecondisthesameanimalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.Thethirdoneisthedifferentanimalwordswithsimilar

6、associativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.Thelastisoneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeaningsintheotherlanguages.Withthedevelopmentofoursociety,theglobalizationisbecominganunavoidabletendency,andhumanbeingscontactwitheachothermoreand

7、morefrequently.Thisexplainsthenecessitytounderstandnotonlyourownculturebutotherculturestofacilitatethecross-culturalcommunication.Moreover,theanimalwordsplayanimportantroleintheculture,soitisnecessaryforustounderstandtheassociativemeaningsofanimalwordssoasnottomakemi

8、stakes.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