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1、CultureDifferencebetweenChineseandEnglishAcomparativeStudyofEnglishandChineseidiomsfromtheirdifferentderivation1.IntroductionAsisknowntoall,idiomsaretheimportantpartoflanguage.Itisappliedathighfrequency,ittransformsplentyofculturalinformationsuchashistory,geography,religion,an
2、dmilitary,custom,nationality,psychology,thoughtpatternandetc.alsoitcontainsalargenumberofculturefeaturesandculturebackgrounds.SodifferentculturesbringoutthesimilaranddifferentidiomsbetweenChineseandEnglish.Weshouldknowmuchaboutculturethroughstudyingidiomsandinturngetbetterunde
3、rstandingofidiomsbylearningtheculturalbackgroundbehindthem.FrancisBaconsaid,“Generouswitandspiritofanationarediscoveredbytheiridioms”.ComparingEnglishandChineseidiomswillhelpushaveabetterunderstandingofdifferencesandsimilaritiesofthetwolanguagesintheprocessoflearningEnglish.In
4、addition,ithelpsusintranslation.2.Thedefinitionandclassificationofidioms2.1DefinitionWhatareidioms?Differentscholarshavedifferentopinionsanddefinition.Someareconsideringitasthecreamoflanguage;somethinksitisthetreasuryoflanguage;somethinksittobetheimportantpartoflanguage.Tosumu
5、pdefinitionofidiomsinsomeauthoritativedictionaries:LongmanActiveStudyEnglish-ChineseDictionary:aphrasewhichmeanssomethingdifferentfromthemeaningsoftheseparatewords;TheConciseOxfordDictionaries:agroupofwordsestablishedbyusageandhavingameaningnotdeduciblefromthoseoftheindividual
6、words;LongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish:aphrasewordsfromwhichisformed;Webster’sNewWorldDictionaryoftheAmericanLanguage:anacceptedphrase,construction,orexpressioncontrarytothepatternsofthelanguage,orhavingameaningdifferentfromthelanguageorhavingameaningdifferentfromthelite
7、ral.Tobebrief,idiomisaspecialkindoflanguageformthatphrase,structureorexpressionestablishedbyusage.Totalunderstandingofitreliesonitswaysofusage.#2.2ClassificationLanguagecannotexistwithoutcultureasitscomponent.Aspartoflanguage,idiomsincludingsetphrases,commonsayings,proverbs,id
8、iomaticphrases,slang,atwo-partallegoricalsayingandallusionetc
