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1、AnalysistheCulturalDifferencesofAnimalWordsbetweenWestandEast[Abstract]Inthelongcourseofthedevelopmentofhumanhistory,animalsalwaysmaintainacloserelationshipwithhumanbeings,andplayansignificantroleintheexistenceanddevelopmentofhuman.Thecloserelationcomeintobeinghumancomplexfeelingsoffondn
2、ess,sympathyorantipathytoanimals.Becauseofthedifferentfeelingsofdifferentanimals,peopleoftenuseanimalstoexpresstheirfeelings.TherearesomanywordswhichhaveacloserelationwithanimalsinbothEnglishandChineseculture.Thevocabulariesofdifferentlanguagereflectdifferencesofculturaldevelopmentandcon
3、notations.Ontheotherhand,theevolutionofanimalwordsalsocanreflectthechangeofsocietyinsomeaspects.Becauseoftheinfluenceofculturalingredientinhistory,custom,value,history,custom,pricing view,religion, belief andotherfactors,the two languages,Chinese and English, give their unique culturalco
4、nnotations to animal words.TheaimofthispaperistousesomeexamplestoanalyzethedifferentculturalconnotationofWestandEastanimalwords,andbycontrastingthedifferencesofcustom,religion,geography,andhistory,wecanknowthereasonthatwhythesedifferenceswerecausedmoreclearly.Thispapercanhelpforeignlangu
5、agelearnerunderstandandlearnlanguagemoreeasily,sothattohelppeopledowellinthecross-culturalcommunicationsmoothlyandproperly.[KeyWords]Animal Words;West;East;Cultural Connotation 1.IntroductionLanguageisthetoolthathumanbeingscanuseittocommunicatewitheachother,sharedifferentviews.Differentl
6、anguagesometimesshowdifferentculture.Therearerichculturalconnotationsbesidestheliteralmeaningofeachwordindifferentlanguagesanddifferentculturalbackgrounds,becausetherearemanydifferencesincustom,history,wayofthinking,religionandotheraspectsofculturalfactorsbetweenEnglishandChinese.Thesedi
7、fferencesgivemanyChineseandEnglishanimalwordssomespecificmeaningorculturalconnotations,andreflectthedifferencesintheirownculturaldevelopmentrespectively.Languageispartofculture,therefore,itisimpossibletoreallylearnthelanguageifyoudon’tknowthemodelandguidelinesofculture.La
