on the association of animal words in english and chinese学位论文.doc

第 PAGE 12页 英汉语言中动物词语的联想意义 On the Association of Animal Words in English and Chinese Contents I. Introduction…………………………………………………………1 II. The Associative Meanings of Animal Words……………………..1 A. The same animal words with the same or similar associative meanings in English and Chinese…………………………………………………….1 B. The same animal words with different associative meanings in English and Chinese………………………………………………………..3 C. The different animal words with similar associative meanings in English and Chinese………………………………………………………..5 One animal word has rich associative meanings in one language but has no associative meanings in the other languages………………………7 III. The Causes and Influence of the Association of Animal Words in Cross-Cultural Communication………………………………..8 IV. Conclusion…………………………………………………………...9 Works Cited …………………………………………………..………..10 Abstract: The cultural meaning of animal words reflects the culture of a nation from a perspective, and the different cultural meanings of animal words in English and Chinese languages reflect the similarities and differences between these two cultures. Some reasons account for this phenomena, such as different cultural background, different customs, different ways of thinking, ect. So, in my paper I will expound the phenomena from four aspects. The first is the same animal words with the same or similar associative meanings in English and Chinese. The second is the same animal words with different associative meanings in English and Chinese. The third one is the different animal words with similar associative meanings in English and Chinese. The last is one animal word has rich associative meanings in one language but has no associative meanings in the other languages. With the development of our society, the globalization is becoming an unavoidable tendency, and human beings contact with each other more and more frequently. This explains the necessity to understand not only our own culture but other cultures to facilitate the cr