AComparisonofCulturalConnotationsofAnimalWordsinEnlishandChinese英语专业毕业论文.doc

A Comparison of Cultural Connotations of Animal Words in English and Chinese Abstract Language is the carrier of culture. The animal words, widely used in both English and Chinese, reflect the similarities and differences of the two languages. Based on analysis of the animal words with cultural connotation, it explains and compares the general and specific characters of these words used in English and Chinese. Under the different background, the animal words have abundant cultural connotation. The same animal words in English and Chinese have the same connotation, the different cultural connotation or no corresponding meaning; the different animal words have the same cultural connotation. The paper deals with the difference in the traditional culture, the aesthetic orientation, the way of thinking etc, helping people to understand the reason why the similarities and differences exist in animal words is useful to achieve the across-cultural communication and increase the understanding of different cultures. Key words: animal words cultural connotation similarities and differences association  摘 要 语言是文化的载体，动物词在英汉语当中有很广泛的应用。英汉两种文化的异同同样也反映在所使用的文化动物词中，并分析动物词语的丰富的文化内涵，并对动物词在英汉语中的异同进行了阐述和对比。在不同的文化背景下，动物词有不同的联想意义。英汉语中相同的动物词意义相同，内涵相同，相反或不对应等等；不同的动物词，内涵相似。本文就从传统文化，审美观念，思维方式等几个原因分别进行探讨，搞清这些异同有助人们顺利进行跨文化交际，增进对文化的了解. 关键词：动物词 文化内涵 异同 联想  Contents Abstract i 摘要 ii Contents iii Introduction 1 1 The same animal words have same cultural connotations in English and Chinese 2 1.1 The same animal has similar basic attributes 2 1.2 The human evolution causes English and Chinese animal words characteristics to have common characteristics 3 2 The same animal words have different cultural connotations in English and Chinese 4 2.1 The traditional culture makes same animal words have typically national cultural characteristics 4 2.2 The aesthetic orien