英汉相同动物词汇跨文化研究分析.docVIP

期末论文 A Cross-cultural Study of Identical Animal Words in Chinese and English 姓 名： Tory ABSTRACT In the long course of the development of human history, animals usually keep a close relation with human beings and influence human existence and development deeply. The close relation results in human complex feelings of fondness, sympathy, antipathy, or fear. Also, people often use animals to express their feelings. There are so many vocabularies with relation to animals in both English and Chinese cultures, and those English and English and Chinese words make up a great part of their own respective system of language. However, we cannot make the ignorance that language has be keeping the closest relationship with culture. Words, which has been playing a role of cornerstone in language, are extensively related with culture. Words reflect the special social culture, and different social backgrounds and cultural differences lead to the connotative differences of words in English and Chinese. For example, different cultural backgrounds and ways of thinking result in the different connotations of animal words. Even though there are two identical animal words, they can share quite different connotations in the two cultures. On the contrary, two different animal words can also share similar cultural connotations. Therefore, it is very necessary and indispensable for English learners to have such a profound study on animal words influenced by culture. The thesis makes a comparative analysis, focusing on differences of identical animal words sharing different connotations in the two cultures; From the comparison, we can clearly find the historical and cultural differences of animal words in the two cultures. Key Words: animal words, cultural connotations, cultural differences, comparative analysis 摘要 在人类历史发展的漫长进程中，动物一直与人类保持着密切联系，并对人类的生存与发展产生深刻的影响。这种亲密无间的关系使得人们对动物产生了喜爱或同情或厌恶或恐惧的错综复杂的情感，人们也常借动物来寄托和表达人们的情感，所以在英汉两种语言中就会出现许许多多与动物词汇相关的词汇也就不足为奇。 然而