英汉动物习语的文化内涵比较_英文_.pdfVIP

语文学刊 2008年第 10期 Th e Cu ltur a l C om p ar ison of th e E nglish and C h in ese An mi a l Id iom s o Yang Shenglan (School of F oreign Langu ag es and Cu ltures, N ingxia Un iversity, Yin chu an 750021) [A b stra ct] Both English and Ch inese are rich in anmi al id iom s. Rooted in d ifferent soil, s ch idiom s of each lan2 g age have their special characters d isting ished from the other one. An mi al id ioms of both English and Chinese can be compared in the following three aspects: ( 1) Same referent, sam e m etaphoricalm eaning; ( 2) Sam e referent, d ifferent m etaphoricalm ean ing; (3) D ifferent referent, sam em etaphoricalm eaning. Idiom s are loadedwith rich c lt ral information of a nation. To collect and st dy them w ill dom ch good to the English learners in China. [K ey word s] anmi al idiom s; c lt ral smi ilarities and d issmi ilarities; referent; m etaphoricalm ean ing [] G04 [] A [] 167228610(2008) 1020098204 I. Intr odu ct ion 2. The relations between lang age and c lt re An mi als share the sam e globew ith h m an beings. Som e an2 The dissem ination of a nation. s c lt re m st be aidedw ith mi als have a close relationsh ip with o r daily life, s ch as pets, its lang age. Wh ile / lang age cannot be learned w itho t som e po ltry, livestock and so on. D ring the long co rse of h istory, knowledge of the c lt re behind it0 [ 2]. / Lang age is the princ2i peop le are n