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Abstract http://www.paper51.com Chineseculture and English culture are the most brilliant and gorgeous cultures. However,these two languages record different cultures and represent two differentnational thoughts. So there are big differences between these two cultures. Dueto the historical and geographical differences between two cultures, there aresome pets' vocabulary reflecting their different culturalconnotations. With the development of society, pets' vocabulary withdifferent cultural meaning not only plays an important role in Chinese andwestern cultural communication, but also becomes an important part in languagelearning which can not be neglected. This thesis explores the culturalrelationship between Chinese and English speaking countries based on the petsvocabulary and studies the significance of two cultural communication. paper51.com Keywords: pets’ vocabulary; cultural connotation; cultural differences copyright paper51.com 摘 要 copyright paper51.com 中国文化和英美文化也同是世界上最丰实最灿烂的文化。然而，两种语言记录的是两种不同的文化，反应着两种不同民族的心态，所以，两种语言的文化含义也就大相径庭，中西方由于不同的历史和地理等因素的影响,英语和汉语中诸多动物词汇都反映了各自的文化内涵。随着社会的不断进步,具有明显文化差异的动物词汇不仅在中西文化的交流中起着重要作用,也成为语言学习中不可忽视的一个重要方面。文章主要从文化的关系方面探讨了动物词汇在中英文化中的不同喻义以及对于中西文化交流的重要意义。 paper51.com
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关键词: 宠物词汇; 文化内涵; 文化差异 http://www.paper51.com
Contents http://www.paper51.com Statement of Authorship...............................................................................................i http://www.paper51.com Acknowledgements.......................................................................................................ii paper51.com Abstract........................................................................................................................iii http://www.paper51.com
摘要...............................................................................................................................iv http://www.paper51.com
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1. Introduction.............................................................................................................1 http://www.paper51.com
2. Literature Review....................................................................................................2 paper51.com
3. Comparison of Pets’ Vocabulary Between Chinese and English........................5 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 3.1. Similarities in Connotation...............................................................................5 paper51.com
3.2. Differences in Connotation...............................................................................6 paper51.com
3.2.1. Different Pets’ Vocabulary with Same Culture Connotation.................7 内容来自论文无忧网 www.paper51.com 3.2.2. Same Pets’ Vocabulary with Different Culture Connotation...............8 内容来自www.paper51.com 3.3. Differences in Culture Sense............................................................................8 copyright paper51.com 4. Conclusion ..............................................................................................................14 paper51.com 5.Reference.................................................................................................................15 copyright paper51.com Ⅰ. Introduction 内容来自www.paper51.com Inthe long history of human development process, the pet’s vocabularies have beenkeeping close relationship with human being. This kind of intimate relationshipto pets makes mankind produce complicated emotions such as love, compassion,disgust and fear. People often borrow from pets to consign and express humanfeelings, or entertain. Anyhow, the pets become an important part of humanculture both in Chinese culture and English culture. They treat pets as theirfriends. The children could treat the pets equally and friendly as well, andget on well with them. More and more people begin to have pets in real life, whichalso show pets and human's relations become harmonious. There are many Chineseand English vocabularies which are related to pets, such kinds of vocabulary reflectthe cultural differences, and are affected by the development of history,customs, values, religious belief and other aspects of cultural factors.Moreover both English and Chinese speaking countries have their own specialcultural connotations, the connotations of pet's vocabulary of the bothcultures are similar sometimes, because of the different history and culture,the connotations of pet’s vocabularies in Chinese do not necessarily coincidewith those in English. For example, for both Chinese and English speakingpeople swan stands for gracefulness and nobility, and people consider the snakeis slithery and harmful in both culture. However, Chinese culture and theculture of English speaking people are different sometimes. For example, mostChinese think the dog stands for faithfulness but most English speaking peoplethink the dog’s first quality is friendship. Chinese think the rabbit stands fortimidity, but English speaking people deem it as attractive and to them thechicken stands for timidity while many Chinese think the chicken suggests a lowclass prostitute. 内容来自www.paper51.com
Learning about thecultural differences between English and Chinese appearing in pets’vocabularies can help people understand the emotional meaning of language andthe cultural intercultural communications of the two cultures. Knowingabout the connotations or associations of pets’ vocabularies in one languagecan keep us away from heavy losses in commercial activities owing to culturaldifferences between the two languages such as naming a product. To learn about the cultural background of a word is good forselecting a right word for expression. To an English learner, making a goodunderstanding of both the native language and the foreign language is a goodway to have a good command of the language. paper51.com In this thesis, the author will contrastpets’ vocabularies in order to find out the culture similarities anddifferences between Chinese and English. The analysis is based on comparativeanalysis. The author divides this thesis into three parts, In the first part, theauthor discusses the connotation of culture similarities between Chinese andEnglish. In the second part, the author explores the different cultureconnotations; in the third part, the author probes into differences betweenculture sense. 内容来自www.paper51.com
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