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1、中英文动物词语褒贬意义对比分析The commendatory or derogatory meanings of animal between Chinese and EnglishAbstractIn the long course of the development of human history, animal usually keep a close relation with human beings and influence the existence and development deeply .the close result in human complex of
2、feelings of fondness. Sympathy antipathy, or fear, people often use animals to express their feelings. Many animals have become a kind of symbolism in people thinking,which is reflected in language. However, because of the influence of different factors, such as history and region, animal word with
3、rich and various cultural connotations often result in misunderstanding in communication. This thesis is intended to explore the commendatory or derogatory meanings of animal between Chinese and English. The complete research is based on the Leechs theory. This thesis adopts a method of contrastive
4、analysis. The author will look into cultural similarities and differences relating to English and Chinese animal expressions to accomplish a purpose of understanding fully the whole messages that a animal word carries and communicating correctly in intercultural communication .at last, this thesis p
5、ut forward some suggestions about how to improve college students communicative competence in college English learning. Key words: animal words; commendatory or derogatory meanings; cultural connotations; intercultural communication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的联系,并对人类的生存和发展产生深远的影响,这种亲密无间的关系使得人类对动物产
6、生了喜爱,同情,厌恶或是恐惧的情感。人们常常借动物寄托和表达人类的情感。许多动物已经在人们的思维中形成某种象征,并且体现在语言中。然而,由于历史、地理和宗教等因素的影响,具有丰富内涵的动物词汇使人们在中西文化交际中产生误解。 本论文以 Geoffrey Leech 语义理论做为理论基础,本文试图对动物词语的褒贬意义进行对比研究。本论文采用了对比分析的方法,来研究英汉动物词汇的异同,以寻求一个目的:能够完全了解一个动物词语所承载的褒贬意义,以便顺利的进行跨文化交际,最后,作者对英语学习中如何提高英语学习者的交际能力提出些建议。关键词:动物词汇、褒贬意义、文化内涵、跨文化交际ContentsAbs
7、tract-摘要 - ii1. Introduction - 11.1 The Aims of This Thesis - 11.2 The Outline of This Thesis - 22. Literature Review - 32.1 Animal Words Research at Home - 3 2.2 Animal Words Research Abroad -33. Theoretical Basis -3.1 Leechs Theory of Meaning -4. Study on Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings of Ani
8、mal Words in English and Chinese -4.1 Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings of Animal Words -4.2 Study on Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings of Animal Words in English and Chinese- 4.2.1 Identical Animal Words With the Same Commendatory or Derogatory Meaning- 4.2.1.1 Identical Animal Words with the S
9、ame Commendatory Meaning - 4.2.1.2 Identical Animal Words with the Same Derogatory Meaning-4.2.2. Identical Animal Words with the Different Commendatory or Derogatory Meaning- 4.2.2.1 Identical Animal Words with Commendatory Meaning in English, but not in Chinese- 4.2.2.2 Identical Animal Words with
10、 Derogatory Meaning in English, but not in Chinese -5. Factors influencing differences of meanings- 5.1. Geography- 5.2.Conventional- 5.3.Legend-5.4 the way of thinking - 6. Conclusion - References - iiiAcknowledgements -ivAppendix - v Chapter IntroductionLanguage and cultural are closely related an
11、d the former is indispensable to the latter. Their close relationship can be illustrated by crosslinguistic to comparison of animal words in respect to Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings 1.1 The Aims of this Thesis Animals are friends of human beings, along with the development and progress of huma
12、n society, people associate their feelings, even happenings and natural phenomena with various animals. Many animals become a kind of symbolism in peoples thinking, and this symbolism is unavoidably reflected in the language. Language is studied for communication, however, complete communication req
13、uires more than linguistic knowledge. The communication behavior of people from different cultures is called intercultural communication. Learning language, we can see many English books that the association of most animal expressions differ from those of Chinese. This is reflection of cultures. The
14、refore, similarities and differences in the connotations of animal expressions in the two language should be taken into account, in intercultural communication and their social and cultural factors should be illustrated in great detail. The difference of Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings of animal
15、 words in English and Chinese has a great influence on intercultural communication. When a native speaker cant understand background correctly a certain animal expressions, which badly hinder intercultural communication. So, this thesis will focus on the relationship between Commendatory or Derogato
16、ry Meanings of animal words and intercultural communication, to help us to avoid misunderstanding in intercultural communication. 1.2 The Organization of this Thesis This thesis is divided into six chapters, which closely related to each other. Only mastering the structure and function of animal exp
17、ressions. To better understand cultural connotation, to distinguish the differences of Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings of animal words between English and Chinese.The first chapter introduce the aims and the organization of this thesis.The second chapter is literature review. The writer lists th
18、e studies on animal words, cultural connotations, intercultural communication in Chinese and abroad. The third chapter simply introduce the theoretical basis in this thesis.The fourth chapter is most essential part of this thesis. After giving the definition about Commendatory or Derogatory Meanings
19、 of animal words, the writer makes the comparisons of English and Chinese words from three aspects: same animal words with same Commendatory or Derogatory meanings; same animal words with different Commendatory or Derogatory meanings.The fifth chapter, it discusses four factors causing difference Co
20、mmendatory or Derogatory meanings of animal words: geography influence, conventional influence, legend influence, values and thinking modes influence.The sixth chapter draw conclusion that animal words play an indispensable role in communication in our life. The Commendatory or Derogatory meanings s
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