英汉语言中的动物意象

The Connotations of Animal Words in both English and Chinese Languages

动物是人类的朋友。英汉语言中都有大量包含动物意象的词语。随着人类社会的发展和进步,有关动物的词语就逐渐在人们的语言中获得了约定俗成的文化意象。分析了英汉两种语言中动物意象的相似和不同之处。

<Abstrcat>Animals are friends of human beings. Both the Chineseand Englishlanguages contain a lot of words denoting animals. Along with the development of society, animal words gradually get their connotations in both languages. However, because of different history and culture, the connotations of animal words in one language do not necessarily coincide with those in the other. This article analyzes the similarities and differences in the connotations of animal words in the two languages.