中西文化差异对学习英语词汇的影响

On Influences Caused by Cultural Differences upon Vocabulary Learning

在跨文化交际日趋频繁的今天,人们已经认识到语言和文化的密切联系;因此,在学习异语言的过程中,我们必须对本族文化和异文化进行一定的比较,以期能够准确得体地运用所学语言进行交流.本文首先对语言和文化的关系进行了一定阐述,然后通过大量例证,就中西文化差异在英语词语和熟语中的体现进行了对比分析,从而明确了中西文化差异对学习英语词汇的重要影响.

With the development of the cross-cultural communication, people have recognized the close relationship between language and culture. In order to use the language properly during the communication, we must make an analysis of the different cultures when we study a foreign language. The paper firstly expounds the relationship between language and culture, and then, with a number of exam- pies, it offers some comparative analyses of the cultural differences in English words and phrases. As a result, it gives an evident demonstration of the influences caused by the cultural differences on English vocabulary.