从奥运吉祥物看动物词汇的东西文化内涵

The Cultural Connotations of Olympic Mascot and Animal Words in Eastern and Western Countries

动物词汇是东西方各民族语言的重要组成部分,载有明确的民族文化信息,隐含着深层的民族文化内涵。历届奥运会的吉祥物多数为动物,以奥运吉祥物为代表的动物词汇的东西文化内涵具有人文性、不等值现象具有普遍性、超语言信息的获得具有特殊性,各民族的特定的历史文化背景赋予词汇特定的、不断发展变化的文化内涵意义。

Animal words are the important part of languages in eastern and western countries. They have rich cultural information of the nations and imply deep cultural connotations. Animals are often chosen as mascot for Olympic Games, The cultural connotations of typical animal words of Olympic mascot contain the humanity, the catholicity of differences in word - meaning association and cultural images, and the specialty of acquiring the implied language information. The particular uational histories of cultural background decide the special and developing cultural connotations of the words,