从地名成语看汉英民族心理

Differences and Similarities of Cultural Mentality - A Survey of Contrastive Studies on Chinese & English Toponymic Idioms

本文以含地名的汉语熟语、英语习语为语料,探讨汉英成语中地名词的语言文化特点、汉英地名成语折射出的两个民族的心理特征以及对跨文化交际和外语教学的影响.

The analysis of the selected toponymic idioms from both Chinese and English language revealed the geopolitical changes in their history, similarities and differences of the cultural mentality of both nations, thus led to the conclusion that, in language teaching, the use of toponymic idioms can be one approach to the understanding of the country's cultural background.