英语汉语中动物词语的文化内涵分析

Cultural Connotation of Animal Words in English and Chinese

动物词语在英汉语当中有很广泛的应用。英汉两种文化的异同同样也反映在所使用的文化动物词语中。本文分析了动物词语文化内涵的人文特点 ,并从人类文化进化的角度对动物词语在英汉语中的个性与共性进行了阐述和对比。结论是应重视跨文化交际中对动物词语文化内涵的认识。

The paper maintains that animal words,widely used in both English and Chinese,re flect the similarities and differences of the two languages and,based on an anal ysis of the human characteristics of cultural connotations in animal words,it ex plains and compares the general and specific characters of these words used in English and Chinese from the perspective of human culture evolution.It further a rgues that due attention should be given to the culture connotations of animal w ords in cross-cultural communication.