Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is a linguistics theory which is concern in language, thought, and culture. Kinship term is not only an indispensable part of verbal communication but also a unique language and culture phenomen...Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is a linguistics theory which is concern in language, thought, and culture. Kinship term is not only an indispensable part of verbal communication but also a unique language and culture phenomena. Both Chinese and English speaking countries have their own system of kinship terms. There are both similarities and differences between them. This thesis attempts to make a contrastive study on these two kinds of kingship terms, find the cultural cause leading to the differences and figure out the influence on human thought of these kinship terms.展开更多
文摘Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis is a linguistics theory which is concern in language, thought, and culture. Kinship term is not only an indispensable part of verbal communication but also a unique language and culture phenomena. Both Chinese and English speaking countries have their own system of kinship terms. There are both similarities and differences between them. This thesis attempts to make a contrastive study on these two kinds of kingship terms, find the cultural cause leading to the differences and figure out the influence on human thought of these kinship terms.