A Study of the Similarities and Differences of English
and Chinese idioms
Abstract
As the two languages are used by the biggest majority of global people, both English and Chinese have a long history and rich vocabulary. However, between them there are lots of similarities and differences in their cultural conntations expressed. Idioms are crystallization of peoples wisdom, the cream of a language. Any language with a long history includes idioms of substantial content. Therefore, idioms are centralized embodiments of similarities and differences in English and Chinese. This thesis attempts to contrast the religion beliefs , literary allusions and daily life of sources, culture-bound words of sematics through similar and different analysis by display a lot of facts, trying to prove their similarities and differences.
In this thesis, the author shall make a brief study of the similarities and differences of English and Chinese idioms. First, the thesis introduces some definitions about language and culture, and then introduces the relationship between language and culture. Secondly, the thesis classifies the source of English and Chinese idioms. Finally, the thesis points out the similarities and differences in English and Chinese idioms as follow the conceptual meaning with similar associative meaning; the same conceptual meaning with different associative meaning; unique to one language.
Key Words: language; culture; idioms; similarities; differences
摘 要
英語和漢語作爲目前世界上使用人數最多且具有悠久歷史和豐富詞彙的兩種語言，它們背後所表達的文化內涵存在着許多共性與差異。習語作爲人類智慧的結晶可謂是語言中的精華。凡歷史悠久的語言無不有內容豐富的s習語，經常應用於口語和書面語中。所以習語可以被看作英漢語言共性和個性的集中體現。本文擬從英漢習語的宗教信仰，文學寓言與日常的來源，習語的語義角度作共性與個性對比研究，用大量的事實證明英漢習語所具有的共性和個性。
本文將對英漢習語的`文化共性和個性作1個簡要的研究。第1部分，論文介紹1些語言與文化的概念，然後介紹語言與文化的關係。第2部分將闡述英語與漢語的習語的來源。第3部分表述英漢習語的共性和個性，例如概念意義與聯想意義相同；概念意義相同聯想意義不同；1種語言所特有的習語.
關鍵詞：語言、文化、習語、共性、個性
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