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1、中英差異（DifferencesbetweenChinaandBritain）CulturalconnotationsanddifferencesofanimalwordsinEnglishandChineseFengsu(twodegreeinChinese,JilinNormalUniversity,Siping136000,Jilin)Instructor:TanHongjiao(Lecturer)Abstract:......Keywords:......English:......Inthe

2、longprocessofhumanhistory,animalshavebeencloselylinkedwithhumanbeings,andhaveaprofoundimpactonhumansurvivalanddevelopment.Thiskindofintimaterelationshipmakeshumanlove,sympathy,disgust,fearandotheremotionsofperplexinganimal,peopleoftenborrowfromanimalsus

3、tenanceandexpressionofhumanfeelings,sointhetwodifferentcultureshavelotsandlotsofanimalrelatedwords.Wordsofthelanguagereflectdifferencesinculturaldevelopment,influencedbyhistory,customs,values,religiousbeliefsandotheraspectsoftheculturalfactors,bothinEng

4、lishandChineselanguagegivesanimalwordsintheirparticularculturalconnotation.Aseveryoneknows,indifferentlanguagesanddifferentculturalbackgrounds,eachwordhasaliteralmeaning(denotation),andtherichculturalconnotation(culturalconnotation),whichimpliedthewordw

5、ithassociativemeaning,metaphoricalmeaning,symbolicmeaningandemotionalcommendatoryandderogatory.Manyanimalsinthesamelanguagehavedifferentculturalconnotationsindifferentlanguages.Forexample,the"goat"brandalarmclockmadeinChinaisofgoodqualityandsellswellint

6、heinternationalmarket.ButinBritain,nobodyisinterestedinitbecauseofthewordsusedintrademark.InChina,"goat"canrepresenttheeruditeperson,thekindergartenchildrenallknowthattheoldgoatgrandfatherisverylearned;whilegoatcontains"lewdanddecentman"inEnglishculture

7、connotation.Itcanbeseenthatthesameanimalwordsbringdifferentassociationsindifferentculturalbackgrounds.Fromtheperspectiveofculturallinguisticsandcomparativelinguisticstoanalyzethesimilaritiesanddifferencesofanimalwordsinthecontrastoflanguagesinculturalco

8、nnotationmayhelplanguagelearning.ThroughtothesameanimalinEnglishandChineselanguages,thesamemeaning,instead,zerocorrespondingdifferentanimalwordsmaycausesimilaraspectsofthecomparativestudyofLenovo,wecandistinguishtheculturalinflue