Study on the Cultural Connotation of Animal Nouns in Chinese and English开题报告(定).docVIP

毕 业 论 文（设计） 开 题 报 告 书 论文题目 Study on the Cultural Connotation of Animal Nouns in Chinese and English 姓 名 Xiong Qian 学 号 201103020202 入学年月 Sep.2011 院 系 Department of Humanities and Arts 专 业 Business English 指导老师 Shi Wangjun 填写日期：2014年2月25日 论 文 题 目 Study on the Cultural Connotation of Animal Nouns in Chinese and English 选题的背景及意义： Background: Animals are friends of human beings from ancient times. Languages of all nations contain a lot of words denoting animals and so do Chinese and English. With the social development, animal words gradually get their established connotations in all languages, that is, people associate their feelings and emotions, even happenings and natural phenomena with various animals which are thought to represent different characters like people, or serve as omens. Many animals have become a kind of symbol in people’s thinking, and this symbol is reflected in the language. A language and its culture are closely connected with each other , in which the language can’t exist without its culture , and there must be brands of specific cultural connotations. This paper tries to make an analysis of English and Chinese animal nouns and phrases from the view of cultural distinctions , and tries to find out general characters and specific characters.?And makes a detailed comparison of cultural connotations of animal nouns in the different languages in the background of cultural communication. Significance: Along with the fast development of globalization, people in different nations are more closely interdependent to each other and the world is becoming an international family. On this situation, the understanding of different culture of other countries is becoming the key point for smooth communication. With the development and progress of human society, Many animals have become a kind of symbol in peop