从文体学角度分析《献给爱米丽的玫瑰》英文.docVIP

Introduction Language is the carrier and container of culture, which is influenced and shaped by culture, and simultaneously reflects culture. [1] P7 Being an integral part of language lexicon, the kinship terms is deeply embedded in culture and also directly reflect culture. Kinship terms refer to terminologies which take one as the center to definite relatives’ relationship with oneself. [2] P79 Their main resources are blood, marriage and law. Generally, kinship terms are classified into four series: paternal side, maternal side, side of husband and side of wife. Owing to different languages and social backgrounds, different nations have produced different kinship systems. It logically follows that varied kinship terms come into being. This paper mainly focuses on three different characters between English kinship terms and Chinese kinship terms. By contrastive study, the three differences respectively in complexity, stress point and the distinction of relationship are presented. By the comparison, the cultural differences between them are obviously observed. ⅠThe comparison between English and Chinese kinship terms 1.1 Complexity English kinship terms belong to Eskimo kin terminology with a typical feature of succinctness and generality. On the contrary, Chinese kinship terms belong to Sudanese kin terminology, which entails complexity and specificity. [3] P145 As the following chart shown: English Chinese English Chinese father 父亲 mother 母亲 husband 丈夫 wife 妻子 son 儿子 daughter 女儿 grandfather 祖父，外祖父 grandmother 祖母，外祖母 brother 哥哥，弟弟 sister 姐姐，妹妹 grandson 孙子，外孙 granddaughter 孙女，外孙女 uncle 伯，叔，舅，姨夫，姑父 aunt 伯母，婶母，姑母，舅母，姨母 nephew 侄子，外甥 niece 侄女，外甥女 father-in-law 公公，岳父 mother-in-law 婆婆，岳母 son-in-law 女婿 daughter-in-law 儿媳 brother-in-law 大伯，小叔，姐夫，妹夫，内兄，内弟 sister-in-law 大姑，小姑，大姨，小姨，嫂子，弟媳 cousin 堂哥，堂弟，表兄，表弟 cousin 堂姐，堂妹，表姐，表妹 In the chart above, kinship terms of three generations are included. The number of English kinship terms is 23 in contrast to 58 C