A STUDY ON CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH ANIMAL IDIOMS 浅析中英动物习语的文化异同.docVIP

 本科毕业论文（设计） 题 目：浅析中英动物习语的文化 异同 专 业： 英 语（教育方向） 职 称： 答辩日期： 2014年5月 A STUDY ON CULTURAL SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND ENGLISH ANIMAL IDIOMS BY A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS TO THE SCHOOL OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES YAN’AN UNIVERSITY MAY 2014 Acknowledgements After continuously and diligently working on the dissertation over half a year, I think it is time to present to the readers. Striving to complete and improve the thesis has been an important and challenging task for me, and hardly could I manage it without other’s kind help. Taking the advantage of this opportunity, I would like to extend my gratitude to my readers, classmates and my parents, who have lent me a hand during the research process. I am most obliged to my tutor, Mr. Ta. It is he who engaged himself in pinning down the thesis title, then inspired and encouraged me to go on and constantly urged my writing process. Once again, I would like to thank all those who offered their precious help in the accomplishment of this paper. Finally, I am grateful to all those who have devoted much time to reading this thesis and giving me much advice, which benefits me in my later study. Abstract Idiom is the cream of any language, whose formation of idiom is achieved under different history, geographical environment and cultural background, and which is a symbol of a national unique culture and cultural information. English and Chinese languages both have a long history, and they contain many animal idioms. Because of the history, social life, and some other influences, English and Chinese animal idioms reflect the similarities and differences between Chinese and western cultures. Therefore, many scholars and linguists at home and abroad have done researches on animal idioms, which laid a foundation for the study of idioms later on. This thesis starts its discussion from animal id