数字在中西文化中的究研.docVIP

摘 要 各个民族都有自己的文化形式，数字信息反映出本民族的心理特征，风俗习惯，以及文化特色。本文通过分析中西方文化中具有典型意义的数字，论述了不同的文化特点，比如,风俗习惯，宗教信仰，语言习惯等。 关键词：数字文化;中西方; 跨文化交际 ABSTRACT All nationalities have its own numerical culture．Cultural information of numbers reflects national psychology，customs and characteristics of culture．This article discusses the different cultural connotations and cultural differences，such as different cultural customs，religion faiths and language habits by analysis on some representative lucky numbers and numerical taboos in both Chinese and English. Key words：numerical culture；Chinese and western culture；intercultural communication  Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Numeral worship and taboo in Chinese and western culture 2 2.1 Numeral Worship in Chinese and western culture 2 2.1.1 number “7” worship in western culture 3 2.1.2 number “6” “9” worship in Chinese culture 3 2.2 Numeral Taboo in Chinese and western culture 4 2.2.1 number “13” taboo in western culture 4 2.2.2 number “4” “7” taboo in Chinese culture 6 3.Causes of numerical worship and taboo 7 3.1 Different values 7 3.2 Different language habits 8 3.3 Different religious faiths 9 4. Conclusion 12 Acknowledgements 13 References 14 1. Introduction There is a more general and widely accepted view about the development of culture that: “Culture includes all the product of human society.” [1]75 Intercultural Communication involves all aspects of life, and cross-cultural study becomes a hot topic in foreign language education circle. When we have a look at the research, we can find that only a few scholars make a study about the numerical culture let along do a further research on it. The concept of numerals forms and develops gradually in the process of human beings’ living practice and production. Numeral as a part of language reflects the culture in different ways. Whenever numeral is mentioned, people may think of mathematics or statistics and consider them as parts of speech in h