Differences-Between-Chinese-and-Western-Language论中西方语言上的差异.doc

Abstract Due to different countries and nations have different customs, social traditions, folk customs, thus causing the differences in language. Understanding of the different cultures, so that we can understand the cultural heritage of the world better. The culture of any country in the labor creates a lifestyle of accumulation, thereby affects the different languages??.The specific historical development in the formation of culture, the main content includes some allusion idiom, proverb and dialect. The differences between Chinese and western culture in language are reflected in the meaning of?the words. Undering the different cultural background, people has different expressions and understanding on the same things, This article express the difference in the natural environment, customs and other aspects of the comparative study of Chinese and western language. Key words: Natural environment Customs language difference 摘要 由于不同国家和民族有不同的习俗，社会传统，民俗风情，从而造成语言的差异。对不同文化的了解，使我们能够更好地了解世界文化遗产。任何一个国家的文化都是劳动创造，生活方式的积淀，进而影响着语言的不同。特定的历史发展中形成的文化，其主要内容包括一些典故习语，谚语和方言。中西文化差异在语言中的反映就是词的意义不对应。在不同的文化背景中的人，有时对同一事物的不同表达方式不同的内容，理解是不一样的。本文通过自然环境，风俗习惯等方面的对比研究，表中西方语言的差异。 关键词：自然环境 习俗 语言 差异 1.Introduction Language is a part of culture and plays a very important role in it. Some social scientists consider it the key-stone of culture. Without language, they maintain, culture would not be possible. On the other hand, language is infuluenced and shaped by culture; it refects culture. In the broadest sense, language is the symbolic representation of a people, and it comprises their historical and cultural backgrounds as well as their approach to life and their ways of living and thinking. Cultures differ from one another, each culture is unique. As cultures are diverse, so languages are diverse. It is only natural then that with difference in cultures and differences in languages, difficulties often arise in communicating between cultrues and across cultures. Understanding is not always easy