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Literature Review of the Study of Culture―loaded Terms 　　Abstract： This paper focuses on the study of the definition， the conceptual and associative meanings and the classification of culture-loaded terms. Key Words： culture-loaded terms； definition； meaning； classification 1. Definitions of Culture-loaded Terms Culture-loaded terms embody rich culture information and could reflect the characteristics of a culture， and different scholars have different definitions for them. Mona Baker defines them as “culture-specific”： words in one language express a concept which is probably unknown to another culture， and the concept might be either abstract or concrete， and such concepts are referred to as culture-specifics. Louis B. Salomon has given the definition as “vocabulary blanks” and “semantic unfacts” and culture-loaded terms are also referred to as “keywords” to a unique culture. Peter Newmark’s explanation of culture-loaded terms is associated with a certain language and could hardly be literally translated， and he also mentions that many cultural conventions are described in daily language， and literal translation is sure to distort the meaning. A distinguished Chinese scholar， Wang Huan， states that each language has culture-bound terms that are closely relevant to the cultural traditions of the people who speak that language， and that represent the ideas， concepts， and ways of thinking of the people and things from that unique and peculiar culture. Usually， there are no equivalent expressions in another language and culture， since such people and things do not exist in other cultures. Chinese translation scholar， Hu Wenzhong has made a distinction between culture-loaded lexemes from non-culture-loaded ones， and his gives the definition of culture-loaded terms as the lexemes which are loaded with specific national culture， and they are the direct or indirect reflection of national culture in the structure of lexemes. Lian Shuneng gives a list of 26 t