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Chinese and English Kinship TermsThesis statement：This paper is intended to make a comparison between Chinese and English kinship systems to see their differences and similarities, and a tentative explanation is given to the differences of these two systems fromthe aspect of culture as to illustrate the communicative functions they play in their own society．Outline： 1. Introduction 2. Comparison between Chinese and English kinship terms2. 1 Similarities 2. 2 Differences 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and English kinship terms 3. 1 Cultural connotation of Chinese kinship terms3. 1. 1The background of Chinese economy and society3. 1. 2 The family relationship based on marrige and blood 3. 2 Cultural connotation of English kinship terms 3. 2. 1 The development of Western culture 3. 2. 2 The character of British people 3. 2. 3 The structure of Western family 4. Conclusion Works citedChinese and English Kinship Terms1.Introduction: When it comes to the language. People can’t help thinking of the culture. Similarly, when it comes tothe culture. People will connect it with language.There are many different versions about the definition of language all the time. Now the Chinese language academic circles widely believe that language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used for human communication. Concept of culture is very widescope. The entire human civilization includes food, architecture, art, religion, customs, ideas andlanguage etcthat belong to the category of culture.In this paper, Id like to make a comparison between Chinese and English kinship systems to see their differences and similarities, and then Ill try to give a tentative explanation to the differences of these two systems from the aspect of culture．From the comparison, maybe we can know the communicative functions they play in their own society.2. Comparison between Chinese and English kinship termsAs we know, since t