Cultural differences in Chiese and English names英语论文.doc

Cultural differences in Chinese and English names Key words in English; name; cultural differences; speaking English-speaking countries; Name is a symbol, it is the difference between the community people to sign. Each of us from birth, you get a name, since then, the name will be accompanied with our life and death, woe, and some people use the name to express a wish, some people give it some kind of spirit, some people use the name of a symbol kinds of things. Therefore, the name certainly marked a profound cultural imprint. All times, due to different cultural, historical, religious, linguistic, geographical and other factors, the Sino-British names have similarities, but also has significant differences, the names of the two cultures are compared, interesting people food for thought. First, in the British name in the form of difference Chinese name, last name first, name; English country name, first name, last name in the post. For example, the Chinese name: Wang Jian (surname + name); English name: LindaJones (name + last name, Linda ? Jones). In fact, the reasons for this difference has its nature; in China, the surname name of the origin of the generation before; in the United Kingdom is the name of the generation before last name. Second, Chinas last name and last name in the English-speaking countries meaning, origin, source, etc. more (A) the name of the word meaning in two languages Xu Shen, Shuo Wen Jie Zi contains: name, people being born. ? ? from women, from birth. 〔1〕 can be seen, surname with women childbirth origin, the descendants of the same mothers have the same surname. It is said that in China, started from the Fu Xi is a family name, other marriages. At that time, a tribal family name or tag number, represent Mushi origin, it is the family system, the title logo. For example, the Yao, Shun and Yu,. From ancient times, tribal or people to name as the hallmark symbol, no name at this time. Last name meaning in English, English name as su