A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Animal-metaphor Idioms--A Sociolinguistic Perspective

摘要：

The relationship between human beings and animals is very close, which can be traced back to ancient times.It is not surprising that there are a lot of words and expressions about animals in every language, including English and Chinese.The idiom, as one of the important and refined component parts of language, is also of such kind. This paper attempts to make a comparative study of similarities and differences between English and Chinese animal-metaphor idioms. Based on Lounsburys Prototype, the author suggests the Prototype in animal metaphor to illustrate the reasons for similarities and differences between English and Chinese animal-metaphor idioms from a sociolinguistic perspective.

关键词： English and Chinese idioms animal metaphors sociolinguistic perspective Prototype social factors

作者: Zhang LuLu

作者单位: School of Foreign Languages,Shandong University of Technology,Zibo City,Shandong,China 255049

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 2011 3rd International Conference on Education Technology and Computer(2011第三届教育技术与计算机国际会议 ICETC2011)

会议地点: 成都

会议语种:英文

页码: 1040-1044

在线出版日期: 2011-07-15（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）