临沂大学外国语学院本科毕业论文PAGE\*MERGEFORMATiiiAcknowledgementsIamdeeplyindebtedtoJiangZhaozi,mysupervisor,whonotonlyhasgivenmeconstantandvaluableadviceduringmywritingofthisthesis,butalsohasgoneovermydraftsmeticulouslyandofferedcriticalcommentsonthem.Withouthishelp,thethesiscouldneverhavereacheditspresentform.Mysinceregratitudealsogoestomyteacherswhohavegivenmelecturesandhelp,whichareindispensabletothecompletionofthisthesis.Igivemyheartythankstomyclassmateswhohaveofferedhelpandsuggestionsintheprocessofwritingthisthesis.Finally,Iwouldliketothankthosecriticsandwriterswhoseessaysandworkshaveprovidedvaluableinformationconcerningthesubjectofmythesis.AbstractProverbisatraditionalproductofculturesindifferentcountries,whichcancreateunexpectedeffectincommunication.Withtherapiddevelopmentoflinguisticstudy,increasinglynumbersofscholarsbegintofocusonthespecialfieldsuchasanimalinordertogetbetterresearchonhumanlanguage.Dog,oneofthemostfavoriteanimalsallovertheworldistheintimatepetorfriendofhumanbeingsandproducesuniquecultureespeciallyonproverbs.Butproverbsaboutdogsfromdifferentcountriesusuallyconveyvariousinformationandconnotation.Therefore,thisthesisistryingtomakeacomparativestudyofEnglishandChineseproverbsaboutdogsincludingthedifferentmeaningsoftheproverbs,somesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthetwokindsofproverbsandthereasons.FrommystudyIfindthatthedifferenceisnotsomuch.Chineseproverbscontainingdogslaystressontheloyaltytohishost.ButEnglishproverbscontainingdogsemphasizeonthefriendship.TheauthorthinksthatChineseproverbscontainingdogslaystressontheloyaltytotheirhostbecauseoftheinequalitystatusofChinesesociety.Englishproverbscontainingdogsregarddogsasfriendsbecausetheyemphasizeontheconceptofequalityanddemocracy.Keywords:dogs;proverbs;comparativestudy摘要谚语是不同国家的一种传统文化产物，在交际中能够产生意想不到的效果。随着语言学研究的迅速发展，大量学者开始放眼于特殊领域的研究，比如动物，以求可以更好的进行人类的调查研究。狗作为全世界最受宠爱的动物，是人类亲密的宠物或者说是朋友，尤其在谚语方面产生了独特的文化。但是来自不同国家的关于狗的谚语通常传达多样化的信息和内涵。因此，这篇文章致力于比较研究英汉语言中关于狗的谚语，包括：此类谚语的不同