PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT19OnStructuralandCulturalDifferencesofSurnamesBetweenEnglishandChinese:LexicalPerspective论英汉姓氏结构及文化差异：词汇学角度【摘要】姓氏是人类独一无二的宝贵财富，在人们的日常生活、社会交往和政治活动中发挥了重要的作用。同时它隐含着一个民族的语言、历史、政治、经济、地理、宗教、习俗等多方面的信息，是每个民族都拥有的语言现象。本文采用对比分析、举例论证的方法，从词汇学视角研究姓氏的来源、演进及其内涵。譬如，从词源方面探究英汉姓氏的来源，从形态方面分析姓氏的构词规律，从语义方面考察英汉姓氏的语义变化过程，最终归纳出英汉姓氏所蕴含的不同文化特征和内涵意义。本文旨在通过英汉姓氏的对比研究，帮助语言学习者认识英汉姓氏的异同点，从而加深对英汉语言特征和文化内涵的了解。本研究展示了词汇学理论的应用价值，同时也体现了词汇学的实践意义。【关键词】姓氏；文化差异；词源；形态；语义[Abstract]Surnameisanintangiblebutpreciousculturalheritage,hasbeenplayinganimportantroleinhuman’sdailylife,socialandpoliticalactivities.Inthesametime,itbearscloserelationshipwithlanguage,history,politics,economy,geography,religionandcustom,etc.Itisthelinguisticphenomenonofeverynation.Usingthemethodofcomparisonandanalysis,examplesandargumentation,thispaperprobesintotheoriginsofEnglishandChinesesurnamesandunveilsthemorphologicalrulesoftheirformation.Asfarasthesemanticaspectisconcerned,thegeneralizationofsurnamesisdiscussedinthepapers.Lastbutnotleast,theculturalconnotationandsignificanceofEnglishandChinesesurnamesareelaboratedonthebasisoftherelationshipbetweenlanguageandculture.ThisthesisaimstoacquaintlanguagelearnerswithsimilaritiesanddifferencesofEnglishandChinesesurnamesinthesenseoflexicology,andtodeepentheirunderstandingoflinguisticcharacteristicsandculturalconnotationofthetwolanguagesystems.Meanwhile,thestudyissupposedtodemonstratetheappliedvalueoflexicologytheoriesandembodytheirsignificanceinpractice.[KeyWords]surnames;culturaldifferences;etymology;morphology;semanticsI.IntroductionSurnameisregardedasapreciousheritage,whichreflectsvariousaspectsofhumandevelopment.Thereisaconstantpopularfascinationwithsurnames-whattheymean,whentheyoriginated,andwheretheycamefrom.Theacademiaathomeandabroadcontinuouslyseesmanymeaningfulresultsofallkindsofresearchconcerningsurnames.Inforeign,ADictionaryofEnglishSurnamesisaclassicworkwrotebyP.H.ReaneyandR.M.Wilson(1997).Thedictionaryprovidesnotonlymeaningsofover16,000Englishsur