第页英汉语言中动物词语的联想意义OntheAssociationofAnimalWordsinEnglishandChineseContentsI.Introduction…………………………………………………………1II.TheAssociativeMeaningsofAnimalWords……………………..1A.ThesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese…………………………………………………….1B.ThesameanimalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..3C.ThedifferentanimalwordswithsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese………………………………………………………..5Oneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeaningsintheotherlanguages………………………7III.TheCausesandInfluenceoftheAssociationofAnimalWordsinCross-CulturalCommunication………………………………..8IV.Conclusion…………………………………………………………...9WorksCited…………………………………………………..………..10Abstract:Theculturalmeaningofanimalwordsreflectsthecultureofanationfromaperspective,andthedifferentculturalmeaningsofanimalwordsinEnglishandChineselanguagesreflectthesimilaritiesanddifferencesbetweenthesetwocultures.Somereasonsaccountforthisphenomena,suchasdifferentculturalbackground,differentcustoms,differentwaysofthinking,ect.So,inmypaperIwillexpoundthephenomenafromfouraspects.ThefirstisthesameanimalwordswiththesameorsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.ThesecondisthesameanimalwordswithdifferentassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.ThethirdoneisthedifferentanimalwordswithsimilarassociativemeaningsinEnglishandChinese.Thelastisoneanimalwordhasrichassociativemeaningsinonelanguagebuthasnoassociativemeaningsintheotherlanguages.Withthedevelopmentofoursociety,theglobalizationisbecominganunavoidabletendency,andhumanbeingscontactwitheachothermoreandmorefrequently.Thisexplainsthenecessitytounderstandnotonlyourownculturebutotherculturestofacilitatethecross-culturalcommunication.Moreover,theanimalwordsplayanimportantroleintheculture,soitisnecessaryforustounderstandtheassociativemeaningsofanimalwordssoasnottomakemistakes.Keywords:animalwords,associativemeanings,interculturalcommunication摘要：动物词