2011•Journal of Yili Normal UniversityRequires access
The Differences of Cultural Connotation in Animal Vocabularies between Chinese and Kazakh
Cheng Shi-xun
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Abstract
A language is a mirror of a national culture.The cultural backgrounds of national characteristics,traditions,psychology,local manners and feelings,religious relief,and historical condition are bound to be reflected in the national language.Vocabularies are the most positive and active part in a language and they can grasp the essence of the difference in a national culture,and the cultural connotation of animal vocabularies is quite obvious.The paper analyses and compares with the differences of cultural connotation in animal vocabularies between Chinese and Kazakh,including their feelings and evaluation,thus,delineates cultural connotation of the two kinds of languages.