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A Multi-Dimensional Comparative Study of English and Chinese Names from a Contrastive Linguistics Perspective

Author: CaoRunYu
Tutor: LiWenLiang
School: Hebei University
Course: English Language and Literature
Keywords: Surname Name English - Chinese Comparative Study Cultural similarities and differences
CLC: H313
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2009
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Abstract


Contrastive linguistics structuralist theoretical framework, emphasis on the comparison of language structure, but they ignore the language is the carrier of culture, separates the relationship between thinking and language. The founder of Colorado proposed the concept of \The early 1980s, the language of cross-cultural comparison study in China has been developing rapidly. Which said that the emergence of multi-dimensional contrast the relationship between the study of language and culture leads to a deeper level. It considers cross-cultural comparison of the three sides should include three distinct but interrelated, language structure contrast, awareness of thinking contrast and cultural psychology contrast. The main features of this paper is to use the concept of multi-dimensional contrast contrastive linguistics, comparative study of Chinese and English Names. Name research is a branch of linguistics, in the early stages of the study, the researchers mainly use it as a purely linguistic phenomenon to study the scope of the study, the study intends to break through the traditional limitations, the use of multi-dimensional way of contrast from Linguistics extended to the social, psychological, historical, literary, cultural, religious and other aspects. The main research content is the English name and the Chinese name of the similarities and differences. First, clear the exact meaning of \Secondly, the paper at length from various angles on the English and Chinese names of comparison: The structure of language differences, English name, surname, Chinese surname in the structural features in the former Western individualism and Eastern collectivism values; (2) the history of the evolution of the difference, the the English first known history, surname, while English is the first surname, followed by a name, this is because the main use of the Western name in order to distinguish the individual, when there is too heavy Name phenomenon later did it increase the part of the surname; Oriental gives more social significance of the name, by the name of the person you want to pass out of his family background. (3) compare the name of the source, found surprisingly similar at this point, many of which are directly derived from the natural environment of the people's lives. (4) to explore the clever use of the name has a special meaning in literature. (5) from a cultural perspective explains the name reflects the social and psychological. (6) gender discrimination, whether in the West or in the East, the name of a person there is discrimination against women.

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