Title: A Cultural Contrast of English and Chinese Words in Terms of Metaphors
Abstract:This paper makes a cultural contrast of English and Chinese words in terms of metaphors.Basic theories of metaphors are introduced in the first part.Facilitating role of metaphor in cross-cultural com...This paper makes a cultural contrast of English and Chinese words in terms of metaphors.Basic theories of metaphors are introduced in the first part.Facilitating role of metaphor in cross-cultural communication is discussed in the second, and the similarities and differences between English and Chinese words in terms of metaphors are explained in the third one.Finally,it concludes that one should not only know the literal meaning of metaphors but also the cultural background of the language as well as the cultural sense of metaphors during cross–cultural communication.Read More
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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