英汉俗语对比研究

Comparison on the Chinese and English colloquialisms

By

Zhang Huantao

Under the supervision of

Zhang Yihong

A THESIS

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requiements

For the degree of

BACHELOR OF ART

In English Translation

College of Foreign Languages

Shaanxi Normal University

May, 2001

Acknowledgement

Here and now, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all those who have helped me to make this thesis possible and better.

Firstly, I would like to show my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Zhang Yihong, who have checked through my thesis with patience and given me instructive suggestions, and he also played an important role in indicating a bright road in my future writing . Without his enlightening instruction , impressive kindness and patience, I could not have completed my thesis. His keen and vigorous academic obervation enlightens me not onlyin this thesis but also in my future study.

Then thanks to the teachers and professors who have taught me over the past three years of study. You all taught me the academic knowledge responsibly and provided advanced equipment generously for my development in college which will further impress me in my future study, either.

Finally, I am very grateful to my lovely friends and classmates who have offered me quiet situation to compose me thesis and discussed with me about my thesis. They constantly encouraged me when I felt frustrated with this dessertation.

Abstract

Created by laboring people, colloquialisms are widely used in our social communication. It is accepted by both Chinese and English speaking people that using colloquialisms in our daily life is a good way to express our feeling. Chinese people have Chinese colloquialisms. While so do English people. It is easy to understand our own colloquialisms. But we will be frustrated when a British is speaking his own country’s colloquialisms. However, we can not just translate word by word, or the British will be bewildered. And maybe, this is the glamour for both Chinese and English colloqualisms. Sometimes we can judge the Chinese speaking level of a foreigner by talking to him with Chinese colloquialisms.

Just like Zhang Peiji, a very famous Chinese linguist indicating, colloquialisms are usually short but persuasive and they are indispensable for our essential language. As an English learner, we must find out the difference between Chinese colloquialisms and English colloquialisms in order to understand and use them.

摘要

俗语，是由劳动人民创造的，并在社会交往中被广泛使用。无论对于我们中国人还是讲英语国家的人来说，俗语都是一种能够很好表达我们思想和情感的语言。中国有中国的俗语，讲英语的国家自然也有他们的俗语。作为一个中国人，我们很容易就能明白我们自己国家的俗语。但是当我们和外国人交流，一旦遇到俗语，估计我们都会一脸茫然，不知道这位外国友人在讲些什么。如果你宁要按字面翻译的话，肯定会要闹出笑话的。或者，这就是俗语的魅力。有时，我们能够通过和一个外国人讲话判断出他的汉语水平。

就像我们国家著名的语言学家张培基说的那样，俗语虽然胆小精悍，但却很具有说服力，而且俗语是汉语不可或缺的精华部分。作为一个英语学习者，为了能够更好的明白和使用英语俗语，我们必须弄清楚汉语俗语和英语俗语的区别。

Tables of Content

Acknowledgement……………………………………………………. Abstract……………………………………………………………….. 摘要…………………………………………………………………… Tables of Content……………………………………………………… I. Introduction………………………………………………………….. II. The comparison on the Chinese and English colloquialisms……….

A. The difference between colloquialisms and idoms……………….

1. The demarcation……………..……………………………………

2. The concept……………………………………………………….

B. The character of colloquialisms……………………………………

1. Rhetorical devices………………………………………………….

2. Structure ……………………………………………………………

3. Historical origin …………………………………………………….

4. Poets and literary men ……………………………………………...

C. Means of expression in English and Chinese colloquialisms……….

D. The comparison in stylistic feature and rhetoric characteristics of Chinese and English colloquialisms………………………………..

1. The manifestation of the two language…………………………… a.Rhymes………………………………………………………….. b.Tones…………………………………………………………….

2. The semantics of the two language………………………………

3. The style of the two language…………………………………… E. The comparison of Cultural Connotation in Chinese and English colloquialisms………………………………………………………..........

1.Different thinking in east and west…………………………………

2.The different ideology in east and west………………………………. a. Different ideology…………………………………………………. b. Different world outlook…………………………………………… c. Different values……………………………………………………. d. Ethics and Professional standard…………………………………… F. The comparison on cultural tradition in east and west………………

1. Society condition、history facts and communication model…………

2. Social communication model………………………………………

3. Peculiar culture classics………………………………………………

4. Life style and ethnic customs……………………………………….. III. Two-part allegorical sayings………………………………………….

A. The pure moral type………………………………………………….

B. The composite pun type…………………………………………….. a. Semantic pun……………………………………………………….. b. Speech pun………… …… 此处隐藏：12439字，全部文档内容请下载后查看。喜欢就下载吧 ……