英汉词汇中表动植物名词的文化负荷

词汇是语言最基本的要素 ,也是文化负荷量最大的成分。作者对龙、狗、竹、柳树等表动物、植物名词的文化负荷进行了对比分析。表动物、植物名词能揭示出其赖以生存的文化的内涵。民俗、地理等对表动物、植物名词的影响较大 ,赋予了动物、植物名词不同的联想意义 ,联想意义的多寡决定了该词的文化负荷量。动植物名词的文化负荷具有层次性

On the Culture Load of Animal Nouns and Plant Nouns in English and Chinese

Words are the most basic elements of a language and the ingredients with the largest culture load. The author compares the culture load of such animal and plant nouns as dragon, dog, bamboo, willow, etc in English and Chinese. Animal nouns and plant nouns can reflect the connotations of the culture on which they are based. Folk customs and geography influence the animal and plant nouns greatly and endow these words with different associative meanings, the amount of which decides the culture load of the words. The culture load of animal nouns and plant nouns has the characteristic of scales.