An Analysis of Value Differences in English and Chinese Idioms from the Perspective of Intercultural Communication  

作　　者：范金玲[1] 杨雁[1] 邹皎[1] 

机构地区：[1]重庆理工大学外国语学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2018年第4期218-220,共3页Overseas English

基　　金：重庆理工大学高等教育教学改革研究项目,项目名称:大学生跨文化能力培养与大学英语拓展课程改革(项目编号:2016YB35)

摘　　要：Idioms are the essence and gems of human wisdom and an important carrier of national culture. As a special form of language, they play an important role in intercultural communication. Due to the uniqueness of each culture, English and Chinese idioms are different in many aspects, values included. The present paper attempts to analyze the different values in English and Chinese idioms from three aspects: dependence vs independence, past-time orientation vs future-time orientation, and harmony vs competition. And the authors hope that it will be of some practical significance in people's intercultural communication.Idioms are the essence and gems of human wisdom and an important carrier of national culture. As a special form of language, they play an important role in intercultural communication. Due to the uniqueness of each culture, English and Chinese idioms are different in many aspects, values included. The present paper attempts to analyze the different values in English and Chinese idioms from three aspects： dependence vs independence, past-time orientation vs future-time orientation, and harmony vs competition. And the authors hope that it will be of some practical significance in people＇s intercultural communication.

关 键 词：English and Chinese idioms value differences time orientation intercultural communication 

分 类 号：H0[语言文字—语言学]