An Empirical Study on the Concept of“Honesty and Integrity”between Chinese and Westerners  

作　　者：简耀[1] JIAN Yao(Jiangsu Maritime Institute,Economy and Management Department,Nanjing 211170,China)

机构地区：[1]江苏海事职业技术学院

出　　处：《海外英语》2018年第18期188-190,共3页Overseas English

摘　　要：Language and culture have been mutually dependent through their history. The moral principle—honesty and integrity isone of the most significant categories of human's culture.The author does a literary review of the relationship between language andculture. Then she makes an analysis of an empirical study on Chinese and Western concepts of"honesty and integrity".In light ofthe empirical study, the author has found that Chinese mainly come into contact with the idea of"honesty and integrity"from theirparents, while the Westerners learn this concept mostly from school education.Language and culture have been mutually dependent through their history. The moral principle—honesty and integrity is one of the most significant categories of human’s culture.The author does a literary review of the relationship between language and culture. Then she makes an analysis of an empirical study on Chinese and Western concepts of“honesty and integrity”.In light of the empirical study, the author has found that Chinese mainly come into contact with the idea of“honesty and integrity”from their parents, while the Westerners learn this concept mostly from school education.

关 键 词：HONESTY and INTEGRITY empirical STUDY CONCEPT 

分 类 号：I106[文学—世界文学]