英汉姓名文化的对比研究_英语论文

A Comparative Study of English and Chinese Name Culture

摘要

在现今我们所生活的地球村里，处于不同文化背景的人们彼此交往的机会日益增多。然而，在相互交往的过程中，有些方面值得引起注意，不容忽视。比如，交往的第一步——问候姓名。姓名是人类社会中最简单且最为直接地用来区分一个人与其他人的符号。随着社会的发展演变，姓名不仅具备了区别功能的实用性作用，而且寄托了人们的各种思想情感和愿望，成为了历史和文化的载体。本文从文化的层面对汉英姓名的异同做了对比研究，还涉及了文化心理属性的对比。最后，作者做了总结，表明该论文的重要性和实用性。这项研究有助于我们进一步了解英语民族及其内在文化，有助于跨文化交际的顺利进行。 

关键词：文化对比；汉英姓名；相似与差异

Abstract

In today’s global village, there are more and more opportunities for people from different cultural backgrounds to communicate with each other. In their communication, however, there are some things that should not be ignored. For example, the first step to communicate-asking for names. Names are the simplest and the most direct symbol to distinguish one person from others. With the development of society, names not only have the practical function of distinction, but also express many kinds of feelings and wishes of people, and become the carrier of history and culture. The thesis makes a comparative study on the similarities and differences in Chinese and English personal names from cultural perspective. And cultural psychological attributes is also involved. In the end, the author draws a conclusion showing the significance and practical applicability of the thesis. The study helps us have a better understanding of English people and their culture, thus the intercultural communication can be more effective.

Keywords:  cultural comparison  Chinese and English names  similarities and differences