On the Chinese and Western Superstition Differences in Superstition-related Numbers and Festivals between Chinese and English 从英汉数字和迷信节日看中西方的迷信思想差异 内容摘要 迷信是人类文化的一部分，它起源于人类出现的第一天。尽管科学和技术在发展，迷信思想仍然存在。迷信思想存在于人类生活的方方面面中，并在很大程度上影响着人们的行为。迷信作为一种文化现象，因国家和民族的不同而不同。随着世界各国交流日趋频繁，了解世界各国的迷信思想文化的差异显得尤为重要。中西方国家在数字和节日方面存在一些迷信思想差异，文化，宗教，心理等因素的不同是其差异的主要原因。因此，探究中西方数字与节日的迷信思想差异及其成因成为本文的主旨。 关键字：迷信；差异；迷信数字；迷信节日 Abstract Superstition‚ as one part of human culture‚ dates from the first day when human
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Meursault uses euphemism for his own advantage as he thinks about his execution in this line‚“‘Well‚ so I’m going to die.’ Sooner than other people will‚ obviously. But everybody knows life isn’t worth living.” (Meursault‚ 114). This makes the audience have a sense of frightening
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are hundreds of languages among the countries. Chinese is spoken by the largest population; however‚ English is one of the most popular languages around the world. What are the secrets to learning Chinese and English? This paper is going to discuss the differences and similarities between learning Chinese and English. Firstly‚ knowing the differences between Chinese and English of basic grammar knowledge can help you to study. Unlike Chinese‚ English has different tenses‚ for instance‚ past‚ present
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From Chinese English‚ Chinglish to Standard English The modern English trends to globalization and also manifests localization. Chinese English and Chinglish are two different kinds of linguistic expressions and of Chinese characteristics. Chinese English is a variety of English and Chinglish is a transitional language before English learners know English well. Finally‚ they trend to the same and blend in Standard English. 1. Chinese English It is commonly believed that Chinese English is
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PAPER :CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS Introduction: Contrastive Linguistics‚ roughly defined as a subdiscipline of linguistics which is concerned with the comparison of two or more (subsystems of) languages‚ has long been associated primarily with language teaching. Apart from this applied aspect‚ however‚ it also has a strong theoretical purpose‚ contributing to our understanding of language typology and language universals. The study of two languages in contrast‚ here called contrastive analysis‚ has
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ability to choose anything on their own nor any feelings. Throughout this image‚ several euphemisms are used. In order to undermine the significance of the events‚ cover up the bad things and prevent the community to have any feelings. We can analyse these euphemisms in two groups ways: the euphemisms used for the community and their lives and the euphemisms used for the feelings. The first group of euphemisms
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A Contrastive Linguistic Analysis of Inflectional Bound Morphemes of English‚ Azerbaijani and Persian Languages: A Comparative Study Bahram Kazemian1 & Somayyeh Hashemi2 Abstract This study aims at contrasting and comparing inflectional bound morphemes of English‚ Azerbaijani and Persian languages in details to pinpoint any similarities and differences between them. To do so‚ an inventory of Azerbaijani‚ Persian and English inflections with examples and illustrations are listed to highlight
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Passage Analysis Analysing the passage on page 179: Nonsense The passage which is going to be analysed is from A concise Chinese-English dictionary for lovers by Xiaolu Guo. The main character of the book is Z. Z is a young Chinese woman who is sent to England by her parents‚ to take English classes. By sending Z to London‚ her poor parents hoped to give their daughter a better future than that they had. While Z is in London‚ she’s very lonely and experiences a culture shock. After a while of
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Euphemisms Euphemisms are everywhere in today’s society. They are a daily accessory used in today’s language and are such a normalcy that one does not notice them as strange. For hundreds of years people have used language to persuade people or even nations. With the more advanced society gets so does the language and thus this persuasion gets even more convincing. Many novels show examples of euphemisms. Among those novels includes 1984 by George Orwell. Euphemisms can range from being used in
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Term Paper Application of Euphemism: Reflection of Cultures Introduction Euphemism is “example of the use of pleasant‚ mild or indirect words‚ or phrases in place of more accurate or direct ones” (Oxford for Advanced Learner’s English-Chinese dictionary page 491). It is also defined as “a kind of expressing method which aims at making people feel less embarrassed by using some words with vague and ambiguous meaning instead of those which may make people feel unpleasant and not respected” in Dictionary
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