【英语习语初探】张春波.pdf

MASTERSTHESIS LINGUISTIC,CULTURALANALYSES OFENGLISHIDIOMS Major:EnglishLanguage and Literature Author:Zhang Chun-bo Advisor:Prof.ZhaoWen-xue College of Foreign Languages Jilin University Iune,1997.
Definitions of Culture4 RelationshipbetweenIdioms and Culture4 IdiomsandHistory4 IdiomsandArt4 Idioms and Economy4 IdiomsRelatedtoIndustry4 IdiomsRelated toAgriculture4 IdiomsRelated toBusinessandFinance4.
Introduction Althoughlanguage is one of themajormeans of human communication,it is far from enough for us to master pro- nunciation,grammar andvocabulary.Thisismainlybecause in addition to its internal rules,language has its external,so cial and cultural variations. 