Language Cultural Specificity of the Language Units “Cat” and “Dog” in English and Chinese Languages

The article deals with the national and cultural features of zoonyms “cat” and “dog” in English and Chinese languages. The authors point out zoonyms’ main characteristics and their national cultural originality. Zoonyms represent the special features of national linguistic world view and values in t...

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Main Authors: Jerom Baghana, Elena Sergeevna Iakovleva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2016-12-01
Series:Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/linguistics/article/view/14708