语言与民族文化心理探析

在英语中与狗有关的词汇、习语多带褒义，或以“狗”直接指代“人”，而与之相反，在汉语中有关“狗”的词语多带贬义。这是因为语言是文化的载体，语言同文化一样具有民族性，每种语言中都有相当数量的词语蕴涵着本民族的文化心理。因此我们不能只了解词语的概念意义，更要了解词语深层所蕴涵的民族文化心理，注意某些词汇在语义和感情色彩上的变化，否则会造成跨文化交际的障碍。

Analysis of Language and National Cultural Mentality

Western people always think of the dog as the faithful friend. So, most of the English idioms with dog are commendatory. On the contrary, in China a dog is the symbol of a minion. Consequently, most of the Chinese idioms with dog are derogatory. Language, a carrier of a culture, reflects the cultural and mental quality of a nation in which the language is used. As a result, we should know not only the conceptual meaning of the words, but the semantic and stylistic meanings that are closely related to the culture and mentality of a nation. Only by this can we avoid making mistakes in cross-culture communication.