The Comparative Analysis of Cultural Aspect in the Idioms of Zodiac Animals in Indonesian and Chinese Language

Waru, Dian Sari Unga; Marsuki, Ria Riski; Saleh, Firman

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“…Although Chinese people figure out a number of methods for rodents control, their hatred for rats is ineradicable. Therefore, in Chinese culture, rats are frequently described as the symbol of dirtiness [7]. From the perspective of metaphor, rats are usually personified as timid people [1].…”

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“…Xu and Sharifian conducted a semi-structured interview and analyzed the 12 zodiac animal words in Chinese and how it is used in English [6]. Waru et al also analyze the cultural connotations of different zodiac animals respectively and the idioms involving them which do not exist in English [7]. However, these two studies provide a good example of the idioms and cultural connotations of "rat" in Chinese.…”

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A Comparative Study of Different Cultural Connotations of the Word “Rat” in Chinese and English Online Language

Liu¹

2022

Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

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Rat is a kind of animal that is familiar among humans, but due to the behaviors of stealing food and spreading disease, the cultural connotation and animal metaphors have become negative in almost traditional cultures. In the metaphor area, here are many comparative studies about animal metaphors of different animals in Chinese and English. Recently, new animal metaphors about "rat" in online language are also widely used, but there were scant studies about the new online animal metaphors. Moreover, there is no study that only focuses on animal metaphors about "rat," which is a research gap. This comparative study focuses on the difficulties for foreigners to acquire new online animal metaphors about "rat" and their cultural connotations in Chinese and English, along with the differences between traditional animal metaphors and new online ones. To find out the results, two new animal metaphors "Shu Ren" and "Jie Dui Zi" in Chinese and two new ones "Internet rat" and "RAT" in English are investigated. During the analysis, the origins and cultural connotations of these new online animal metaphors are found respectively and compared. The results show that new animal metaphors can be used as self-mockery instead of only describing others, and they appear due to the recent social phenomena. Moreover, the four factors of the difficulties for foreigners to acquire new online animal metaphors and their cultural connotations are society, politics, convention and language. Furthermore, this study can contribute to the area of metaphor for arising people's awareness of metaphor knowledge in animals, especially rats.

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A Comparative Study of Different Cultural Connotations of the Word “Rat” in Chinese and English Online Language

Liu¹

2022

Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)

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“…Similar studies have been conducted previously [4] [5] with different research scopes. Waru et al [5] focused on the cultural aspects of idioms containing zodiac animals in Indonesian and Chinese. The animals compared are the 12 zodiac animals, Rat 老鼠, Ox 牛, Tiger 老虎, Rabbit 兔子, Dragon 龙, Snake 蛇, Horse 马, Goat 羊, Monkey 猴子, Chicken 鸡, Dog 狗, and Pig 猪.…”

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Connotative Meaning in Animal Words Between Chinese and Indonesian Expressions: A Comparative Analysis

Widyaningsih,

Hongxia,

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Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference Entitled Language, Literary, and Cultural Studies, ICON LATERALS 2022, 05–06 No

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In intercultural communication, speakers sometimes experience misunderstandings because of the use of several expressions that contain different connotative meanings. One of the examples is the use of animal words. To minimize communication misunderstandings, conducting comparative analysis research on this topic is needed. The purpose of this research is to compare the connotation meanings of animal word expression in Bahasa Indonesia and Chinese. This research used a qualitative reseach with a comparative analysis approach. The results showed that there are some differences found in the use of certain words, such as the words such as 牛 niú 'buffalo' 羊 yang 'sheep', and 猪 zhū 'pig'; and some have similar connotative meanings, such as 鸡 jī 'chicken', 鸭 yā 'duck', 鳄鱼 èyú 'crocodile', and 狗 gǒu 'dog'.

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The Comparative Analysis of Cultural Aspect in the Idioms of Zodiac Animals in Indonesian and Chinese Language

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A Comparative Study of Different Cultural Connotations of the Word “Rat” in Chinese and English Online Language

A Comparative Study of Different Cultural Connotations of the Word “Rat” in Chinese and English Online Language

Connotative Meaning in Animal Words Between Chinese and Indonesian Expressions: A Comparative Analysis

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