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ABriefAnalysisoftheCulturalDifferencesinNumbersofChineseandEnglishAThesisSubmittedtoFacultyofInternationalStudiesofHenanNormalUniversityinPartialFulfillmentoftheRequirementsfortheDegreeofBachelorofArtsByNameSupervisor：NameOnMay,2016IAcknowledgementsThistopictalksaboutthedifferencesofthenumeralculturebetweenChineseandEnglishfromtheperspectiveofnumberanalyze.TheideaforthetopicheadsfromsomebooksIreadandvariouslecturesthatmyteachersandprofessorsgiveinXinLianCollegeofHenanNormalUniversity.IaminbettotheprofessorZhaoWenjing,oneofmyteachers,whohasagreatdealofexcitingthinkinginthisfieldthathelpedshapemyview.Shehasevokedmyinterestinthenumeralculture,asaresult,Ihavecollectedmanydataaboutitduringmycollegetime.ThisthesiswouldnotcomeintobeingwithouttheencouragingguidanceandpatientandefficientsupportofprofessorZhao.Myheartedgratitudealsogoestoalltheotherteachersinmycollege,thecompletionofthisthesiswillbeacastleintheairifIdidn’tgettheirhelp.EspeciallyIshallappreciatethehelpofMaZhaoqian,theteacherwhohashelpedmeallthetime.Allofyouhavegivenmeaconstantsourceofenlightenment,encouragementandconfidence.II摘要数字是一种特殊的语言符号，不论在东方还是西方，数字都有着悠久的历史。它是语言的重要组成部分，对人类社会的发展起着重要作用。在历史发展过程中，由于种种因素的影响，人们赋予数字不同的含义，以此形成了数字文化。这种数字文化又呈现出东西方的差异，其差异不只体现在形式上，也体现于内涵上。本文以数字为切入点，对比分析了东西方部分数字本身意义及它们蕴含的文化因素的差异，然后从宗教信仰，价值取向，心理因素及历史背景和当地习俗几个角度分析了这些差异产生的原因。整篇文章分为五章：第一章解释了数字与人类文明的密切关系，让读者了解当今的数字。第二章根据东西方人们对数字的偏好列出了部分数字，并以此比较其在东西方数字文化中的差异。第三章展示了中英数字文化所蕴含的不同意义,使读者在了解数字本身含义的基础上理解数字在汉语与英文中承载的文化内涵，体会其差别。第四章从宗教信仰，价值取向，心理因素及历史背景和当地习俗几个角度分析了这些差异产生的原因，使读者不仅知道哪里不同，更明白为什么不同。第五章是基于全文的总结,并指明了解中西方数字文化差异及其原因在跨文化交流中的重要性。关键词：英汉数字；内涵意义；数字文化IIIAbstractNumeralisaspecialsymboloflanguage,whetherintheeastortheotherplaceoftheworld,ithasalonghistoryandisthenecessarypartoflanguage,numberplaysanimportantroleinthedevelopmentofhumansociety.Withthegrowthofhistory,auniquenumeralculturephenomenonhasbeenformedduetodifferentkindsoffactors,andthenumeralculturepresentsdifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglish.Thedifferencesshownotonlyinformbutalsoincontent.ThispapertalksaboutthedifferencesofnumeralcultureofChineseandEnglishfromtheperspectiveofnumberanalyze,analysescomparativelythedifferencesofthemselvesandtheirculturalfactorsinnumbersofChineseandEnglish,andfromtheperspectiveofreligiousbelief,valueorientation,psychologicalfactorsandthehistoricalbackgroundandlocalcustomsindicatesthecauseofthesedifferences.Thepapercouldbedividedintofiveparts.Thefirstpartexpoundstheintimaterelationshipbetweenhumanandnumbers,letreadersfullyunderstandnumberinnowadays.Thesecondpartlistssomenumbersaccordingtohuman’spreference,andthenusethemtocomparethedifferencesofnumeralculturebetweenChineseandEnglish.ThethirdpartshowsthedifferentmeaningthatnumberscarryinChineseandEnglish,enablereaderstounderstandthenumeralsthatcarrycultureconnotationinChineseandEnglishbasedonunderstandingthemeaningofnumbersthemselves,andthenunderstandthedifferences.Thefourthpartfromtheperspectiveofreligiousbelief,valueorientation,psychologicalfactorsandthehistoricalbackgroundandlocalcustomsindicatesthecauseofthesedifferences,sothatreaderscannotonlyknowwheretheyaredifferent,butalsounderstandwhytheyaredifferent.Thelastpartistheconclusiononthebasisofthearticle,andpointsouttheimportanceofunderstandingthenumeraldifferencesbetweenChineseandEnglishandcausesincrossculturalcommunication.KeyWords:FigureinEnglishandChinese;ImpliedMeaning;NumeralCultureIVTableofContentsAcknowledgements...........................................................................................................................I摘要.................................................................................................................................................IIAbstract...........................................................................................................................................IIITableofContents............................................................................................................................IVChapterOneIntroduction..................................................................................................................21.1ResearchBackground................................................................................................21.2MotivationsandObjectives.......................................................................................2ChapterTwoDifferentMeaningsandExpressionsofNumbersinEnglishandChinese.................32.1One................................................................................................................................32.2Two................................................................................................................................42.3Three...............................................................................................................................42.4Four...............................................................................................................................52.5Five................................................