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1、.IntroductionLanguageisthecarrierandcontainerofculture,whichisinfluencedandshapedbyculture,andsimultaneouslyreflectsculture.[1]P7Beinganintegralpartoflanguagelexicon,thekinshiptermsisdeeplyembeddedincultureandalsodirectlyreflectculture.Kinshiptermsrefertoterminologieswhichtakeoneasthecentertodefin
2、iterelatives’relationshipwithoneself.[2]P79Theirmainresourcesareblood,marriageandlaw.Generally,kinshiptermsareclassifiedintofourseries:paternalside,maternalside,sideofhusbandandsideofwife.Owingtodifferentlanguagesandsocialbackgrounds,differentnationshaveproduceddifferentkinshipsystems.Itlogicallyf
3、ollowsthatvariedkinshiptermscomeintobeing.ThispapermainlyfocusesonthreedifferentcharactersbetweenEnglishkinshiptermsandChinesekinshipterms.Bycontrastivestudy,thethreedifferencesrespectivelyincomplexity,stresspointandthedistinctionofrelationshiparepresented.Bythecomparison,theculturaldifferencesbet
4、weenthemareobviouslyobserved.ⅠThecomparisonbetweenEnglishandChinesekinshipterms1.1ComplexityEnglishkinshiptermsbelongtoEskimokinterminologywithatypicalfeatureofsuccinctnessandgenerality.Onthecontrary,ChinesekinshiptermsbelongtoSudanesekinterminology,whichentailscomplexityandspecificity.[3]P145Asth
5、efollowingchartshown:EnglishChineseEnglishChinesefather父亲mother母亲husband丈夫wife妻子son儿子daughter女儿grandfather祖父，外祖父grandmother祖母，外祖母brother哥哥，弟弟sister姐姐，妹妹grandson孙子，外孙granddaughter孙女，外孙女uncle伯，叔，舅，姨夫，姑父aunt伯母，婶母，姑母，舅母，姨母nephew侄子，外甥niece侄女，外甥女father-in-law公公，岳父mother-in-law婆婆，岳母son-in-law女婿daughter-i
6、n-law儿媳brother-in-law大伯，小叔，姐夫，妹夫，内兄，内弟sister-in-law大姑，小姑，大姨，小姨，嫂子，弟媳...cousin堂哥，堂弟，表兄，表弟cousin堂姐，堂妹，表姐，表妹Inthechartabove,kinshiptermsofthreegenerationsareincluded.ThenumberofEnglishkinshiptermsis23incontrastto58Chinesekinshipterms.[4]P228Therefore,thedifferencebetweenthemisclearlyshown.Englishkins
7、hiptermsarepoorandgeneral.Thedenotationofacertainkinshiptermisnotdesignated.Forexample,theterm“sister”canmeanbotholdersisterandyoungersister.Sodoes“brother”.Moreover,expectthekinshiptermsinnuclearfamily,thereisno
