Research In Words Containing "Sheep" Morpheme

The language of a nation is the essence of its national culture, andpropels the development of a nation. In the system of Chinese characters,a large amount of vocabularies, slangs and literary words referring to“sheep”(or “yang”)can be found.What’s more,“sheep” has an indivisiblerelationship with Chinese traditional culture and plays an irreplaceablerole in all kinds of social activities from worship and totems to moraljudgments.The idea of this topic is that from the Chinese characters includingmorphemes of “sheep” and phrases and proverbs containing the Chinesecharacter “sheep”, to analyse the meanings of the phrases and therelationships between the proverbs. During the process the author appliesthe methods of analysis of cultural sign, identification of culture,investigation of culture background and cultural psychology. This paperstill analyses the main type, cultural backgrounds, cultural values,functions and the reasons of formation containing “sheep” morpheme. Thispaper makes a comprehensive discussion in three parts about those wordscontaining “sheep” morpheme and gives the readers a deep analysis of theimplied meaning of those words.Part I The Origin of Chinese Character “sheep”This part mainly taces to the origin of the Chinese character “sheep”and analyses the Chinese characters containing “sheep” morpheme. Part II Phrases Containing the Chinese Character “sheep” andthe Classification of Those PhrasesThis part mainly analyses the meanings of the phrases and proverbscontaining the Chinese character “sheep”, and the relationship betweenthem.Part III Cultural Backgrounds and Cultural Characteristics ofthe Phrases and Proverbs Containing the Chinese Character “sheep”On the basis of part I&part II, the third part makes an intensiveanalysis of the Chinese national characteristics reflected by the phrasesand proverbs referring to “sheep”, such as metaphorical thinkingcharacteristics, modesty and grace, totem, splendid philosophical ways ofthinking etc.