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Elegiac Couplet Language Characteristics&Chinese Traditional Culture

Posted on:2014-02-10Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Y N ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2255330422457032Subject:Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
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Elegiac couplet, as an important branch of couplet, is a special Chineselanguage form, is the important tool of people to show their grief emotion expression,which embodies the deep thoughts and feelings of the people carrying the Hannationality and profound cultural background. In a period of time, it reflects theinheritance the traditional culture of folk custom, at the same time also to record thechange of the social, has certain social functions, is an important part of Chinesetraditional culture and the typical representative. All previous dynasties scholars,however, relatively few studies of elegiac couplet, in addition to their collection, moreresearch is only limited to the analysis of celebrity famous creation background,allusions and creative features, few systematic research monographs.As one of the branch of linguistics, cultural linguistics is the study of language inthe grand background of human culture with the close relationship of human culture.Language is no longer a simple symbol, but the carrying of human culture, reflects thenational heritage. Elegiac couplet, as one of the branches, often used for mourning thedead, and brings the living, has distinct social and era characteristic, its creation notonly embodies the Chinese unique language features, more under the influence ofConfucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and other traditional thought, at the same time fromthe traditional Chinese funeral culture folk customs such as inseparable.This article mainly from the perspective of cultural linguistics, the elegiaccouplet is regarded as a special language symbols, on the basis of summarizing theelegiac couplet language characteristics, further explore its deeper connection withculture, so as to enable people to be able to meet the special cultural style, foundbehind the elegiac couplet of rich cultural connotation, and makes the elegiac coupletmourn the Chinese traditional custom inheritance, thus protecting the traditionalculture is disappearing.
Keywords/Search Tags:elegiac couplet, the language characteristics of elegiac couplet, Chinese traditional culture, the disappearance of the elegiac couplet and protection
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