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sp;“ai  gang  jing  ye  (爱岗敬业)”,  while others depend on their sources to be comprehended, such as “wo xin chang dan (卧薪尝胆)” and “shou zhu dai tu (守株待兔)”. Besides, in the Baidu encyclopedia, idioms are  defined  as  fixed  phrases  in  Chinese  conventionally  used  for  a  long  time,  which grammatically function as words but have richer meanings than words. Idioms are full of  cultural  connotations  and  often  accompany  with  emotional  meanings  including commendatory,  derogatory,  and  neutral  sense.
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Chapter Three   Theoretical Framework ......... 11 
3.1 Tenets of Cognitive Linguistics .......... 11 
3.2 Theoretical Modelling ..... 12 
3.3 Necessity and Feasibility of CECM .... 18 
3.4 Summary ..... 20 
Chapter Four   Analysis and Discussion ......... 21 
4.1 Data Description ............. 21 
4.2 Classifications of Chinese Zodiac Idioms..... 21 
4.3 Data Analysis ........ 23 
4.4 General Discussion ......... 46 
Chapter Five   Conclusion........... 56 
5.1 Main Findings and Significance ......... 56 
5.2 Limitations and Suggestions ..... 57 

Chapter Four   Analysis and Discussion  

4.1 Data Description  

Based  on  Xin  Shi  Ji  Han  Yu  Cheng  Yu  Ci  Dian  (2006),  there  are  496  Chinese zodiac  idioms  with  four  characters.  The  idioms  collected  from  this  dictionary  must meet one of the following conditions. Firstly, the idioms must directly contain zodiac animals whose meaning have to related to the animals themselves. For example, “xu yu  wei  yi( 虚与委蛇 )”  literally  contains  the  zodiac  animal  “snake”,  but  it  is pronounced as “yi” not “she” in Chinese, which has nothing to do with the meaning of “snake”,  so  it  was  ruled  out.  Secondly,  some  idioms  do  not  contain  zodiac  animals directly but their meaning are the same as these animals, so they are also included in the data, such as “sang jia zhi quan (丧家之犬)”, of which the meaning of “quan” is equal to “dog”. According to Cognitive Grammar by John Taylor (2002), “all words designate an entity”.  Here  “entity”  refers  to  anything  that  can  be  conceptualized  or  conceived  of, whether  this  is  a  thing  ,  a  relation,  a  state  of  affairs,  an  event,  or  whatever.  Taylor divided entity into two categories: things and relations, in accordance with the Being and Action respectively in CECM. Now that things and relations belong to conceptual level, which is also true for Being and Action in CECM. 

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Conclusion

Based on ECM proposed by Wang Yin (2006) and the theory of cultural model, a modified theory of ECM, namely Culture-based ECM was constructed to explore the cognitive &nbs本论文由英语论文网提供整理，提供论文代写，英语论文代写，代写论文，代写英语论文，代写留学生论文，代写英文论文，留学生论文代写相关核心关键词搜索。