浅析英美姓氏起源与文化内涵毕业论文

1、 .PAGE24 / NUMPAGES30 .毕业论文（设计）Title:An Analysis the Origin of American and British Surnames and its Cultural Connotations题 目:浅析英美姓氏起源与文化涵学生 雪云 学 号 BC09110521 指导教师 董志友 讲师年 级 2009级英本五班专 业 英语系 别 外国语言文学系外国语学院本科生毕业论文（设计）任务书学号专业班级毕业论文（设计）题目：毕业论文（设计）的立题依据主要容与要求进度安排 10月 20日 选题10月 20日 10月 30 日 接受指导老师的指导1 月

2、6 日 1月 20 日 拟定论文大纲1 月 21 日 2月 28 日 搜集、查阅、整理相关资料 3 月 1 日 3月 20 日 论文开题3 月 21日 4月 20 日 初稿审定4 月 21日 4月 30 日 第一次修改5月 1 日 5月 15 日 第一次审定5月 15日 5月 30 日 第二次修改5 月 30 日 6月 5 日 定 稿6月 5 日 6月 15 日 论文评阅小组评审论文（设计）6 月 10日 毕业论文（设计）答辩学生签字：指导教师签字：年 月 日摘要姓氏是一种文化现象。英语姓氏体现了英语民族的文化，同时反映了英语名族的社会生活。英语姓氏来源很广，含义也很丰富，本文从以下几点进行了

3、阐述：（1）英美姓氏的构成形式与含义；（2）英美姓氏的来源，主要从以下几个方面进行论述: 血液、地名、职业、与个人自身相关、动植物、圣经、昵称绰号；（3）英美姓氏的文化涵，主要从以下几个方面进行论述：信仰、民族风情、思维方式、历史风貌、社会变迁、身份地位、自然崇拜。通过对以上几个方面的深入探讨，分析了英美姓氏的起源与文化涵，了解了其中的文化蕴含，有助于我们更深刻的理解西方文化和学习语言，进而提高语言运用能力。关键词：英美姓氏；文化涵；来源AbstractSurname is a cultural phenomenon. English surnames reflect the national

4、 culture, and reflects the social life of English nations at the same time. The source of the English surname is very wide. Its meaning is also very rich, thistext is better described from the following points: (1) Constitute forms of American and British surnames; (2) The source of the British and

5、American surname; mainly discussed from the following aspects: the blood, place names, profession, associated with individual itself, plants and animals, the bible, nickname; (3) American and British surnames culture connotation, mainly discussed from the following aspects: religious beliefs, nation

6、al customs, way of thinking, historical style and features, social change, status, natural worship. Through in-depth discussion of the above aspects, analyses the origin of the American and British surnames and cultural connotations, and know about its culture. Help us to deep understand the western

7、 culture, study language and improve the languageabilities.Key words: American and British surnames, the cultural connotation, source外国语学院2013届毕业论文ContentsTOC o 1-3 h u HYPERLINK l _Toc26288 摘要i HYPERLINK l _Toc16633 Abstractii HYPERLINK l _Toc25149 Chapter 1 Introduction PAGEREF _Toc25149 1 HYPERLI

8、NK l _Toc22551 Chapter 2Constitute Forms of American and British Surnames PAGEREF _Toc22551 3 HYPERLINK l _Toc29000 Chapter 3The Sourse of the British and American Surnames PAGEREF _Toc29000 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc995 3.1 Occupational Titles PAGEREF _Toc995 5 HYPERLINK l _Toc1595 3.2 Physiological Charac

9、teristic PAGEREF _Toc1595 6 HYPERLINK l _Toc11551 3.3 The name of the Animals and Plants63.4 Nicknames7 HYPERLINK l _Toc11551 3.5 Place Names and Building Names7 HYPERLINK l _Toc11551 3.6 Patronymic Surnames8 HYPERLINK l _Toc11551 3.7 The Color83.8 The Surname from the Mother Name93.9 The Bible9Chap

10、ter 4 Cultural connotation104.1 National Customs104.2 Religious Belief11 HYPERLINK l _Toc20648 4.3 Social Change PAGEREF _Toc20648 12 HYPERLINK l _Toc287 4.4 Identity PAGEREF _Toc287 134.5 Way Of Thinking144.6 Historical Features144.7Nature Worship15Chapter 5 Conclusion16 HYPERLINK l _Toc6596 Biblio

11、graphy19 HYPERLINK l _Toc26564 Acknowledgements20An Analysis the Origin of American and British Surnames and its Cultural ConnotationsChapter 1 IntroductionName is a symbol; it is a sign of the difference between each other of people. English surnames is very wide, meaning is also very rich. It impl

12、ies an ethnic language, history, geography, religion, and class status information. Discussion about English surnames culture connotation, understand the cultural implication, help us learning language and learning culture, avoid pragmatic failure in communication and under the different cultural co

13、ntext, improved the pragmatic competence.British have only name and no surname in a very long period of time. The reasons of the formation of English name is very simple, is to distinguish between two people of the same name. Surname in Europe appears only back to the early fourteenth Century, until

14、 sixteenth Century was widely popular.China hasthe book of family name.In fact, not only hundreds and it may bethousands on. English surname is a great many, Oxford University house publishedSurname dictionary(By Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges editor) including the UK and Ireland common surname up

15、to fifteen thousand. But most family names are let person feel very strange, not many people use, the main surname is also only a few dozen. Li, Wang and Zhang are main surname of China and English three surnames is Smith, Jones, Williams.The 11 century British aristocracybegan to use their homes as

16、 last name, and a generation to generation. Ordinary people have a plenty of choice their own surnames, or other people give their nickname as a family name. Because the name is immutable, “name” to become the most important part of the name after. For Christian people, usually a week after a child

17、is born by the parents go to church baptism, at the same time, asthe priest, parents, relatives and friends give their children a name, it is called“baptismal name” “given name”.For no religious people, the parents give the child a name according to their wishes. The origin of the name is associated

18、 with the countrys history development.To understand English name after habits and methods of the country is an opportunity to learn English national culture background, help to our daily communication.Surname as a title of family system with inheritance, and the family members have in common, can c

19、onstitute a branch of culture, the surname culture. Surname is a history product of social development, its emergence and development is affected by a country specific social environment and cultural background, but also from the side reflect the cultural information of a nations history, religion,

20、customs, values, morals, ethics, etc. and convey the national psychology, thinking mode and value orientation, is the living fossil of a national culture.The connotation of the English name is special rich. Understand English surnames, is a great help to learners of English, improve my English level

21、 and Chinese college students know about Britains last name.Chapter 2 The source of the British and American surnameThe surname of English has been existed in a fixed mode. English surname originated from many languages; Old English, Old French，The ancient Norse，The Irish language，Gaelic, Celtic, we

22、lsh, Gaulish, Germanic, Latin, Hebrew and so on. The origin of the English surname reflected the English history. In the history, English has been afflicting the war and invaded by other racial countries; England has a wide connection with other racial countries.Before the Norman Conquest, on the pe

23、ninsula of England Anglo - Saxons was still in the backward tribal society stage.Each family to rely on kinship formed groups,they lived dispersed in different villages,Kinship constitutes was link between the internal tribal groups.When people had no surnames, the name of the family members is an i

24、mportant symbol of mutual recognition.Due to the backward mode of production, transportation occlusion, the narrow space, people use only “name” seems to meet the communication needs of internal tribal, no need to create a set of identification symbol system make their original simple lifestyle beco

25、me complicated.The Norman conquest of England, the British feudal system formation was completed and has been strengthened and developed, the feudal systems development promote the development of economic and social.Social contactspersonnel on complex, a lot of the same name to the people in the pol

26、itical, trade, and the statutes, tax and other aspects to create a lot of trouble and inconvenience.More accurate, convenient, effective, reliable regional occasion is becoming more and more necessary.Norman the use of force to conquer the British but the British (Anglo - Saxons) defeated in their o

27、wn language (English) the ruling class language (French) and making it the national unity of language.The Norman surname conformed to the historical development, adapted to the needs of economic development, gradually popular in the UK.British people began to use surname is after the Norman conquest

28、, the Normans conquered not only bring a lot of English vocabulary development, also brought the surnames for British，initial these surname still changeable and after fixed down gradually, become a surname can be passedfrom generation to generation.Chapter 3 American and British surnames constitute

29、forms We know that the source of Chinese surname is very complex, but most of the them contact with life and, and the same of the them are name after animals, plants or other natural objects, such as horses, cattle, dragon, willow, plum, plum, leaf, valley, wheat,river, gold, stone, etc.; Some of th

30、e them use the professional as surname, such as witch, jungle, etc. English surnames are complex and diverse. In the Late Period of the middle Ages, population growth, the flowof the population also increases, which leads to the underlying social English names in not enough. Previously, a British fa

31、rmer named John, Tom and Job is ok, now cant, now more people have same name, must be to invent a new name.The first way is behind the name additional son, said is someones son, such as Johnson, Thomson and jobson. Later found that this way is too monotonous too rustic and came up with many other me

32、thods. But in a word, the surname comes from life or myths and legends. It can be roughly seven classes: use profession, the physiological characteristics, mountains/ water/ animal/ plant, nickname, residence, and Christian doctrine or myths/ legends as surname.A minority of the surnames is made of

33、the two words, combined with the hyphen and existed compound surname in English. For example: Lloyd-Jones, Bartlett-Smith and so on. This compound surname has been existed combined the parents name. This can avoid to repeat, and it reflect a way of inherit. The fortune of English aristocracy prescri

34、bes that it will be inherited by the descendents. If there is not the male successor, the female descendent must combine the two familys name. This is the origin of English compound name.3.1 Occupational titlesEnglish surnamesinclude carpenter, thatcher, hunter, Taylor, Turner, carter, etc, Last nam

35、e comes from the original professional carpenter, roofing, hunter, tailor, Turner, coachman, etc.The professional as a name, that is to say what ancestors do offspring have the surname? Therefore, American singer Karen Carpenters ancestors must have been a Carpenter; The handsome boy of the magic Ha

36、rry Potter ancestors is certainly make POTS; Former British prime minister, Mrs. Thatchers family had also dont like now so broadly, turned out to be a cover thatched house. In addition, a professional as the name also have Baker, Cook, Smith, day, Fisher, Hunter Sawyer Sheriff, etc. This also with

37、Chinas last name as well as.3.2Physiological characteristicSome words to describe individual gastric body and personality traits, such as: Longman, Brown, Black, Sharp, Read, Hardy, Daum, etc, English surnames, its meaning for those tall, Brown skin, tanned Black hair person, smart, erudite, bold Ha

38、rdy, finger deformity. To body parts name for the surname, such as the Back, Cheek, Hand, Brain, Fist, Finger, etc. English surname is to the human body parts for the name of the last name.3.3The name of the animals and plantsSome people as worship and tribute for animals or plants use their name as

39、 a surname. Have common Bird, Fish, the Lion, Swan, Wolf, Fox, Apple, Bush, Flower, Rose, Wood, etc.Surname from animals. This way to produced mainly because in the Middle Ages, people like to use what they advocate sign of animal decorate their heads. Such as someone like brave lion, they use the l

40、ions surname forthe surname. Also, such as: Bull, Fox, Peacock, Lamb, Bird, Badger, bandicoots, Hart, etc.3.4NicknameIn Greek, hypokoristic refers to pet or nickname, the nickname is a name of person.Nickname sounds more kind, such as Pip is Phillips nickname, Kit is a nickname for Christopher, some

41、 English surname is by some of the nicknames. Nickname including diminutive, abbreviation andchildhood name.It is called express kind between relatives and friends in English nation, is derived on the basis of the given name.Nicknames,this word comes from Old English “anekename” or “also Name”.Somet

42、ime the nickname is a kindly makes fun of, sometimes is the disgustexpression.A lot Modern surname is evolved from ancient nickname, such as: the nickname of describe the human body characteristics:Tubby, Brodhead. The nickname of described herein intelligence or personality characteristics: wise, s

43、harp, angel, ironsides. The nickname of use animal name tracing painting looks or temperament: Lamb, sheep, described,bull.Nickname for the surname, also use ancestor features for the surname, may be also others for his father give nickname. People could have name no surname yet, but if there are a

44、few people as the same name, people will be in after their name add their respective features to distinguish, over time, these features will become their surname. Such as several people at the same time are called Rock, and one of the rocks is relatively high, people call it Rock Longfellow. Similar

45、ly, chin bearded man can surname Beard, bang big waist round may name is Broad, may be a Little small. The ancestors of the first astronauts to land on the moon must be arm grow very strong, hence the name of Armstrong.3.5 Places name and Building nameThis way used in France before, the 11th century

46、 after the Norman Conquest of England into England. It should be noted that many of the noble family name in this manner. This last name often has DE, Del particle, meaning. Saxon corresponding way is “a”, such as: John ate Brook, Edgar Atwell, and William Atwood. Later, at particles were removed, t

47、he appearance of the above name is now; John Brooks, Edgar Well, William Wood. Similar last name is Everest, Ford, Hill, Lake, and Field.Residence of family name, that is to say ancestors lived in what place, what last name their offspring. Many British people surnamed Hill, for example, the ancesto

48、rs of these people such as visible living in the mountain, and the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchills ancestors lived in a church Hill. Some peoples ancestors lived in the swamp, so they will name of Marsh, and some ancestors lived at the edge of the stream, so they will name is brook.

49、 As a result, more bad is the current US President George Bush, it may ancestors lived in the bushes, interacting with fox, the flow of the hedgehog. China also has many ancestors live as family name, one of the most famous is famous as the west door celebrate big handsome boy, and he had lived old

50、Simon.3.6 patronymic surnamesMany European countries have adopted this method. This method is in the fathers name and said the son of the meaning of the prefix or suffix. English suffixson and Swedes suffix son, Scottish prefixes Mac , Irish prefixing Mac or Mc and Q, Normanadds Fitz, German Von, Sp

51、anish and Italians add Di, Danish and Norwegian suffix-seen. Such as: Johnson, McNeill, Macadam,Jense, OBrian, Williams, FitzHerbert.3.7The colorSometimes color also becomes peoples surname. A man with red hair is may be to be known as Tom Red. But sometimes come down name will change for a long tim

52、e, Tom read or Reade is may be to be the offspring of Tom. The people who live in the village near the grass might have been called Tom Green. There are white, black.3.8 The surname from the mother nameEurope has been a religious society for a long time, the name of male parents passed down naturall

53、y. As a son or daughter will be called before their marriage, but a minority of surname is nearly made of females name. These female may be the widow half of her life, or the independent descendant. Sometimes, -son becomes the suffix. For example, Eveson, son of Eve, the surname of England isMaddiso

54、n.3.9The bibleThe name of the characters in the bible and Christianity are the saint who is also an important source of English surnames library. Such as James, John, and Michael, Ellis, Elliot. In addition, Martin, Gregory, Lawrence and Vincent these saints names, is a very common last name now. Ch

55、apter 4Cultural connotationEnglish names come from a wide variety of sources, having rich and colorful cultural implications due to social and historical reasons. Some researches indicate that undesirable English names have various influences on the bearers and other people aroundthem. A better unde

56、rstanding of the related information may help to promote our English study and cross2culture communication thus enhances our cognitive abilities.In English names, the surname is inherited by their heritage. It is certain constancy, not selectively, but the name is different. If a name no has some sp

57、ecial meaning, but it is have some connection with interested things of other named people, or for some specialBecause of it. Mary and John this two names not only has a special meaning, and there are two Important religious names of the characters in Christianity,So very popular. Ingeneral, English

58、 name can reflect the following information.English surnames developed under the influence of the many aspects of the society at that time. Including national custom, religious belief, social change, status, way of thinking, historic, nature worship, etc. In the British feudal society, the effect on

59、 the development of surnames is great. We mainly to illustrate the relationship from seven aspects.4.1national customsMany English names originated from the social daily lives, embody the unique life ways between English and America nations directly. The personal characters, interpersonal relationsh

60、ips, art activities, ancient institutions and life entertainment between English and America nations are all imprinted on the English names. For example, Uncle Sam, John Bull described the personality features of American and England. In addition, we can know the attitude of interpersonal relationsh