汉语动物命名原则

汉语民间动物命名有四个原则 :近似原则 ,名称的音义与一个旧词或对象某特征近似 ,服从于人类认识由已知达未知的规律 ;区别原则 ,取名只要求一定范围和程度的区别 ,不要求解释 ,它来源于概念形成时的比较过程 ;美的原则 ,用对美物或神灵、人的称呼去称呼动物 ,寄托喜爱、崇拜等情感 ;简洁原则 ,对诸多特征不作“综合式”反映 ,一般一名一义 ,词形简短。

Principles in Animal Naming of Chinese

There are four principles in the animal naming of Chinese:Approximate principle,the sound and meaning of the name approximate to an old word or some feature of the object.It obeys the law of human congnition of knowing from the close to the distance;Distinquishing principle,naming requires just distinquishing things to some extent,not defining.It comes from the process of concept froming;Aesthetic principle,use the name of nice things,deities or mankind to name animal;Simple principle,one meaning for one name in general,no synthesized describe to all the features.The word length is only.