A cross-cultural comparative analysis of views on friendship in Chinese and English idioms

Abstract

Through the method of contrastive analysis, this thesis aims at presenting the differences as well as similarities between friendship view in China and that in English-speaking countries by examining Chinese and English idioms from the perspective of power distance, individualism versus collectivism and long-term versus short-term orientation. A further explanation of the characteristics of the two friendship views from the perspective of culture is also made. © 2014 ACADEMY PUBLISHER Manufactured in Finland.